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Circle Empires

Luminous · Iceberg Interactive · 2018-08-08

SteamGOG

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 08, 2018 (Mac), Aug 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 08, 2018 (Linux)

Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.

Circle Empires is a 2018 Casual, Indie, Strategy game priced at $8.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 4164 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

44
playing now
89%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Circle Empires trailer thumbnail

Circle Empires Tactics - Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 143 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 29,050 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 104k–251k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,178 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.51 at eTail.Market (2024-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.48 · on sale 81 of 278 observed days · $0.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28628620182026Week of 2018-08-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4652026-09-14 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 39 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 42 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 30 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 39 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 28 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24319Aug 2018Aug 2026Aug 2018 — avg 243 · peak 1,003Nov 2018 — avg 84 · peak 269Feb 2019 — avg 38 · peak 99May 2019 — avg 42 · peak 330Aug 2019 — avg 44 · peak 127Nov 2019 — avg 92 · peak 409Feb 2020 — avg 82 · peak 227May 2020 — avg 48 · peak 117Aug 2020 — avg 45 · peak 131Nov 2020 — avg 65 · peak 273Feb 2021 — avg 35 · peak 90May 2021 — avg 33 · peak 119Aug 2021 — avg 36 · peak 98Nov 2021 — avg 36 · peak 95Feb 2022 — avg 43 · peak 151May 2022 — avg 30 · peak 82Aug 2022 — avg 26 · peak 77Nov 2022 — avg 25 · peak 81Feb 2023 — avg 29 · peak 87May 2023 — avg 24 · peak 68Aug 2023 — avg 28 · peak 80Nov 2023 — avg 49 · peak 407Feb 2024 — avg 36 · peak 166May 2024 — avg 19 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 32 · peak 91Nov 2024 — avg 33 · peak 109Feb 2025 — avg 33 · peak 95May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 71Aug 2025 — avg 29 · peak 91Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 106Feb 2026 — avg 72 · peak 228May 2026 — avg 31 · peak 83Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 67
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.42$1.522018-08-082026-10-142018-08-08 — best price $5.752018-12-02 — best price $6.792019-03-22 — best price $3.992019-08-07 — best price $4.202019-12-01 — best price $4.792020-02-08 — best price $6.712020-05-30 — best price $5.872020-08-09 — best price $7.992020-10-19 — best price $3.192020-12-31 — best price $7.992021-03-01 — best price $7.992021-04-25 — best price $2.722021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-09-22 — best price $5.872021-12-02 — best price $2.722022-02-08 — best price $5.872022-05-01 — best price $2.102022-07-25 — best price $2.392022-11-14 — best price $2.402023-01-12 — best price $6.792023-05-05 — best price $2.392023-09-30 — best price $7.032024-01-10 — best price $8.992024-04-06 — best price $7.342024-07-08 — best price $1.802024-09-10 — best price $2.242024-12-13 — best price $1.802025-05-13 — best price $1.792025-10-07 — best price $1.792025-12-19 — best price $1.592026-02-03 — best price $10.362026-03-13 — best price $10.042026-04-24 — best price $10.262026-06-03 — best price $10.192026-07-14 — best price $7.072026-09-08 — best price $1.792026-10-13 — best price $1.792026-10-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.2%
earned "True Healer"
36.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Czech, Polish…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-10-25, latest 2020-04-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,9698%82

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

2DRTSIndieCasualFantasyStrategyReal-TimeMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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