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Age of Invention

Mirball Games · Alawar Casual · 2015-09-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the wonder of discovery as you rebuild a crumbling kingdom!

1
playing now
66%
positive of 113 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 55% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.23-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.41 at GamersGate (2021-08-02) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 36 of 54 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.95$0.412015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-11-25 — best price $1.992016-11-25 — best price $1.112017-06-05 — best price $0.962018-06-14 — best price $0.752018-12-17 — best price $1.502019-11-07 — best price $0.782020-03-13 — best price $2.992020-06-07 — best price $2.402020-07-06 — best price $2.192020-08-09 — best price $2.692020-09-18 — best price $2.992020-10-18 — best price $2.992020-11-16 — best price $2.692020-12-12 — best price $2.442021-01-18 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-03-27 — best price $2.992021-05-02 — best price $2.442021-06-18 — best price $2.442021-10-05 — best price $2.442021-12-09 — best price $0.442022-03-23 — best price $2.992022-06-27 — best price $0.442022-11-01 — best price $0.502023-02-20 — best price $2.992023-05-22 — best price $0.442023-08-28 — best price $1.492023-12-12 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $1.042024-06-17 — best price $0.452024-10-09 — best price $1.492025-01-31 — best price $1.052025-05-18 — best price $1.492025-09-09 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $0.892026-05-11 — best price $0.902026-08-21 — best price $2.23
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil…

Player tags

IndieCasualStrategyAddictiveAdventureSingleplayerTime ManagementResource Management

Census log

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

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