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Battle Realms: Zen Edition cover art

Battle Realms: Zen Edition

Ed Del Castillo · 2025-01-27

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 07, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.

271
playing now
89%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

271 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Battle Realms is a real-time strategy video game published and released by Crave Entertainment and Ubi Soft in November 2001. It was the first game created by Liquid Entertainment. An expansion pack Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf was released in November 2002. In 2012, the game was re-released on GOG.com. In 2019, the game was re-released on Steam as Battle Realms: Zen Edition, in its early access state with functioning online multiplayer.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 271 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 306 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 10,904 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 88k–197k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,382 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2019-12-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39239220192026Week of 2019-12-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4531022026-08-07 00:00 — 107 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 257 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 358 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 111 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 306 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 388 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 147 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 320 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 369 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 250 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 291 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 119 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 280 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 328 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 127 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 243 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 453 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 108 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 246 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 444 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 137 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 284 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 435 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 171 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 278 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 431 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 279 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 271 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$9.992019-12-032026-07-092019-12-03 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $13.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $13.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $13.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

197362026-05-30 — 57 pageviews2026-06-02 — 82 pageviews2026-06-05 — 56 pageviews2026-06-08 — 111 pageviews2026-06-11 — 54 pageviews2026-06-14 — 63 pageviews2026-06-17 — 46 pageviews2026-06-20 — 53 pageviews2026-06-23 — 94 pageviews2026-06-26 — 62 pageviews2026-06-29 — 64 pageviews2026-07-02 — 69 pageviews2026-07-05 — 52 pageviews2026-07-08 — 51 pageviews2026-07-11 — 52 pageviews2026-07-14 — 74 pageviews2026-07-17 — 76 pageviews2026-07-20 — 50 pageviews2026-07-23 — 47 pageviews2026-07-26 — 51 pageviews2026-07-29 — 58 pageviews2026-08-01 — 54 pageviews2026-08-04 — 46 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-10 — 121 pageviews2026-08-13 — 82 pageviews2026-08-16 — 68 pageviews2026-08-19 — 77 pageviews2026-08-22 — 71 pageviews2026-08-25 — 127 pageviews2026-08-27 — 88 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9302026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 85 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
6.3%
earned "Mmm, Rice."
0.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudIncludes level editor

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)681%90

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

Player tags

RTSActionClassicFantasyStrategyFast-PacedMultiplayerEarly AccessSingleplayerBase-Building

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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