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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.

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension is a 2013 Indie and Strategy game priced at $34.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1449 reviews).

5
playing now
91%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (16 downloads)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (67 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 58k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,449 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 6 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620162026Week of 2016-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

912026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1733Dec 2013Aug 2026Dec 2013 — avg 126 · peak 224Apr 2014 — avg 106 · peak 198Aug 2014 — avg 108 · peak 191Dec 2014 — avg 141 · peak 541Apr 2015 — avg 105 · peak 169Aug 2015 — avg 119 · peak 215Dec 2015 — avg 139 · peak 323Apr 2016 — avg 140 · peak 255Aug 2016 — avg 118 · peak 202Dec 2016 — avg 141 · peak 231Apr 2017 — avg 121 · peak 204Aug 2017 — avg 132 · peak 227Dec 2017 — avg 92 · peak 216Apr 2018 — avg 39 · peak 71Aug 2018 — avg 28 · peak 53Dec 2018 — avg 31 · peak 53Apr 2019 — avg 27 · peak 65Aug 2019 — avg 21 · peak 43Dec 2019 — avg 21 · peak 42Apr 2020 — avg 22 · peak 48Aug 2020 — avg 15 · peak 31Dec 2020 — avg 15 · peak 29Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 31Aug 2021 — avg 12 · peak 24Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 20Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 25Aug 2022 — avg 10 · peak 20Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 19Aug 2023 — avg 7 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 8 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 2 pageviews2026-09-24 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 3 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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