The Game Census
Etherlords cover art

Etherlords

Nival · 2014-02-13

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

0
playing now
43%
positive of 235 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 57% of 5,982 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9k–14k copies

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

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.942015-01-012026-01-142015-01-01 — best price $0.992016-06-06 — best price $3.492016-10-21 — best price $5.992017-06-21 — best price $5.992017-12-12 — best price $1.992018-02-13 — best price $1.492018-04-20 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $1.492018-11-21 — best price $1.492019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-03-02 — best price $4.992019-06-18 — best price $5.992019-11-22 — best price $4.992020-01-05 — best price $4.992020-04-20 — best price $4.992020-08-31 — best price $0.942020-10-29 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-03-08 — best price $5.992021-06-09 — best price $1.792021-09-30 — best price $1.122021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $1.492022-04-13 — best price $1.492022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-10-09 — best price $1.792022-12-12 — best price $1.122023-03-20 — best price $1.122023-05-26 — best price $1.492023-07-24 — best price $4.992023-09-19 — best price $1.492023-11-13 — best price $1.792024-01-10 — best price $4.992024-02-27 — best price $1.792024-05-18 — best price $4.992024-10-08 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $1.002025-04-10 — best price $1.792025-12-09 — best price $0.992026-01-14 — best price $4.99
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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Similarity via IGDB.

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