The Game Census
Heroes of Annihilated Empires cover art

Heroes of Annihilated Empires

GSC Game World · 2006-11-22

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 03, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Heroes of Annihilated Empires - is a fantasy-based game from GSC Game World in the genre of RTS vs RPG for PC. 4 unique races awaits for the heroes, who want to fight in an Epic scale battles!

Heroes of Annihilated Empires is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $7.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 797 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

4
playing now
85%
positive of 797 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Heroes of Annihilated Empires is a real-time strategy role-playing video game developed by GSC Game World and released in October 2006.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 14,371 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 797 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-75%
GamersGate$2.00-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.51 at Fanatical (2023-06-23) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 109 of 136 observed days · $0.48 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-16 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
101Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2012 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 29Jun 2015 — avg 7 · peak 27Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 24Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2017 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2017 — avg 9 · peak 36Dec 2017 — avg 7 · peak 43May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 26Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 22Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 26Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 25Nov 2020 — avg 8 · peak 31Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$36.46$1.512015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.492015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-12-23 — best price $14.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992019-02-06 — best price $1.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992020-03-16 — best price $1.992020-07-28 — best price $11.012020-12-24 — best price $2.252021-05-24 — best price $2.842021-10-05 — best price $11.012021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-05-02 — best price $2.992022-08-19 — best price $1.992022-11-16 — best price $11.012023-02-19 — best price $7.992023-05-03 — best price $2.492023-07-21 — best price $1.852023-10-27 — best price $3.202024-01-22 — best price $3.192024-04-16 — best price $7.992024-06-17 — best price $1.512024-09-05 — best price $3.202024-11-22 — best price $1.512025-03-06 — best price $7.992025-06-12 — best price $7.992025-08-28 — best price $7.992025-11-17 — best price $7.992026-02-26 — best price $7.992026-05-18 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $2.002026-09-17 — best price $1.992026-10-12 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

18452026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-08 — 31 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-07 — 19 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 15 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-16 — 16 pageviews2026-09-20 — 14 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 15 pageviews2026-10-06 — 20 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Player tags

RPGRTSDwarfFantasyStrategyMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

Unclaimed WorldLantern ForgeENDLESS Space™ 2Judgment: Apocalypse Survival SimulationCookies vs. ClausWhere in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Similarity via IGDB.

Wikipedia ↗Official site ↗