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dotAGE

Michele Pirovano · 2023-10-04

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 04, 2023 (Linux), Oct 04, 2023 (Mac), Oct 04, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 24, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?

dotAGE is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy title released in 2023, priced at $17.59, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 2673 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

34
playing now
95%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.59
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 154 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (705 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–120k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,673 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.31-30%
GOG$14.05-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.55 at Steam (2026-06-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.59 · on sale 40 of 63 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
68168120232026Week of 2023-10-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

62202026-08-11 17:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 32 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 35 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 33 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 47 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 50 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 44 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 45 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 40 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 54 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 62 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 45 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.59$10.552023-10-042026-08-302023-10-04 — best price $14.952023-12-21 — best price $14.952024-01-22 — best price $14.072024-03-06 — best price $17.592024-03-15 — best price $17.592024-04-29 — best price $14.952024-05-20 — best price $17.592024-07-18 — best price $13.192024-09-12 — best price $13.192024-10-28 — best price $14.072024-11-21 — best price $17.592024-11-27 — best price $14.072024-12-19 — best price $14.072025-01-14 — best price $14.072025-02-03 — best price $17.592025-03-13 — best price $14.952025-04-03 — best price $17.592025-05-21 — best price $14.072025-06-10 — best price $14.072025-07-15 — best price $13.192025-08-01 — best price $17.592025-09-11 — best price $17.592025-09-25 — best price $13.192025-10-20 — best price $13.192025-11-21 — best price $13.192025-12-06 — best price $17.592026-01-03 — best price $14.072026-01-23 — best price $13.192026-02-16 — best price $14.072026-03-09 — best price $12.312026-03-26 — best price $17.592026-04-20 — best price $12.312026-05-05 — best price $14.052026-06-02 — best price $17.592026-06-25 — best price $12.312026-08-12 — best price $17.592026-08-28 — best price $14.052026-08-30 — best price $14.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "A doomed village"
19.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pace3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0400%157
Switch (Nintendo)50%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

CuteFunnyBuildingSurvivalTabletopDifficultBoard GameColony SimDark HumorRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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