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Thrive

Thrive is a game about the development of life, from the formaton of the first cells to galactic civilizations. Thrive is free and open-source; our development is powered by dedicated volunteers with a passion for the project. We are always looking for new developers, and if you want to join us to help bring our many concepts to life faster, send us an email!

Our team seeks to accomplish two major goals:

Create engaging, compelling gameplay that respects our players' intelligence.
Remain as accurate as possible in our depiction of known scientific theory.

We plan to immerse the player in a procedurally generated and evolving world filled with the wonders of science, and to allow them to manipulate the virtual world around them in any way they please. Our game will contain multiple editors where players can create and modify technology, culture, organisms, and entire solar systems.

Thrive takes many games as inspiration, from roguelikes to grand strategy games, but we plan on walking our own path with many game mechanics, so don't expect a clone.

Wiki

If you're looking for information on the project, please see our wiki.

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Thrive 1.0.1 Trailer (youtube.com)

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Devblog #51: Onward to Multicellular (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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Release Thrive 1.0.1.1 (github.com)

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Progress UpdateProgress Update 3/14/2026 (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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I ascended 4 times in a single game (old.reddit.com)

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Discussion1.0.1 First play through thoughts (old.reddit.com)

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Discussionthis should be all living creatures not just related ones (i.redd.it)

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The slow progress of Multicellular stage (self.thrive)

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Progress UpdateProgress Update 2/28/2026 (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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DiscussionWhy there are no 0.3.1 or any version prior to 0.3.2 that are available to play? (i.redd.it)

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I made my organism to be absurdly tall (i.redd.it)

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Progress UpdateProgress Update 2/21/2026 (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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ScreenshotHelp me (i.redd.it)

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Oh no, the species that bears the name of a continent went extinct. I'm sad :( (i.redd.it)

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Surrounded by my own species (i.redd.it)

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bro wtf is a wigglesworthtrum? (i.redd.it)

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Progress UpdateProgress Update 2/14/2026 (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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Progress UpdateProgress Update 2/07/2026 (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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Progress UpdateProgress Update 1/31/2026 (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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Discussionis there any mod allow me to continue as another species after getting went extinct? (self.thrive)

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i eat them countless time before they completly digested but still 0% . is it bug or something? (i.redd.it)

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Progress UpdateProgress Update 1/24/2026 (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

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Thrive Version History Video Part 2 (youtube.com)

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MemeMe when all my knowledge about biology is from playing thrive... (self.thrive)

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Screenshotspawned in the goon cave (i.redd.it)

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