Epochlings released on Steam on September 18, 2026 at $8.99 in Early Access, developed by ShoninyasTube.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 5091290), checked 2026-09-19
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Epochlings: What It Is, Price and Early Access Release Date (Sep 2026)
Epochlings out Sep 18, 2026, $8.99 in Early Access - a creature collector across 11 ancient eras with 99 creatures to capture, fuse and preserve.
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You journey through 11 eras from the Cambrian to the Neogene; creatures appear, flourish and disappear as history moves forward.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 5091290), checked 2026-09-19
The game features 99 creatures across 11 eras including each era's apex boss, and the creatures are inspired by organisms from Earth's real natural history.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 5091290), checked 2026-09-19
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How much is Epochlings?
$8.99 on Steam in Early Access, released September 18, 2026.
Is Epochlings in Early Access?
Yes - it released in Early Access on September 18, 2026 according to the Steam listing.
What happens to creatures as eras pass?
Per the Steam description, species appear, flourish and disappear as history moves forward - but you can preserve creatures permanently outside the normal flow of time.
How many creatures can you collect in Epochlings?
99 creatures across 11 eras, including each era's apex boss.
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What the game is
Epochlings is a creature collector about building a permanent collection across Earth's natural history, released September 18, 2026 in Early Access at $8.99.
You travel through 11 ancient eras - starting among the earliest complex ecosystems of the Cambrian and moving forward through periods like the Devonian, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous to the Paleogene and Neogene.
Each era has its own environments, creature roster and progression, and your collection survives even when species do not.
Collect, preserve and fuse
Build a collection of 99 creatures across 11 eras, including each era's apex boss that ends the age.
Epochlings are heavily stylized and deliberately cute, but the creatures beneath that style are inspired by organisms from Earth's real natural history - from strange Cambrian life to prehistoric mammals.
Capture creatures before their place in the timeline disappears, fuse lifeforms separated by hundreds of millions of years, and prepare your team for automatic battles across a changing timeline.
Is Epochlings for you?
It is in Early Access, so expect an evolving experience - the store page labels the genre as indie RPG and strategy with Early Access status (BOUNDED: official Steam description, checked 2026-09-19).
The gameplay loop is a creature collector: discover, capture, strengthen, fuse and battle automatically across the eras, per the Steam description.
Because creatures vanish as time passes, the description frames it as a game about timing - push deeper for new opportunities, or rewind and explore the timeline again.
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