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Etherlords cover art

Etherlords

Nival · 2014-02-13

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 12, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Four races of wizards, adepts of four magical schools, collide in a brutal fight for world domination. Etherlords, an iconic strategy created by Nival, became a bestseller in the world and earned highest grades from critics.Etherlords is an exciting mix of turn-based strategy and fantasy trading card game.

Etherlords is a 2014 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (43% of 235 reviews).

0
playing now
43%
positive of 235 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.9k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 235 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamersGate (2019-08-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 50 observed days · $5.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.752015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.992016-06-17 — best price $1.192016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-11-24 — best price $1.492018-02-08 — best price $1.252018-04-20 — best price $4.992018-07-06 — best price $4.992018-11-30 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-05-24 — best price $4.992019-11-22 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $1.242020-07-03 — best price $1.792020-09-28 — best price $4.992020-12-14 — best price $5.992021-03-08 — best price $5.992021-06-28 — best price $1.122021-11-03 — best price $5.992022-01-08 — best price $4.992022-03-28 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-10-17 — best price $1.122023-01-09 — best price $1.122023-04-21 — best price $1.492023-07-15 — best price $4.992023-09-19 — best price $1.492023-11-18 — best price $4.992024-01-26 — best price $1.492024-04-06 — best price $4.992024-09-26 — best price $1.792024-11-27 — best price $1.002025-05-08 — best price $1.792026-09-01 — best price $5.992026-09-13 — best price $5.992026-09-25 — best price $5.992026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGClassicFantasyStrategyTacticalCard GameTurn-BasedAtmosphericTrading Card GameTurn-Based Tactics

Census log

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

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