Collect, raise and fuse 99 creatures inspired by organisms that once lived on Earth. Journey across 11 ancient eras, build powerful teams, face an era boss at the end of each age and preserve your collection beyond extinction.

Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as ignored

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Epochlings already has its core gameplay systems in place, including creature collecting, fusion, progression across different eras, team building and automated battles. Early Access gives us a short period to gather additional player feedback, identify balancing issues and make final adjustments before the full release. We especially want to use this time to refine progression, combat balance, usability and the overall player experience.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We currently expect Epochlings to remain in Early Access for approximately four weeks.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan to use the Early Access period primarily for balancing, polishing and refinement rather than fundamentally changing the core game. The full version is planned to include additional balancing adjustments, usability improvements, bug fixes and general polish based on Early Access feedback. We may also refine existing content and progression where player feedback shows that improvements would benefit the overall experience.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version is intended to provide the complete core Epochlings experience. Players can collect and permanently preserve creatures, build and improve teams, fuse Epochlings, progress through multiple prehistoric eras, battle increasingly challenging encounters and bosses, rewind through the timeline while retaining permanent progression, and continue developing their collection across repeated runs. The main gameplay systems and progression structure are already implemented and playable. During Early Access, our focus will be on balancing, bug fixing, usability improvements and final polish.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes. We plan to offer Epochlings at a lower price during Early Access and increase the price when the game transitions to its full release.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We plan to actively review player feedback throughout Early Access, particularly regarding progression, combat balance, creature and fusion systems, usability and technical issues. Feedback and bug reports from the Steam Community and our Discord community will help us identify areas that should be refined before the full release. We will evaluate suggestions based on how well they fit the core design and long-term direction of Epochlings.”
Read more
This game is not yet available on Steam

Planned Release Date: Sep 18, 2026

This game plans to unlock in approximately 11 days

Interested?
Add to your wishlist and get notified when it becomes available.
 
See all discussions

Report bugs and leave feedback for this game on the discussion boards

About This Game

COLLECT LIFE FROM EARTH'S REAL PAST

Epochlings is a creature collector about building a permanent collection across Earth's natural history.

Travel through 11 ancient eras, discover creatures inspired by organisms that actually lived on our planet, capture them before their time passes, and preserve them beyond extinction.

Build your roster, strengthen your Epochlings, fuse lifeforms separated by hundreds of millions of years and prepare your team for automatic battles across a changing timeline.

JOURNEY THROUGH 11 ERAS OF NATURAL HISTORY

Begin among some of the earliest complex ecosystems of the Cambrian and travel forward through the Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene and Neogene.

Each era has its own environments, creature roster and progression.

Time does not stand still. As you advance through an era, species appear, flourish and disappear. Creatures available during one part of an era may no longer exist later, while new and rarer lifeforms emerge as history moves forward.

Push deeper for new opportunities — or rewind and explore the timeline again.

DISCOVER 99 CREATURES

Build a collection of 99 creatures across 11 eras, including each era's apex boss.

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 and ancient sea predators to giant arthropods, early reptiles, dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals, every era introduces a different part of life's history.

Capture creatures before their place in the timeline disappears and preserve them permanently outside the normal flow of time.

Your collection survives even when their species does not.

COLLECT • PRESERVE • FUSE ACROSS TIME

Finding creatures is only the beginning.

Creatures preserved outside the timeline can be developed, upgraded and combined with lifeforms from completely different eras.

Use fusion to create new Epochlings from creatures that evolution kept millions — or even hundreds of millions — of years apart.

Experiment with different creatures, traits and abilities. Develop combinations that fit your strategy and decide which Epochlings deserve a permanent place in your collection.

Your roster becomes increasingly unique as repeated journeys through time give you more creatures and more possibilities to work with.

PREPARE YOUR TEAM. THEN WATCH THE BATTLE UNFOLD.

Combat is built around preparation rather than constant micromanagement.

Choose your Epochlings, develop their strengths, combine complementary abilities and assemble a team suited to the encounter ahead.

Once battle begins, your creatures fight automatically.

A powerful individual creature helps.

A carefully constructed team can matter even more.

FACE AN APEX ENCOUNTER IN EVERY ERA

Every era culminates in its own Era Boss.

Eleven eras mean 11 distinct apex encounters, from ancient ocean predators to some of the most formidable creatures represented in the collection.

Reaching them requires surviving increasingly dangerous stages of their era and preparing a team capable of handling what waits at the end of that timeline.

Defeat the apex of an age and continue your journey through natural history.

REWIND HISTORY. KEEP YOUR COLLECTION.

Eventually, time turns back.

A rewind sends you through history again, but the creatures you preserved outside the normal timeline remain with you.

Your captured Epochlings, their development and the fusions you created become the foundation for your next journey.

Missed a species?

Need another specimen for a fusion?

Want to reach a part of the era that defeated you before?

Go back.

History will repeat itself.

Your collection does not have to.

BUILD A COLLECTION THAT HISTORY NEVER COULD

Epochlings combines:

  • 99 collectible creatures

  • 11 eras of Earth's natural history

  • 11 Era Bosses

  • Cross-era creature fusion

  • Persistent creature progression

  • Preparation-focused automatic battles

  • Changing ecosystems and creature availability

  • Time-loop progression and rewinds

  • A permanent collection preserved beyond extinction

Discover life from Earth's past.

Preserve what time would erase.

Combine creatures evolution kept apart.

Build a collection beyond time.

BUY ONCE. PLAY WITHOUT PRESSURE.

Epochlings is a one-time purchase.

There are no in-game shops, no premium currencies, no pay-to-win mechanics, no pay-to-progress systems and no advertising inside the game.

Your creatures, progression and accomplishments are earned by playing the game — not by spending more money.

Buy the game. Own the experience. Play at your own pace.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Epochlings was created with the assistance of generative AI across parts of its content creation and development process, including visual assets and marketing materials. All AI-assisted content was manually reviewed, selected, edited where necessary, and all final creative and development decisions were made by the developer.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 1 GB VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible
    • Additional Notes: 64-bit processor and operating system required.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or equivalent
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 560 or equivalent
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible
    • Additional Notes: SSD recommended.
Review Filters