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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth cover art

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Daedalic Entertainment · 2017-08-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 15, 2017 (Xbox One), Mar 01, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2017 (Linux), Apr 04, 2018 (iOS), Aug 15, 2017 (Mac), Aug 15, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

11
playing now
92%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
17h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a 2017 point-and-click adventure episodic video game by Daedalic Entertainment. It is based on Welsh author Ken Follett's 1989 novel of the same name. Book 1 of the game was released on 16 August 2017, Book 2 on 13 December 2017, and Book 3 on 29 March 2018.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 236 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 11,337 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 190k–455k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,581 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Humble Store$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-04-01) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 138 of 177 observed days · $0.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19419420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4732026-08-06 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 47 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 36 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 19 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$32.34$1.202017-07-262026-08-302017-07-26 — best price $29.992017-12-13 — best price $14.992018-04-19 — best price $14.992018-07-22 — best price $22.482018-11-08 — best price $14.992019-02-27 — best price $11.992019-06-18 — best price $29.992019-10-07 — best price $29.992020-01-09 — best price $7.492020-03-28 — best price $23.962020-07-05 — best price $24.502020-10-01 — best price $5.692020-11-30 — best price $4.992021-01-30 — best price $29.992021-04-26 — best price $25.492021-07-06 — best price $29.992021-09-24 — best price $2.552021-12-05 — best price $22.492022-02-28 — best price $2.992022-05-20 — best price $1.992022-08-19 — best price $1.992022-11-23 — best price $1.992023-02-27 — best price $1.852023-06-07 — best price $19.992023-09-17 — best price $19.992023-12-18 — best price $1.992024-03-12 — best price $1.992024-05-25 — best price $19.992024-08-21 — best price $19.992024-10-26 — best price $1.372025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $14.692025-08-09 — best price $19.992025-10-23 — best price $1.992026-01-23 — best price $1.592026-04-23 — best price $1.762026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

140232026-05-29 — 53 pageviews2026-06-01 — 56 pageviews2026-06-04 — 53 pageviews2026-06-07 — 113 pageviews2026-06-10 — 41 pageviews2026-06-13 — 53 pageviews2026-06-16 — 43 pageviews2026-06-19 — 37 pageviews2026-06-22 — 44 pageviews2026-06-25 — 39 pageviews2026-06-28 — 43 pageviews2026-07-01 — 50 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 53 pageviews2026-07-10 — 53 pageviews2026-07-13 — 56 pageviews2026-07-16 — 81 pageviews2026-07-19 — 37 pageviews2026-07-22 — 40 pageviews2026-07-25 — 44 pageviews2026-07-28 — 44 pageviews2026-07-31 — 62 pageviews2026-08-03 — 60 pageviews2026-08-06 — 69 pageviews2026-08-09 — 63 pageviews2026-08-12 — 52 pageviews2026-08-15 — 71 pageviews2026-08-18 — 70 pageviews2026-08-21 — 60 pageviews2026-08-24 — 56 pageviews2026-08-25 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
33.4%
earned "Tattletale"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,09514%41
Switch (Nintendo)600%0

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

Player tags

IndieCasualViolentMedievalAdventureHistoricalStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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