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Age of Invention cover art

Age of Invention

Mirball Games · Alawar Casual · 2015-09-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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

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

Age of Invention is a Casual game released in 2015, priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 115 reviews).

1
playing now
66%
positive of 115 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 115 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 32 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
250Oct 2015May 2026Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 16Dec 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2016 — avg 25 · peak 833Jun 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 35Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 83Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 452May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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