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Egypt: Old Kingdom

Clarus Victoria · 2018-05-24

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 24, 2018 (Mac), May 24, 2018 (iOS), May 24, 2018 (Android), May 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 24, 2018 (Linux)

Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.

Egypt: Old Kingdom is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $3.74, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1263 reviews).

6
playing now
87%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.74
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,704 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,263 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.89-74%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2020-11-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 69 of 96 observed days · $0.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320182026Week of 2018-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 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

2222026-09-15 00:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1460Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2018 — avg 23 · peak 58Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 36Jan 2019 — avg 28 · peak 69Apr 2019 — avg 19 · peak 59Jul 2019 — avg 17 · peak 43Oct 2019 — avg 25 · peak 96Jan 2020 — avg 32 · peak 77Apr 2020 — avg 18 · peak 70Jul 2020 — avg 16 · peak 42Oct 2020 — avg 17 · peak 54Jan 2021 — avg 15 · peak 37Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 37Jul 2021 — avg 14 · peak 32Oct 2021 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2022 — avg 16 · peak 61Apr 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 39Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 29Apr 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 50Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 28Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 22Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742018-05-242026-10-142018-05-24 — best price $14.992018-11-12 — best price $8.242019-01-25 — best price $14.992019-04-15 — best price $6.742019-07-22 — best price $5.092019-11-12 — best price $14.992020-01-09 — best price $4.492020-03-16 — best price $4.492020-06-25 — best price $4.492020-09-19 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $3.742021-03-25 — best price $3.742021-07-29 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $3.742022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-08-22 — best price $3.742022-12-20 — best price $3.742023-04-28 — best price $14.992023-09-09 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-03-12 — best price $3.742024-05-22 — best price $3.742024-08-24 — best price $3.742024-11-26 — best price $3.742025-02-28 — best price $3.742025-05-02 — best price $3.742025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-06 — best price $14.992026-03-17 — best price $3.752026-05-15 — best price $3.892026-07-27 — best price $14.992026-09-04 — best price $3.892026-09-16 — best price $3.892026-09-28 — best price $3.892026-10-10 — best price $3.892026-10-14 — best price $3.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
60.9%
earned "Peaceful assimilation"
18.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-05-24, latest 2018-09-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1101%89

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieBuildingStrategySurvivalDifficultHistoricalManagementSimulationStory RichTurn-Based

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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