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Archeo: Shinar cover art

Archeo: Shinar

Artists Entertainment · 2019-09-11

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore the deepest caves with a cup of tea in your hand, reach the heart of the jungle with your finger on a globe, send your highly educated employees to uncivilized tribes and don't let them convince you it's a certain death! The worst case scenario? You will hire new ones.

Archeo: Shinar is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (75% of 118 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
75%
positive of 118 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$12.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 49,693 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.0k–7.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 118 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.29 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 3 of 52 observed days · $11.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620192026Week of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$1.292019-01-172026-10-142019-01-17 — best price $9.992019-03-19 — best price $12.992019-05-30 — best price $10.392019-10-11 — best price $10.392019-11-11 — best price $9.742019-12-05 — best price $9.742020-01-22 — best price $9.742020-02-17 — best price $12.992020-03-22 — best price $9.092020-04-20 — best price $8.702020-07-09 — best price $12.992020-08-10 — best price $12.992020-11-25 — best price $6.492021-02-01 — best price $12.992021-06-09 — best price $5.192021-10-28 — best price $5.192021-12-13 — best price $4.412022-02-14 — best price $12.992022-07-07 — best price $3.242022-10-17 — best price $2.592023-02-20 — best price $3.242023-06-30 — best price $2.592024-01-25 — best price $8.702024-12-20 — best price $2.592026-03-22 — best price $2.592026-09-03 — best price $12.992026-09-11 — best price $12.992026-09-19 — best price $12.992026-09-27 — best price $12.992026-10-05 — best price $12.992026-10-13 — best price $12.992026-10-14 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
44.6%
earned "Cuppy"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieEconomyStrategyReal-TimeDark HumorManagementSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayerTime Management

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.