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Distant Kingdoms cover art

Distant Kingdoms

Orthrus Studios · 2021-05-05

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A unique blend of City Building, Social Management, Exploration and Adventure gameplay, Distant Kingdoms brings a rich fantasy world to life. Help the Humans, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs of Talam, begin anew in the fabled land of Ineron.

Distant Kingdoms is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy and Early Access game released in 2021, with a Mixed review sentiment (44% of 303 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
43%
positive of 302 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Help the Humans, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs of Talam begin anew in the fabled land of Ineron.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (155 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 49,563 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 302 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
959520212025Week of 2021-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.492021-05-042022-04-152021-05-04 — best price $24.992021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-05-12 — best price $24.992021-05-20 — best price $19.992021-05-23 — best price $22.392021-05-26 — best price $22.392021-05-29 — best price $22.392021-06-01 — best price $22.392021-06-04 — best price $22.392021-06-07 — best price $22.392021-06-16 — best price $16.742021-06-18 — best price $16.742021-06-21 — best price $16.742021-06-25 — best price $16.742021-07-03 — best price $22.492021-07-09 — best price $22.392021-07-23 — best price $16.742021-07-31 — best price $20.992021-08-07 — best price $22.492021-08-17 — best price $13.992021-08-19 — best price $16.742021-08-22 — best price $13.992021-08-25 — best price $24.992021-09-02 — best price $24.992021-09-04 — best price $20.992021-09-08 — best price $22.392021-09-11 — best price $22.492022-02-17 — best price $24.992022-04-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieFantasyStrategySimulationCity BuilderEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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