# The Sapling

> Indie game profile, served by indielist (https://indielist.games). Sales estimate uses the white-box Boxleiter algorithm; numbers are approximate (±50%).

## Snapshot
- **Primary genre**: Simulation
- **Release year**: 2019
- **Release date**: Dec 12, 2019
- **Platforms**: linux, windows
- **Tags**: Life Sim, Sandbox, Science, God Game, Nature, Artificial Intelligence, Procedural Generation, Simulation
- **Launch price**: $17.99 USD
- **Steam reviews**: 1,902
- **Positive review %**: 90%
- **Steam app**: https://store.steampowered.com/app/997380

## Developer
- **Studio**: [Wessel Stoop](https://indielist.games/studios/wessel-stoop)

## Publisher
- **Name**: [Wessel Stoop](https://indielist.games/publishers/wessel-stoop)

## Sales estimate (white-box, version v1.0)

- **Units (median)**: 142,650 (range 85,590 – 199,710)
- **Net revenue (median)**: $1,465,855 USD
- **Boxleiter NB used**: 75
- **Algorithm version**: v1.0

### NB breakdown
- `base`: +50
- `year_2019`: +15
- `price_$18`: 0
- `positive_90%`: +10

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Source: indielist (https://indielist.games/games/the-sapling-997380)
Estimates are not official sales data. Methodology: docs/sales-algorithm.md. Always verify large numbers with official sources before citing.