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Crusader Kings Complete

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2012-02-14

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 14, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Europe is in turmoil. The lands are fragmented into petty fiefs and the Emperor struggles with the Pope. At this very moment the Pope has declared that those who go to liberate the Holy Land will be freed of all sins. Gather prestige and piety and the world will whisper your name in awe.

Crusader Kings Complete is a Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with Mixed sentiment (61% of 246 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

1
playing now
61%
positive of 246 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Crusader Kings is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive in April 2004. An expansion called Deus Vult was released in October 2007. A sequel, Crusader Kings II, was released in February 2012, and another sequel, Crusader Kings III, was released on September 1, 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 14,328 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.8k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 246 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at GreenManGaming (2013-01-25) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 77 of 120 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
102Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 23May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2014 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2014 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.95$1.722015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.632015-04-21 — best price $1.992015-09-28 — best price $9.992016-02-10 — best price $7.882016-06-24 — best price $9.622016-12-09 — best price $9.992017-05-25 — best price $2.502017-11-02 — best price $9.992018-03-01 — best price $9.992018-06-15 — best price $9.992018-10-10 — best price $8.992018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-04-01 — best price $1.992019-06-27 — best price $2.502019-10-17 — best price $2.492020-01-09 — best price $2.492020-03-23 — best price $2.202020-06-23 — best price $2.392020-08-26 — best price $2.492020-10-22 — best price $8.812021-01-05 — best price $8.812021-04-29 — best price $8.602021-08-20 — best price $2.492021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-03-21 — best price $2.492022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-09-22 — best price $8.692023-01-03 — best price $8.392023-04-03 — best price $2.292023-08-11 — best price $8.992023-12-15 — best price $8.992024-04-18 — best price $9.992024-09-10 — best price $9.992025-01-20 — best price $1.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992026-03-29 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-09-15 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11802026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2 pageviews2026-06-08 — 34 pageviews2026-06-12 — 72 pageviews2026-06-16 — 85 pageviews2026-06-20 — 85 pageviews2026-06-24 — 107 pageviews2026-06-28 — 88 pageviews2026-07-02 — 78 pageviews2026-07-06 — 69 pageviews2026-07-10 — 62 pageviews2026-07-14 — 52 pageviews2026-07-18 — 67 pageviews2026-07-22 — 99 pageviews2026-07-26 — 81 pageviews2026-07-30 — 118 pageviews2026-08-03 — 66 pageviews2026-08-07 — 69 pageviews2026-08-11 — 63 pageviews2026-08-15 — 62 pageviews2026-08-19 — 72 pageviews2026-08-23 — 84 pageviews2026-08-27 — 70 pageviews2026-08-31 — 74 pageviews2026-09-04 — 72 pageviews2026-09-08 — 54 pageviews2026-09-12 — 69 pageviews2026-09-16 — 74 pageviews2026-09-20 — 60 pageviews2026-09-24 — 73 pageviews2026-09-28 — 96 pageviews2026-10-02 — 82 pageviews2026-10-06 — 65 pageviews2026-10-10 — 80 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

MedievalStrategyHistoricalSingleplayerGrand StrategyReal-Time with Pause

Census log

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

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