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Cultures - Northland cover art

Cultures - Northland

Funatics Software · Daedalic Entertainment · 2015-03-26

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 01, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Cultures - Northland is a Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 693 reviews).

61
playing now
83%
positive of 693 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

61 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 61 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 148% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 14,126 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 693 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.16 at Gamer Thor (2025-10-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 87 of 116 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7802026-09-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 78 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 57 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 52 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 61 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2493Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2015 — avg 7 · peak 30Mar 2016 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2016 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2016 — avg 9 · peak 32Mar 2017 — avg 9 · peak 42Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 31Nov 2017 — avg 13 · peak 52Mar 2018 — avg 13 · peak 37Jul 2018 — avg 14 · peak 38Nov 2018 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2019 — avg 12 · peak 604Nov 2019 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2020 — avg 12 · peak 42Jul 2020 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2021 — avg 11 · peak 32Jul 2021 — avg 8 · peak 25Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 38Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 27Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 36Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 27Jul 2025 — avg 20 · peak 788Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Mar 2026 — avg 249 · peak 1,838Jul 2026 — avg 103 · peak 2,970Aug 2026 — avg 63 · peak 4,481
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.95$0.162015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-11-02 — best price $1.992016-02-22 — best price $19.952016-07-04 — best price $4.752016-12-20 — best price $0.992017-04-10 — best price $0.992017-11-16 — best price $0.992018-04-29 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $0.992019-04-22 — best price $0.802019-09-28 — best price $4.912020-01-20 — best price $4.672020-04-21 — best price $4.992020-07-23 — best price $0.512020-10-27 — best price $4.992021-01-15 — best price $4.142021-03-29 — best price $4.992021-06-02 — best price $4.992021-10-17 — best price $3.662022-02-04 — best price $0.492022-05-05 — best price $4.992022-08-14 — best price $0.472022-11-20 — best price $0.462023-03-13 — best price $0.492023-07-21 — best price $0.452023-11-02 — best price $4.992024-02-01 — best price $4.992024-05-06 — best price $0.502024-08-02 — best price $0.522024-10-09 — best price $0.742024-11-25 — best price $0.752025-04-19 — best price $0.712025-07-25 — best price $0.522025-09-29 — best price $0.432025-11-26 — best price $0.382026-03-11 — best price $0.742026-06-13 — best price $3.892026-08-21 — best price $0.51
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSClassicVikingsStrategyAdventureSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayerBase-BuildingResource Management

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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