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Empire Architect cover art

Empire Architect

Batholith Entertainment · 2017-10-06

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects

66%
positive of 172 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$5.24
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 24,999 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 172 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.24-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Humble Store (2018-08-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.24 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$3.742017-05-272026-10-012017-05-27 — best price $7.992017-08-28 — best price $7.492017-09-05 — best price $14.992017-10-13 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $11.242017-12-11 — best price $9.892017-12-21 — best price $9.892018-01-26 — best price $9.892018-02-15 — best price $9.892018-03-05 — best price $8.992018-04-06 — best price $7.492018-05-07 — best price $8.992018-05-14 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $8.242018-07-09 — best price $8.992018-08-13 — best price $5.992018-08-30 — best price $3.742018-09-13 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $7.492018-11-12 — best price $6.742018-12-20 — best price $5.992019-01-10 — best price $5.242019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $5.992019-03-25 — best price $6.742019-04-30 — best price $5.242019-05-10 — best price $5.992019-05-27 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $5.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
71.3%
earned "Beat Level 1 of the "Glory of Rome" Campaign"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, French

Player tags

RPGRTSRomeIndieCasualEconomyBuildingStrategyIsometricHistorical

Census log

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

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