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Ancestors Legacy

Destructive Creations · 2018-05-22

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Strategy

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

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.

Ancestors Legacy is a 2018 Strategy game priced at $34.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 8656 reviews).

16
playing now
79%
positive of 8.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (1,339 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$34.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Ancestors Legacy trailer thumbnail

Ancestors Legacy - Launch Trailer ( cinematic )

≈482,695 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 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 4% of 14,289 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 216k–519k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,656 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$4.09-88%
Steam$5.47-76%
GameBillet$6.89-80%
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 $39.99 · on sale 111 of 137 observed days · $4.47 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

5392026-09-16 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 38 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 53 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 27 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 38 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 26 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 42 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9070May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 14Jul 2018 — avg 122 · peak 325Oct 2018 — avg 68 · peak 176Jan 2019 — avg 148 · peak 462Apr 2019 — avg 65 · peak 151Jul 2019 — avg 84 · peak 207Oct 2019 — avg 218 · peak 1,201Jan 2020 — avg 194 · peak 512Apr 2020 — avg 150 · peak 577Jul 2020 — avg 127 · peak 311Oct 2020 — avg 78 · peak 167Jan 2021 — avg 101 · peak 270Apr 2021 — avg 121 · peak 355Jul 2021 — avg 86 · peak 239Oct 2021 — avg 78 · peak 184Jan 2022 — avg 80 · peak 215Apr 2022 — avg 42 · peak 94Jul 2022 — avg 63 · peak 137Oct 2022 — avg 68 · peak 283Jan 2023 — avg 69 · peak 183Apr 2023 — avg 37 · peak 83Jul 2023 — avg 54 · peak 148Oct 2023 — avg 44 · peak 128Jan 2024 — avg 66 · peak 164Apr 2024 — avg 95 · peak 320Jul 2024 — avg 71 · peak 391Oct 2024 — avg 45 · peak 114Jan 2025 — avg 50 · peak 146Apr 2025 — avg 35 · peak 73Jul 2025 — avg 35 · peak 77Oct 2025 — avg 33 · peak 72Jan 2026 — avg 38 · peak 89Apr 2026 — avg 33 · peak 108Jul 2026 — avg 32 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 80
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.99$3.482018-02-072026-10-152018-02-07 — 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 $34.992026-09-14 — best price $5.772026-10-15 — best price $5.47
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

38112026-05-27 — 17 pageviews2026-05-31 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 38 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 27 pageviews2026-07-10 — 21 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-18 — 34 pageviews2026-07-22 — 32 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-03 — 15 pageviews2026-08-07 — 19 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 18 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 22 pageviews2026-08-27 — 27 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 25 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 27 pageviews2026-09-20 — 24 pageviews2026-09-24 — 20 pageviews2026-09-28 — 28 pageviews2026-10-02 — 21 pageviews2026-10-06 — 25 pageviews2026-10-10 — 28 pageviews2026-10-12 — 19 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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2018-05-22, latest 2019-06-13 (Steam store data)

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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