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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™

Big Huge Games · 38 Studios

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 07, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Feb 07, 2012 (Xbox 360)

The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a new role-playing game set in a world worth saving.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ is an Action, RPG game with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (88% of 13009 reviews) sentiment.

27
playing now
88%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (194 ratings)
29
Nexus mods (149k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a 2012 action role-playing game developed by Big Huge Games and published by 38 Studios and Electronic Arts for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Reckoning follows the story of the Fateless One, a resurrected person freed from the destiny which binds all of Amalur's people to destruction. Gameplay consists of players exploring the Faelands of Amalur, completing quests and fighting a variety of enemies both in field and dungeon environments. The playstyle is customized through a combination of weapons types, skill trees, and passive enhancements earned through quests and the Destiny character class system.

Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 260k–781k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,015 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21121120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3152026-09-16 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 22 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 31 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 27 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.0k19Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 145 · peak 287Dec 2012 — avg 93 · peak 181May 2013 — avg 171 · peak 342Oct 2013 — avg 109 · peak 220Mar 2014 — avg 621 · peak 1,831Aug 2014 — avg 511 · peak 1,071Jan 2015 — avg 480 · peak 1,188Jun 2015 — avg 379 · peak 1,115Nov 2015 — avg 207 · peak 513Apr 2016 — avg 260 · peak 492Sep 2016 — avg 360 · peak 899Feb 2017 — avg 503 · peak 2,126Jul 2017 — avg 382 · peak 807Dec 2017 — avg 306 · peak 695May 2018 — avg 239 · peak 454Oct 2018 — avg 203 · peak 411Mar 2019 — avg 220 · peak 476Aug 2019 — avg 427 · peak 1,116Jan 2020 — avg 263 · peak 539Jun 2020 — avg 234 · peak 518Nov 2020 — avg 95 · peak 190Apr 2021 — avg 64 · peak 115Sep 2021 — avg 58 · peak 122Feb 2022 — avg 50 · peak 116Jul 2022 — avg 43 · peak 81Dec 2022 — avg 39 · peak 82May 2023 — avg 38 · peak 82Oct 2023 — avg 28 · peak 64Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 65Aug 2024 — avg 28 · peak 53Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 59Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 51Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 43
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.63$4.312015-01-012020-10-202015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-01-16 — best price $10.332015-03-07 — best price $10.832015-04-11 — best price $11.692015-04-30 — best price $11.102015-05-19 — best price $10.012015-06-12 — best price $5.992015-07-08 — best price $12.332015-08-13 — best price $11.132015-11-24 — best price $4.992016-01-14 — best price $18.992016-01-23 — best price $18.992016-01-31 — best price $18.992016-02-08 — best price $18.992016-02-16 — best price $18.992016-06-10 — best price $9.992016-08-30 — best price $19.992017-02-18 — best price $4.992017-08-07 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992019-01-16 — best price $10.282019-04-26 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-19 — best price $11.082020-02-08 — best price $12.872020-03-03 — best price $11.112020-05-04 — best price $19.992020-06-03 — best price $19.992020-06-18 — best price $19.992020-07-01 — best price $19.992020-07-13 — best price $19.992020-07-25 — best price $19.992020-08-05 — best price $7.602020-08-28 — best price $7.992020-10-20 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4181772026-06-02 — 277 pageviews2026-06-06 — 252 pageviews2026-06-10 — 292 pageviews2026-06-14 — 262 pageviews2026-06-18 — 277 pageviews2026-06-22 — 290 pageviews2026-06-26 — 288 pageviews2026-06-30 — 278 pageviews2026-07-04 — 277 pageviews2026-07-08 — 416 pageviews2026-07-12 — 415 pageviews2026-07-16 — 276 pageviews2026-07-20 — 251 pageviews2026-07-24 — 271 pageviews2026-07-28 — 302 pageviews2026-08-01 — 258 pageviews2026-08-05 — 332 pageviews2026-08-09 — 418 pageviews2026-08-13 — 321 pageviews2026-08-17 — 309 pageviews2026-08-21 — 269 pageviews2026-08-25 — 279 pageviews2026-08-29 — 312 pageviews2026-09-02 — 230 pageviews2026-09-06 — 246 pageviews2026-09-10 — 265 pageviews2026-09-14 — 272 pageviews2026-09-18 — 177 pageviews2026-09-22 — 213 pageviews2026-09-26 — 416 pageviews2026-09-30 — 335 pageviews2026-10-04 — 341 pageviews2026-10-08 — 286 pageviews2026-10-11 — 259 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.7%
earned "Reborn"
13.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGLootMagicActionFantasyAdventureAction RPGControllerOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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