APICO
meanwhile, in an alternate universe…
the Game
APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees!
Leave your boring city job behind to return to your family home in Port APICO and get back to your beekeeping roots.
Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.
On your journey you’ll rediscover lost species, cross-breed new bees, and help repopulate the islands.
- Live out your wildest beekeeping fantasies – sting free!
- Unique crafting & beekeeping minigames that drive gameplay progression
- Cross-breed different bees to discover over 30 new species
- Make and sell honey, Apicola, and other beekeeping products
- Repopulate lost species and release them back into the wild
- Multiple biomes to explore, each with their own unique bee species
- Uncover the forgotten secrets of the APICO islands
- Play together with friends in 4 player online co-op!
- Completed the game but buzzing for more? Try modding!
APICO is being created by the TNgineers, two brothers – Ell & Jamie, inspired by their love of casual and crafting games.
They wanted to make something relaxing, intriguing, and semi-educational (just don’t think about the magical bees). Ell builds nice things and Jamie makes sure he breaks them.
Bees are integral to our gameplay, as they are to our real-world ecosystem. We want to promote bee conservation and will be donating a portion of the money we make towards national and international bee, beekeeping, & wild bee conservation charities.
You can also find other ways to help do you part on our website @ post regular updates of our development progress on both Twitter, Discord, and Ko-Fi as well as important announcements, stupid GIFs, cute pics of bees – what more could you want?
Game Discussion
Steam User 7
Slow paced and pretty simple for a laid back stress-free experience. However there is plenty to discover and the game nudges you towards doing the right thing with gentle hints instead of in-your-face prompts, so it feels rewarding when things go right.
+ Lovely pixel art
+ Lots of aspects to discover
+ Mellow and stress free
+ You get to save bees (if only it were that simple IRL)
- Not the flashy fun with giant arrows above objectives
...btw, not sure if this is a feature of the game, but after I installed the game and gave it a few hours, the next day a little bee friend came to inspect my laptop (it's been gently guided to the outside afterwards) :D
Steam User 6
I like that this game is much more relaxed about pushing the player to engage in mechanized/capitalist land exploitation than most cozy management sims (I assume that does not bother most people, but that design style makes it hard for me to enjoy games of this nature). When I see my hives buzzing, and flowers blooming, I feel nearly as happy as when I look out the window and see my actual chamomile and amaranth growing well. Plus it's soothing! Highly recommend.
Steam User 5
At first, I wasn't sure that I would be loving this game. I thought it was overwhelming, with way too many menus, too many things to do, my screen becoming cluttered way too easily... but, after 4 hours spent on this game, I can say that I am hooked and there are many many hours to be sunked into this cozy little game. There is exploration, building, decoration, discovering new bees, butterflies, fauna, and so much more! It scraches a little that "Stardew valley" itch I had.
Steam User 5
I quite like this 'little' game. The graphics are adorable, there are some good bee related puns. The gameloop is satisfying and there are always more things to discover!
It is a relaxing game that I have enjoyed immensely and will continue to play. I'm not much of an avid collector in games but this game has made the discoveries wonderfully interlinked. I highly liked that aspect.
For example, a bee needs a specific flower to be born. But that flower can only be spread by a specific butterfly.
There are some game bugs, I had one that locked me out of the game entirely but the developer graciously fixed my save file enabling me to keep my save file.
Give it a go, it's become my go to relation game.
Steam User 5
This was honestly the best cozy game I have come across. It has clear instructions that give good indication on what to do while still allowing full autonomy to the player to complete whatever they desire. The art was incredible and very cozy while also being very educational on learning about bees. I would 100% recommend this game to any and everyone. This brought me a lot of joy playing :)
Steam User 5
This is a very cute and fun little game. I had a delightful time with it, and if you like chill farming/breeding/collection games, you'll like this one.
Steam User 5
This little game is easy to play and really relaxing! It is also very interesting as you raise and breed bees. It definitely has farming vibes as you build almost everything from scratch. I highly recommend it!