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Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension cover art

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Illwinter Game Design · 2013-12-05

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 04, 2013 (Mac), Nov 04, 2013 (Linux), Oct 10, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.

7
playing now
91%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$34.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension is a fantasy turn-based strategy game created and published by Illwinter in 2013. It is the fourth game in the Dominions series, preceded by Dominions: Priests, Prophets and Pretenders, Dominions II: The Ascension Wars and Dominions 3: The Awakening and succeeded by Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith released in 2017. Dominions 4 was initially released in Desura and later at GamersGate. It went through the Greenlight process and was released on Steam in September 2013, which became the most popular platform for looking for multiplayer games and discussions after Desura shut down. Some active communities can also be found on Discord and 4chan.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 58k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,450 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.24 at GamersGate (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 8 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

912026-08-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$134.99$5.242015-01-012026-07-102015-01-01 — best price $20.992015-06-17 — best price $20.992016-01-04 — best price $34.992016-07-04 — best price $34.992016-11-23 — best price $13.992017-01-02 — best price $34.992017-05-15 — best price $34.992017-10-12 — best price $11.902017-12-07 — best price $7.002018-03-05 — best price $8.742018-06-22 — best price $8.742018-09-10 — best price $8.742018-12-21 — best price $6.992019-04-08 — best price $34.992019-07-10 — best price $34.992019-09-29 — best price $34.992019-12-03 — best price $34.992020-01-23 — best price $8.742020-06-25 — best price $8.742020-10-12 — best price $8.742020-12-23 — best price $6.562021-03-30 — best price $6.562021-07-08 — best price $6.552021-11-01 — best price $34.992022-01-05 — best price $34.992022-05-09 — best price $34.992022-10-04 — best price $34.992023-01-25 — best price $13.122023-04-11 — best price $34.992023-10-24 — best price $13.122024-01-04 — best price $34.992024-03-22 — best price $34.992024-10-21 — best price $6.562024-12-20 — best price $5.252025-06-02 — best price $34.992025-09-16 — best price $34.992025-12-02 — best price $34.992026-05-18 — best price $34.992026-07-10 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2212026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XRPGIndieFantasySandboxGod GameModdableStrategyAddictiveDifficult

Census log

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

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