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Empires in Ruins

Hammer & Ravens · 2021-03-25

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 04, 2019 (Linux), Feb 04, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The bastard child of Grand Strategy and Tower Defense, with a black humor infused plot, set in a grim, disillusioned world. Quell the rebellion, tame the Western Marches, disobey your orders and save your brandy. Not strictly in this order.

79%
positive of 145 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.59
steam price (US)

The Western Marches, far away from the capital of the Principality of Koth, are aflame with rebellion. The bordering Kingdom of Krovan is flexing its military muscles, the long grudge with Koth never dealth with. And in this bloody turmoil, who to send if not the grumpiest, unruliest and drunkest Sergeant of the Principality, accompanied by just a ragtag army? So Sergeant Heimer story begins, wrapped up in endless questions. Who's pulling the strings, why, and what is really happening? Jump into the boots of the unlikeliest hero ever, taking your men into a fight for survival, and maybe (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 22,255 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.59-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-03-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620202026Week of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$3.592020-02-042026-09-032020-02-04 — best price $15.292020-06-25 — best price $15.292021-02-11 — best price $14.442021-04-10 — best price $16.092021-04-23 — best price $16.092021-05-03 — best price $14.392021-06-16 — best price $17.992021-07-21 — best price $13.492021-09-06 — best price $17.992021-10-07 — best price $17.992021-11-14 — best price $16.092021-11-27 — best price $14.392022-01-07 — best price $12.592022-02-02 — best price $17.992022-03-31 — best price $12.592022-05-23 — best price $17.992022-07-07 — best price $17.992022-09-18 — best price $16.092022-11-11 — best price $16.092023-01-20 — best price $8.992023-03-29 — best price $14.392023-06-13 — best price $14.392023-10-04 — best price $8.092024-02-13 — best price $16.092024-05-02 — best price $17.992024-08-05 — best price $16.192024-12-19 — best price $5.392025-03-13 — best price $5.392025-08-15 — best price $17.992026-03-09 — best price $3.592026-06-10 — best price $17.992026-09-03 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "Hail and Kill"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Japanese

Player tags

RPGRTS2.5DSandboxWargameMedievalStrategyIsometricDark HumorStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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