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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™

Big Huge Games · 38 Studios

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

36
playing now
88%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (194 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

36 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 36 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 10% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 260k–781k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,009 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

3762026-08-06 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 24 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 36 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 30 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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

Player tags

RPGLootMagicActionFantasyAdventureAction RPGControllerOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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