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Cliff Empire cover art

Cliff Empire

Lion's Shade · 2019-08-06

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Cliff Empire is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2019, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, priced at $17.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 4378 reviews).

25
playing now
87%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (1.8k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Cliff Empire trailer thumbnail

Cliff Empire - Release Trailer

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (493 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 109k–263k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,378 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41741720182026Week of 2018-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

39102026-09-15 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 39 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 29 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 35 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
84017May 2018Aug 2026May 2018 — avg 73 · peak 309Aug 2018 — avg 35 · peak 76Nov 2018 — avg 30 · peak 73Feb 2019 — avg 74 · peak 197May 2019 — avg 55 · peak 136Aug 2019 — avg 840 · peak 3,083Nov 2019 — avg 174 · peak 385Feb 2020 — avg 138 · peak 271May 2020 — avg 106 · peak 215Aug 2020 — avg 70 · peak 137Nov 2020 — avg 102 · peak 259Feb 2021 — avg 57 · peak 109May 2021 — avg 44 · peak 84Aug 2021 — avg 47 · peak 84Nov 2021 — avg 34 · peak 74Feb 2022 — avg 37 · peak 70May 2022 — avg 147 · peak 330Aug 2022 — avg 45 · peak 81Nov 2022 — avg 35 · peak 72Feb 2023 — avg 46 · peak 89May 2023 — avg 29 · peak 59Aug 2023 — avg 40 · peak 103Nov 2023 — avg 28 · peak 61Feb 2024 — avg 63 · peak 144May 2024 — avg 27 · peak 67Aug 2024 — avg 30 · peak 62Nov 2024 — avg 70 · peak 192Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 68May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 49Aug 2025 — avg 36 · peak 110Nov 2025 — avg 23 · peak 48Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 39May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 64
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$7.492018-04-302026-08-242018-04-30 — best price $7.642018-06-22 — best price $8.092019-07-31 — best price $11.992019-12-03 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $11.992020-03-22 — best price $11.992020-11-10 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $11.992022-04-26 — best price $11.992022-06-24 — best price $9.742022-12-22 — best price $10.492023-01-23 — best price $9.742023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-08-18 — best price $8.692023-11-21 — best price $11.992024-01-08 — best price $9.742024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-05-27 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-08-19 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $10.492025-03-28 — best price $10.492025-06-26 — best price $8.992025-08-14 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $10.492025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-13 — best price $17.992026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-08-24 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
59%
earned "Great build"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Czech, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Korean…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-06-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9003%20

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

Sci-fiEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyDifficultColony SimFuturisticManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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