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Hydraulic Empire cover art

Hydraulic Empire

Batholith Entertainment · 2015-07-31

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 31, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hydraulic Empire is a Tower Defense game with RPG elements focusing on strategy, interactions between mobs, and persistent upgrades. Hydraulic empire is a must have for any true Tower Defense fan, and for those that are not it is a gateway into the tower defense genre.

51%
positive of 73 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10 reviews).
  • · Top 46% of 24,947 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-06-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-07-072022-06-072015-07-07 — best price $8.492015-07-31 — best price $7.492015-09-28 — best price $6.692015-10-21 — best price $4.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-01 — best price $2.492016-05-09 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $2.492016-12-12 — best price $9.992017-01-05 — best price $7.992017-04-17 — best price $2.392017-07-05 — best price $7.992017-09-25 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $7.992017-12-04 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $7.992018-02-15 — best price $2.632018-04-16 — best price $7.992018-06-22 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $7.992018-12-21 — best price $2.392019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-04-30 — best price $0.992019-05-24 — best price $9.992020-04-21 — best price $8.892020-05-25 — best price $9.992022-06-07 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieRetroActionCasualFantasyStrategySteampunkSimulationReplay Value

Census log

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

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