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Ancestors Legacy

Destructive Creations · 2018-05-22

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 04, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 13, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Aug 13, 2019 (Xbox One)

Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

32
playing now
79%
positive of 8.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

32 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Ancestors Legacy is a real-time strategy video game developed by Polish studio Destructive Creations and published by 1C Company. It was released on Microsoft Windows on May 22, 2018, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on August 13, 2019, and Nintendo Switch on June 11, 2020.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (494 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 216k–519k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,643 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$4.09-88%
Steam$5.10-78%
GameBillet$8.75-75%
GamersGate$8.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$26.20-25%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 107 of 132 observed days · $4.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40740720182026Week of 2018-05-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5372026-08-06 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 44 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 45 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 32 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 31 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 33 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 32 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$3.482018-02-072026-08-302018-02-07 — best price $40.492018-07-25 — best price $37.982018-11-17 — best price $31.492019-02-12 — best price $29.392019-05-01 — best price $13.462019-07-25 — best price $34.992019-10-24 — best price $17.492019-12-09 — best price $27.992020-02-13 — best price $8.922020-04-27 — best price $10.492020-07-18 — best price $34.992020-09-23 — best price $34.992020-12-05 — best price $27.962021-02-17 — best price $34.992021-04-25 — best price $7.772021-07-02 — best price $34.992021-09-06 — best price $7.442021-11-24 — best price $8.742022-02-07 — best price $7.432022-05-02 — best price $25.542022-07-15 — best price $5.522022-10-27 — best price $34.992023-01-17 — best price $32.342023-04-13 — best price $5.942023-07-14 — best price $27.552023-09-26 — best price $34.992023-12-08 — best price $3.482024-06-11 — best price $29.732024-08-30 — best price $29.042024-11-21 — best price $20.992025-02-16 — best price $34.992025-05-19 — best price $8.742025-08-22 — best price $25.712025-11-27 — best price $8.742026-03-17 — best price $7.002026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-08-30 — best price $5.10
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

45112026-05-27 — 17 pageviews2026-05-30 — 12 pageviews2026-06-02 — 33 pageviews2026-06-05 — 19 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-11 — 34 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-17 — 33 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-23 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 29 pageviews2026-06-29 — 16 pageviews2026-07-02 — 29 pageviews2026-07-05 — 27 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-17 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 19 pageviews2026-08-07 — 19 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 31 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-22 — 44 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.7%
earned "Off the Course"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop4 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,0572%62
Xbox One (Xbox)1,0862%37
PS4 (PlayStation)1,0585%38
PS4 (PlayStation)5604%38
PS4 (PlayStation)949%38
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarGoreActionVikingsViolentMedievalStrategyTacticalReal-Time

Census log

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

Recent updates

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