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American Conquest

GSC Game World · GSC World Publishing · 2011-08-26

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 05, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.

American Conquest is a 2011 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 698 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

13
playing now
68%
positive of 698 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

American Conquest is a real-time strategy video game developed by GSC Game World and published by CDV Software Entertainment. It is set between the 15th and the early 19th centuries in the American continents. There is also an expansion pack produced for American Conquest, called American Conquest: Fight Back and a gold edition, which has both the original and expansion pack bundled together. The latest installment in the series is American Conquest: Divided Nation. All three titles are available together as the American Conquest Chronicles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 14,119 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 698 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$1.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GamersGate (2021-07-13) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 64 of 79 observed days · $0.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2202026-09-15 01:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
214Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 24May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2013 — avg 5 · peak 20Mar 2014 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2014 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2015 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 35Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 31Feb 2017 — avg 8 · peak 24Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2017 — avg 10 · peak 27May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 22Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2019 — avg 11 · peak 33Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2020 — avg 14 · peak 39Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 34Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 44Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 29Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 30Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 36May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 30Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 39Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.752015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $1.242018-11-02 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992020-02-06 — best price $0.942020-06-05 — best price $4.992020-07-28 — best price $4.492020-09-05 — best price $4.992020-10-15 — best price $0.942020-11-19 — best price $0.942021-01-08 — best price $4.992021-02-21 — best price $4.992021-03-28 — best price $4.142021-05-05 — best price $4.142021-07-16 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $1.242022-03-08 — best price $3.662022-06-20 — best price $1.242022-10-10 — best price $4.992023-02-02 — best price $3.662023-05-03 — best price $3.662023-07-29 — best price $1.252023-11-06 — best price $4.992024-03-04 — best price $0.992024-06-17 — best price $0.942024-09-16 — best price $0.992025-01-05 — best price $3.662025-06-02 — best price $3.892025-09-08 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $1.242026-06-08 — best price $1.252026-08-19 — best price $1.242026-10-14 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

88112026-05-31 — 38 pageviews2026-06-04 — 31 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-16 — 24 pageviews2026-06-20 — 32 pageviews2026-06-24 — 44 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-06 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 37 pageviews2026-07-14 — 38 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 59 pageviews2026-07-26 — 32 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 23 pageviews2026-08-15 — 40 pageviews2026-08-19 — 39 pageviews2026-08-23 — 33 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 pageviews2026-08-31 — 36 pageviews2026-09-04 — 27 pageviews2026-09-08 — 81 pageviews2026-09-12 — 45 pageviews2026-09-16 — 32 pageviews2026-09-20 — 30 pageviews2026-09-24 — 42 pageviews2026-09-28 — 36 pageviews2026-10-02 — 41 pageviews2026-10-06 — 29 pageviews2026-10-09 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSStrategyHistoricalMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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