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A Game of Dwarves

Zeal Game Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2012-10-23

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 27, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.

A Game of Dwarves is a 2012 Casual, Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed sentiment (63% of 554 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

2
playing now
63%
positive of 554 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

A Game of Dwarves is a dwarf-themed real-time strategy dungeon management game developed by Zeal Game Studio and published by Paradox Interactive in 2012-2013. A PlayStation 3 version was in development but was cancelled before release.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 554 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at WinGameStore (2020-12-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 17 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.642015-01-012026-09-102015-01-01 — best price $2.472015-04-05 — best price $1.992015-05-12 — best price $8.462015-07-12 — best price $1.992015-11-20 — best price $9.992016-02-19 — best price $9.992016-07-15 — best price $2.492017-02-14 — best price $2.492017-08-15 — best price $2.502017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-04-09 — best price $2.492018-09-06 — best price $1.992018-11-28 — best price $8.992019-03-04 — best price $9.992019-06-24 — best price $9.992019-10-15 — best price $9.992019-12-06 — best price $9.992020-02-10 — best price $1.992020-04-16 — best price $8.292020-06-12 — best price $1.992020-08-02 — best price $8.292020-09-07 — best price $2.002020-10-20 — best price $8.812020-11-29 — best price $9.992021-02-12 — best price $8.392021-06-16 — best price $9.992021-10-11 — best price $8.812021-12-16 — best price $1.722022-05-15 — best price $9.992022-08-19 — best price $1.742022-12-06 — best price $8.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-11 — best price $8.592024-11-21 — best price $2.232025-05-15 — best price $9.992026-04-07 — best price $2.502026-09-10 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 3 pageviews2026-07-03 — 2 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-08 — 0 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 2 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 3 pageviews2026-10-03 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "Strike The Earth!"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2012-12-06, latest 2013-02-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0841%27

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DwarfCasualFantasyBuildingCraftingStrategySimulationCity BuilderSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

PraetoriansImagine EarthRimWorldHearthlandsAncient CitiesAnno 1800

Similarity via IGDB.

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