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Circle Empires Rivals cover art

Circle Empires Rivals

Luminous · Iceberg Interactive · 2020-04-15

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals!

Circle Empires Rivals is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2020 for $15.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1,976 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-05

39
playing now
90%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 39 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (216 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,131 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 40k–89k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,976 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.10 at AllYouPlay (2026-03-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.82 · on sale 75 of 249 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19519520202026Week of 2020-04-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5032026-09-15 14:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 41 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31019Apr 2020Aug 2026Apr 2020 — avg 310 · peak 590Jun 2020 — avg 58 · peak 133Aug 2020 — avg 52 · peak 129Oct 2020 — avg 36 · peak 107Dec 2020 — avg 46 · peak 107Feb 2021 — avg 39 · peak 97Apr 2021 — avg 35 · peak 100Jun 2021 — avg 33 · peak 77Aug 2021 — avg 43 · peak 119Oct 2021 — avg 50 · peak 210Dec 2021 — avg 42 · peak 120Feb 2022 — avg 60 · peak 230Apr 2022 — avg 51 · peak 188Jun 2022 — avg 29 · peak 87Aug 2022 — avg 31 · peak 96Oct 2022 — avg 36 · peak 163Dec 2022 — avg 36 · peak 96Feb 2023 — avg 33 · peak 105Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 65Jun 2023 — avg 27 · peak 100Aug 2023 — avg 35 · peak 95Oct 2023 — avg 72 · peak 596Dec 2023 — avg 61 · peak 205Feb 2024 — avg 37 · peak 124Apr 2024 — avg 28 · peak 96Jun 2024 — avg 40 · peak 158Aug 2024 — avg 28 · peak 93Oct 2024 — avg 27 · peak 95Dec 2024 — avg 44 · peak 123Feb 2025 — avg 31 · peak 103Apr 2025 — avg 28 · peak 103Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 105Aug 2025 — avg 29 · peak 108Oct 2025 — avg 32 · peak 104Dec 2025 — avg 39 · peak 135Feb 2026 — avg 58 · peak 225Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 94Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.82$3.102020-04-072026-08-272020-04-07 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-14 — best price $13.382021-01-27 — best price $8.992021-03-08 — best price $12.632021-04-16 — best price $8.982021-06-02 — best price $12.632021-07-24 — best price $12.742021-09-29 — best price $12.632021-11-25 — best price $5.092022-01-03 — best price $14.992022-03-23 — best price $14.992022-05-23 — best price $14.992022-08-06 — best price $6.372022-10-25 — best price $6.742022-12-19 — best price $6.742023-03-24 — best price $11.802023-07-03 — best price $5.992023-10-13 — best price $6.002023-12-28 — best price $14.992024-03-18 — best price $5.992024-05-24 — best price $14.992024-07-29 — best price $5.092024-10-08 — best price $12.592024-12-04 — best price $15.992025-05-10 — best price $12.592025-09-11 — best price $15.992025-12-11 — best price $4.792026-01-13 — best price $18.382026-02-11 — best price $18.722026-03-11 — best price $18.272026-04-08 — best price $18.332026-05-06 — best price $18.472026-06-03 — best price $18.312026-07-01 — best price $17.962026-07-27 — best price $15.992026-08-24 — best price $18.412026-08-27 — best price $18.40
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.2%
earned "Legendary harvester"
38.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-04-29, latest 2020-06-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6592%118

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

Player tags

PvEPvPActionDragonsEconomyFantasyStrategyTacticalTop-DownFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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