The Game Census
Legion Gold cover art

Legion Gold

Slitherine Ltd. · 2020-07-09

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 18, 2016 (Android), Apr 04, 2013 (iOS), Jun 06, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Well-received by gamers and critics alike, Legion Gold is the expanded and improved version of its predecessor, Legion, and includes not only the original Legion game but a hefty expansion pack too.

Legion Gold is a Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 129 reviews).

1
playing now
84%
positive of 129 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Legion is a turn-based computer wargame with a historical setting, designed by Slitherine and released in 2002. In Legion, the player attempts to build a powerful army by controlling villages and defeating enemies with the ultimate goal of dominating a region. An updated version, Legion Gold, was released in 2003. A port for OS X was released in 2003, developed by Freeverse. A sequel, Legion II, was announced on November 16, 2004, for a 2005 release.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 14,170 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 129 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520202026Week of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek 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 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
62Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 18May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992020-07-092021-03-012020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-25 — best price $0.992021-03-01 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2732026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 13 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-08 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-09-01 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 19 pageviews2026-09-09 — 16 pageviews2026-09-13 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 20 pageviews2026-09-25 — 14 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D4XRTSWarRomeBuildingMilitaryStrategyTacticalHistorical

Census log

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

Players also track

Order of Battle: World War IIMight & Magic® Heroes® VII1953: NATO vs Warsaw PactReverse CrawlTears of AviaCthulhu RealmsAge of Wonders: PlanetfallClans to Kingdoms

Similarity via IGDB.

Wikipedia ↗Official site ↗