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1914: Prelude to Chaos

Amaterasu Software · 2017-05-08

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the year 1914, which will mark the beginning of the Great War. This Indie adventure RPG will show you the glory of dying empires, death, despair and chaos that hasshaken the world and finally put an end to the ancient European monarchies.

0
playing now
53%
positive of 191 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.30 at Steam (2023-03-04) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.302017-05-092026-07-232017-05-09 — best price $3.992017-11-28 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-05-10 — best price $0.992019-10-23 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-03-06 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-01-18 — best price $0.992021-03-16 — best price $0.992021-07-29 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-01-20 — best price $0.992022-04-16 — best price $0.512022-06-24 — best price $0.512022-08-23 — best price $0.512022-11-10 — best price $0.512022-12-18 — best price $0.512023-03-04 — best price $0.302023-04-14 — best price $0.302023-06-29 — best price $0.302023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-02-23 — best price $0.492024-04-07 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-10-13 — best price $0.492024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-07-23 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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Player tags

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