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Despotism 3k

Konfa Games · 2018-11-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 19, 2021 (Xbox One), May 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 08, 2018 (Linux), May 19, 2019 (iOS), Apr 18, 2019 (Android), Nov 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!

Despotism 3k is a 2018 Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Mostly Positive (77% of 3837 reviews) sentiment.

9
playing now
77%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Despotism 3k trailer thumbnail

Despotism 3k - Game Trailer | PS4

≈20,848 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 96k–230k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,837 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$10.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2021-10-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 12 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10510520182026Week of 2018-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2712026-09-15 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5833Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 24 · peak 121Feb 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2019 — avg 7 · peak 61Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 30Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 28Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2020 — avg 8 · peak 25Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 28May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 57Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 8 · peak 33Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2022 — avg 583 · peak 3,255Nov 2022 — avg 34 · peak 72Feb 2023 — avg 21 · peak 51May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 41Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 33Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 31Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 30May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 30Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 22May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 31Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.99$0.002018-11-092026-10-102018-11-09 — best price $7.192019-02-11 — best price $7.992019-06-10 — best price $7.992019-10-07 — best price $5.192019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-02-24 — best price $5.592020-06-08 — best price $7.992020-09-21 — best price $3.992020-11-16 — best price $7.992021-01-11 — best price $3.592021-03-15 — best price $7.992021-06-25 — best price $3.192021-10-18 — best price $7.992021-12-22 — best price $2.392022-02-03 — best price $7.992022-06-06 — best price $3.192022-09-26 — best price $2.392022-11-29 — best price $7.992023-02-20 — best price $3.992023-04-10 — best price $7.992023-07-17 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $7.992024-02-19 — best price $3.992024-04-08 — best price $7.992024-07-15 — best price $3.192024-10-14 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $3.192025-02-24 — best price $7.992025-06-26 — best price $3.192025-09-01 — best price $7.992025-12-01 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $3.192026-07-20 — best price $7.992026-09-26 — best price $10.992026-10-10 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
69.5%
earned "What Is This?"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-11-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,1542%30
Xbox One (Xbox)850%30
PS4 (PlayStation)757%31
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

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

2DIndieViolentStrategyDifficultDark HumorRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulationPerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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