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How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country

tomadan · OTAKU Plan · 2023-05-12

Steam

AdventureRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country is a real time strategy simulation game where you manage resources to develop your country. The player is asked by elves, beastmen... Etc. various heroines ask you for help, and then you take command of their country's army.

How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country is an Adventure, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $9.79, with a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 274 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

3
playing now
91%
positive of 274 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.79
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (63 reviews).
  • · Top 50% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.5k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 274 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.79 at Steam (2024-04-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520232026Week of 2023-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.99$9.792023-05-132026-08-172023-05-13 — best price $12.592023-06-29 — best price $11.192023-08-14 — best price $11.192023-10-02 — best price $11.192023-11-21 — best price $11.192023-12-21 — best price $11.192024-02-05 — best price $11.192024-03-14 — best price $11.192024-04-29 — best price $9.792024-06-23 — best price $9.792024-08-05 — best price $9.792024-09-23 — best price $9.792024-11-21 — best price $9.792024-12-19 — best price $9.792025-01-23 — best price $9.792025-03-13 — best price $9.792025-04-24 — best price $9.792025-06-26 — best price $9.792025-08-11 — best price $9.792025-09-22 — best price $9.792025-11-03 — best price $9.792025-12-18 — best price $9.792026-02-09 — best price $9.792026-03-19 — best price $9.792026-04-30 — best price $9.792026-06-25 — best price $9.792026-08-10 — best price $9.792026-08-17 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "The First Step"
27.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1526%26

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

NSFWAnimeNudityFantasyWargameStrategyAdventureSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayer

Census log

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

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