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Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO

Illyriad Games · 2017-01-11

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jan 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build a city, Create an Empire! Research 400+ technologies, and Build 70+ buildings, Craft and Trade 380+ items in an entirely player driven market. Fight Wars and Forge Alliances with thousands of players and create your own Empire in this award-winning, critically-acclaimed MMO.

Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO is a free-to-play Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 209 reviews).

7
playing now
69%
positive of 209 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 73% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 50,072 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1412026-09-16 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
530Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2017 — avg 38 · peak 67Jun 2017 — avg 24 · peak 40Sep 2017 — avg 17 · peak 33Dec 2017 — avg 14 · peak 31Mar 2018 — avg 11 · peak 20Jun 2018 — avg 11 · peak 20Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2018 — avg 8 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 15Jun 2019 — avg 7 · peak 13Sep 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 34Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 17Jun 2020 — avg 8 · peak 15Sep 2020 — avg 6 · peak 13Dec 2020 — avg 11 · peak 128Mar 2021 — avg 6 · peak 15Jun 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 14Dec 2021 — avg 8 · peak 15Mar 2022 — avg 8 · peak 15Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 21Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 12Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 15Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 20Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002017-01-122021-05-022017-01-12 — best price $3.992017-01-18 — best price $4.992017-03-30 — best price $3.742017-04-06 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $1.242017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992018-11-28 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-02-12 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $0.742019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.742020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-02-10 — best price $0.992020-02-17 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-03 — best price $0.992020-11-10 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-02 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
38.2%
earned "Haggling"
18.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsStats

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2270%601

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

Player tags

4XRPGIndieMMORPGEconomyFantasySandboxBuildingStrategyOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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