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Brigandine The Legend of Runersia

Happinet · 2022-05-10

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Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 10, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

The continent of Runersia is home to six major powers with more than 40 bases, 100 knights, and 50 types of monsters. Select a ruler, organize knights and monsters into troops, and conquer enemy bases!

Brigandine The Legend of Runersia is a Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1407 reviews).

44
playing now
85%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
8
Nexus mods (5.6k downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (855 ratings)
60h
to beat · rushed 40h · completionist 87h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia is a turn-based strategy game developed by Matrix Software and published by Happinet. It is a sequel to the 1998 PlayStation game Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena, and features the same core gameplay with a new setting. The player chooses one of six nations of the continent of Runersia and must guide it to conquer the others and unify the land using powerful Rune Knights and their summoned monsters. The game was released worldwide for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2020, and for Windows in May 2022.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 176 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 69% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,407 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-02-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33533520222026Week of 2022-05-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

95212026-09-15 16:00 — 59 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 35 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 36 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 74 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 41 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 58 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 69 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 95 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 57 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 50 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 48 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 71 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 52 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 47 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 57 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 69 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 41 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 50 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 71 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60335May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 603 · peak 1,513Jul 2022 — avg 116 · peak 290Sep 2022 — avg 75 · peak 186Nov 2022 — avg 62 · peak 133Jan 2023 — avg 73 · peak 179Mar 2023 — avg 42 · peak 114May 2023 — avg 51 · peak 164Jul 2023 — avg 67 · peak 137Sep 2023 — avg 58 · peak 127Nov 2023 — avg 57 · peak 123Jan 2024 — avg 51 · peak 110Mar 2024 — avg 43 · peak 96May 2024 — avg 42 · peak 113Jul 2024 — avg 48 · peak 97Sep 2024 — avg 44 · peak 113Nov 2024 — avg 35 · peak 76Jan 2025 — avg 42 · peak 93Mar 2025 — avg 50 · peak 102May 2025 — avg 57 · peak 139Jul 2025 — avg 48 · peak 118Sep 2025 — avg 50 · peak 144Nov 2025 — avg 43 · peak 99Jan 2026 — avg 50 · peak 113Mar 2026 — avg 106 · peak 348May 2026 — avg 76 · peak 160Jul 2026 — avg 58 · peak 124Aug 2026 — avg 67 · peak 180
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$7.992022-05-112026-08-112022-05-11 — best price $33.992022-06-24 — best price $31.992022-08-05 — best price $31.992022-09-16 — best price $31.992022-11-04 — best price $31.992022-11-22 — best price $27.992022-12-22 — best price $23.992023-03-16 — best price $23.992023-05-20 — best price $23.992023-06-29 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $19.992023-10-10 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $19.992023-12-02 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $19.992024-05-25 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-08-13 — best price $19.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-02-11 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-12-06 — best price $39.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-04-04 — best price $39.992026-05-26 — best price $39.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-11 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

397372026-06-01 — 75 pageviews2026-06-05 — 66 pageviews2026-06-09 — 99 pageviews2026-06-13 — 66 pageviews2026-06-17 — 62 pageviews2026-06-21 — 83 pageviews2026-06-25 — 55 pageviews2026-06-29 — 66 pageviews2026-07-03 — 98 pageviews2026-07-07 — 61 pageviews2026-07-11 — 87 pageviews2026-07-15 — 74 pageviews2026-07-19 — 134 pageviews2026-07-23 — 61 pageviews2026-07-27 — 73 pageviews2026-07-31 — 103 pageviews2026-08-04 — 78 pageviews2026-08-08 — 61 pageviews2026-08-12 — 88 pageviews2026-08-16 — 104 pageviews2026-08-20 — 166 pageviews2026-08-24 — 200 pageviews2026-08-28 — 224 pageviews2026-09-01 — 129 pageviews2026-09-05 — 87 pageviews2026-09-09 — 69 pageviews2026-09-13 — 48 pageviews2026-09-17 — 64 pageviews2026-09-21 — 49 pageviews2026-09-25 — 64 pageviews2026-09-29 — 52 pageviews2026-10-03 — 52 pageviews2026-10-07 — 37 pageviews2026-10-10 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
66.1%
earned "The Flames of War"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)55018%35
Steam (Steam)4912%35
PS4 (PlayStation)4219%35
Switch (Nintendo)370%0
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

3DMagicDragonsFantasyHex GridMedievalStrategyTop-DownSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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