Thrive
Thrive is a free, open-source game about the evolution of life. From the lowly tidepools of your home planet, you will rise to cosmic dominance. At every step, powerful creation tools and deep simulation…
Thrive is an indie developed by Revolutionary Games, released 31 December 2010 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Thrive is
Thrive is an indie game developed by Revolutionary Games and released in 2010. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Godot.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Thrive is a free, open-source game about the evolution of life. From the lowly tidepools of your home planet, you will rise to cosmic dominance. At every step, powerful creation tools and deep simulation mechanics will aid your species' development.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational, non-fiction, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Thrive launched on 31 December 2010, within three weeks of LittleBigPlanet 2, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Dungeon Defenders and Back to the Future: The Game.
Released around the same time: LittleBigPlanet 2, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Dungeon Defenders, Back to the Future: The Game.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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