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Ironclad Tactics

Zachtronics · 2013-09-18

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 18, 2013 (Mac), Sep 18, 2013 (Linux), Oct 06, 2014 (Android), Jan 20, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 18, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ironclad Tactics is a fast-paced, card-based tactics game set in an alternate history Civil War - with steam-powered military robots!

Ironclad Tactics is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 625 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 625 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
3.99★
PlayStation Store rating (394 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Ironclad Tactics is a strategy-based video game created by independent developer Zachtronics. The game takes place in an alternate history at the onset of the American Civil War where robot-like "ironclad" machines are used alongside human troops by both sides in the war. The game incorporates elements of collectible card games, whereby the player constructs a deck of cards earned from previous matches for the deployment, outfitting, and tactics of human and ironclad troops to achieve specific victory conditions. The game features single player and co-operative multiplayer campaign modes as well as skirmishes between two players. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux-based computers in September 2013, and later for Android devices and the PlayStation 4.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 167% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 625 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2015-11-25) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
770Dec 2012Jun 2025Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2013 — avg 56 · peak 344Dec 2013 — avg 21 · peak 146Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 15Jun 2014 — avg 21 · peak 125Sep 2014 — avg 77 · peak 930Dec 2014 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2015 — avg 16 · peak 89Jun 2015 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2015 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 13Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 36Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2025 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-02-12 — best price $10.452015-03-24 — best price $9.582015-04-30 — best price $11.492015-05-26 — best price $6.452015-07-10 — best price $14.992015-09-04 — best price $13.492016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-04-11 — best price $5.992016-09-09 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $3.742017-09-07 — best price $3.742018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-08-21 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-05-27 — best price $14.992019-09-24 — best price $3.742020-01-09 — best price $3.742020-05-11 — best price $3.742020-10-21 — best price $3.742020-12-31 — best price $14.992021-06-21 — best price $3.742021-10-25 — best price $14.992022-02-22 — best price $14.992022-06-22 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-03-06 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-11-20 — best price $7.492024-03-04 — best price $7.492024-06-17 — best price $7.492024-10-17 — best price $14.992024-12-11 — best price $7.492025-03-03 — best price $7.492025-08-04 — best price $7.492026-05-04 — best price $3.742026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1522026-05-31 — 6 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-10 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews2026-08-31 — 6 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 14 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 11 pageviews2026-09-24 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
11.8%
earned "RTFM"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,204100%1
PS4 (PlayStation)7705%13

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieMechsCasualRobotsStrategyTacticalCard GameSteampunkCard Battler

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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