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HUMANKIND™

AMPLITUDE Studios · 2021-08-17

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Strategy

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

Releases: Aug 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 17, 2021 (Mac), Aug 22, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 22, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 22, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 22, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.

HUMANKIND™ is a Strategy game released in 2021 for $4.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 28830 reviews).

348
playing now
69%
positive of 29k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (6.6k downloads)
3.07★
PlayStation Store rating (2,079 ratings)
46h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 217h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

348 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Humankind is a turn-based strategy 4X video game by Amplitude Studios and published by Sega. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Stadia in August 2021, for macOS in November 2021, and for PlayStation and Xbox consoles in August 2023. It received generally favorable reviews.

Trailer

HUMANKIND™ trailer thumbnail

HUMANKIND™ - Official Launch Trailer

≈8,178 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 348 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 643 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~80/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,063 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 14,026 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 578k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,893 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Humble Store$12.49-75%
Steam$12.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 41 of 56 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.4k6.4k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 6,377 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,686 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,587 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 801 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,049 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9302252026-09-14 20:00 — 928 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 340 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 491 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 825 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 449 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 431 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 752 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 342 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 348 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 737 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 454 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 278 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 441 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 362 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 344 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 717 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 461 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 225 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 334 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 676 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 387 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 377 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 639 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 348 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25k391Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 24,968 · peak 55,232Oct 2021 — avg 2,471 · peak 6,118Dec 2021 — avg 1,728 · peak 3,099Feb 2022 — avg 1,393 · peak 3,055Apr 2022 — avg 1,155 · peak 2,336Jun 2022 — avg 1,221 · peak 2,602Aug 2022 — avg 1,211 · peak 2,434Oct 2022 — avg 1,243 · peak 4,204Dec 2022 — avg 843 · peak 1,575Feb 2023 — avg 799 · peak 1,621Apr 2023 — avg 1,127 · peak 4,864Jun 2023 — avg 726 · peak 1,426Aug 2023 — avg 813 · peak 1,446Oct 2023 — avg 926 · peak 1,937Dec 2023 — avg 775 · peak 1,618Feb 2024 — avg 808 · peak 1,585Apr 2024 — avg 855 · peak 1,733Jun 2024 — avg 772 · peak 2,382Aug 2024 — avg 885 · peak 2,112Oct 2024 — avg 650 · peak 1,347Dec 2024 — avg 718 · peak 1,359Feb 2025 — avg 1,122 · peak 2,460Apr 2025 — avg 544 · peak 1,123Jun 2025 — avg 480 · peak 891Aug 2025 — avg 486 · peak 885Oct 2025 — avg 477 · peak 901Dec 2025 — avg 433 · peak 783Feb 2026 — avg 525 · peak 1,346Apr 2026 — avg 426 · peak 860Jun 2026 — avg 426 · peak 845Aug 2026 — avg 500 · peak 1,865
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
662026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 3 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 4 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$0.002020-10-212026-10-142020-10-21 — best price $49.792021-09-30 — best price $45.992021-12-01 — best price $42.492021-12-22 — best price $31.982022-01-27 — best price $29.972022-05-15 — best price $49.992022-07-07 — best price $39.982022-08-22 — best price $39.992022-11-22 — best price $19.842022-12-24 — best price $21.992023-01-26 — best price $42.492023-03-27 — best price $16.992023-05-15 — best price $49.992023-07-30 — best price $8.502023-09-21 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $10.672024-01-03 — best price $12.492024-01-25 — best price $9.002024-03-12 — best price $10.672024-05-09 — best price $12.492024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $9.992024-09-02 — best price $7.492024-10-28 — best price $7.492024-12-19 — best price $11.102025-01-30 — best price $11.172025-03-05 — best price $11.192025-03-31 — best price $49.992025-05-12 — best price $12.492025-06-12 — best price $49.992025-08-04 — best price $11.492025-09-29 — best price $12.492026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $12.492026-07-16 — best price $12.492026-08-30 — best price $4.992026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

463342026-06-04 — 59 pageviews2026-06-08 — 62 pageviews2026-06-12 — 40 pageviews2026-06-16 — 53 pageviews2026-06-20 — 51 pageviews2026-06-24 — 66 pageviews2026-06-28 — 65 pageviews2026-07-02 — 44 pageviews2026-07-06 — 52 pageviews2026-07-10 — 54 pageviews2026-07-14 — 46 pageviews2026-07-18 — 59 pageviews2026-07-22 — 73 pageviews2026-07-26 — 35 pageviews2026-07-30 — 52 pageviews2026-08-03 — 53 pageviews2026-08-07 — 48 pageviews2026-08-11 — 64 pageviews2026-08-15 — 41 pageviews2026-08-19 — 53 pageviews2026-08-23 — 53 pageviews2026-08-27 — 263 pageviews2026-08-31 — 150 pageviews2026-09-04 — 154 pageviews2026-09-08 — 109 pageviews2026-09-12 — 81 pageviews2026-09-16 — 82 pageviews2026-09-20 — 107 pageviews2026-09-24 — 62 pageviews2026-09-28 — 98 pageviews2026-10-02 — 58 pageviews2026-10-06 — 63 pageviews2026-10-10 — 73 pageviews2026-10-13 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2102026-09-30 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
90.6%
earned "Toe in the Water"
24.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing15 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Italian

Post-launch support: 15 DLC released, first 2021-08-17, latest 2023-09-12 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XWarHex GridStrategyHistoricalManagementOpen WorldSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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