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Battle Academy

Slitherine Ltd. · 2014-04-16

SteamXbox

Strategy

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

Releases: Aug 04, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 24, 2012 (iOS), Sep 05, 2011 (Mac)

A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.

Battle Academy is a 2014 Strategy game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 371 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

12
playing now
85%
positive of 371 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 371 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.12 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1542026-09-15 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
155Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 14 · peak 32Aug 2014 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2014 — avg 9 · peak 28Apr 2015 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2015 — avg 9 · peak 21Dec 2015 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2016 — avg 9 · peak 22Apr 2017 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2018 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2018 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2019 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 22Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 21Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2023 — avg 7 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.192015-01-012026-08-012015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-02-26 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-05-26 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-03-22 — best price $14.992018-07-17 — best price $14.992018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-05-13 — best price $1.492019-10-02 — best price $14.992020-01-04 — best price $14.992020-02-28 — best price $14.992020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-11-22 — best price $1.492021-03-05 — best price $1.492021-11-16 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $1.342022-08-26 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-05-03 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $2.392023-11-21 — best price $1.492024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-05-19 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-02-01 — best price $14.992025-04-14 — best price $2.392025-07-18 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-08 — best price $1.492026-02-24 — best price $14.992026-05-11 — best price $1.492026-07-22 — best price $1.492026-08-01 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing6 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2014-04-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)7420%12

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

Player tags

WargameStrategyHistoricalTurn-BasedMultiplayerReplay ValueSingleplayerWorld War IITurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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