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Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

Protolife is a tower defense, pixel graphics and rts game developed and published by Volcanic Giraffe.
Released on June 15th 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 2 languages: English and Russian.

It has received 454 reviews of which 391 were positive and 63 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Protolife into these genres:

Tower Defense Pixel Graphics RTS Base-Building Strategy Sci-fi Indie Singleplayer Aliens Top-Down Retro Atmospheric Dark

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: 2.7 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 support, 256 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Minimum resolution: 1280 x 720
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10
  • Processor: 2.7 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Minimum resolution: 1280 x 720

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Jan. 2025
Absolutely amazing little game. A masterpiece that we should have more of.
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Nov. 2024
A seriously fun game with lots of thought needed. The campaign is fun but then they got campaign plus which is nice but also a mode that's super fun and allows you to make your own buildings that you need to unlock parts with also different qualities in parts. Well worth the price and no question if discounted. The gameplay is quite unique and hard to put in a category besides one of the useless broad ones now so i would say it's pretty on its own. Level editor and the other mode besides campaign being randomly generate leaves huge amount of gameplay. Nice gem to play and something i do actually love.
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Oct. 2024
Very fun and challenging TD
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Oct. 2024
Awesome little strategy game with a feeling of overwhelming odds. It was fantastic.
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Sept. 2024
I have had this on my wishlist for a long time but never jumped in until recently, and now i regret waiting so long! Protolife is not something i have ever seen before. If anything it is closest to an RTS, but you wont be playing multiplayer here. Also the unique twist is that you Have to control a little drone which can ONLY do 5 things: Move, Place Crystals/blocks, Pickup Crystals, Deconstruct blocks. Just that is enough to create a really complex set of building rules that allows you to make as many and as varying buildings as in any other RTS. There are no units, only blocks and crystals. At first you play the game with limited amount of blocks, and you must then make sure to move each turret around into range of the red goop you must kill to win the level. But the more the game progresses, the more cool block formations you unlock and even then, you never get buildings that will outclass previous structures. Later levels get really really challenging, and it is almost too much sometimes, but i am still struggling on. I am typically playing on Steamdeck because you can use the FPS settings to slow the game down and thus make the game easier.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Protolife is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam.

Protolife is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 11.99€ on Steam.

Protolife received 391 positive votes out of a total of 454 achieving a rating of 8.04.
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Protolife was developed and published by Volcanic Giraffe.

Protolife is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Protolife is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Protolife is not playable on Linux.

Protolife is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Protolife. Explore additional content available for Protolife on Steam.

Protolife is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Protolife does not support Steam Remote Play.

Protolife is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Protolife
11.99€
8.0
391
63
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Developer
Volcanic Giraffe
Publisher
Volcanic Giraffe
Release 15 Jun 2018
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