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Diplomacy is Not an Option

Door 407 · 2024-10-04

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

849
playing now
86%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
58h
to beat · rushed 31h · completionist 110h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

849 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

You were born a feudal lord. Sounds good, right? But you're bored of hunting, executions and tournaments. Even of feasts with beautiful maidens. The only dream left - your castle surrounded by hordes of enemies. You would waste no time on negotiation. This is your chance to show'em who is in charge.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 849 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,445 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~181/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 249k–561k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,467 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Gamer Thor (2025-01-04) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 91 of 117 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20222026Week of 2022-02-01: 1,366 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2752026-08-07 00:00 — 293 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 374 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 596 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 364 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 521 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 658 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 409 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 611 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 678 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 355 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 426 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 543 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 350 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 427 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 471 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 275 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 361 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 708 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 459 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 327 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 542 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 379 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 377 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 619 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 532 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 572 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 857 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 941 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 849 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$8.522022-02-092026-08-302022-02-09 — best price $22.492022-07-19 — best price $24.992022-10-31 — best price $24.992022-12-22 — best price $19.992023-04-13 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $24.992023-10-16 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-16 — best price $19.992024-02-27 — best price $19.992024-05-22 — best price $24.992024-07-26 — best price $14.992024-08-28 — best price $18.362024-10-03 — best price $29.992024-10-18 — best price $16.672024-11-19 — best price $19.492024-12-05 — best price $19.492024-12-27 — best price $10.422025-01-11 — best price $29.992025-02-24 — best price $29.992025-03-21 — best price $22.042025-05-01 — best price $29.992025-06-03 — best price $22.042025-07-15 — best price $13.492025-08-22 — best price $22.042025-10-08 — best price $24.432025-11-20 — best price $9.482025-12-08 — best price $29.992026-01-12 — best price $13.492026-03-12 — best price $9.152026-04-13 — best price $13.492026-05-07 — best price $24.872026-06-09 — best price $29.992026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

7502026-08-26 19:15 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 65 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
59.8%
earned "We have food at home"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,2931%60

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

PvERTSWarMedievalMilitaryStrategyTacticalAction RTSHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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