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Ludus cover art

Ludus

Cheesecake Dev · 2020-02-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.

1
playing now
69%
positive of 881 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 881 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.29 at Fanatical (2024-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 32 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220202026Week of 2020-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492020-02-202026-08-032020-02-20 — best price $8.692020-06-08 — best price $9.992020-07-14 — best price $9.992020-08-23 — best price $8.992020-09-15 — best price $9.992020-10-11 — best price $7.342020-11-03 — best price $9.992020-11-26 — best price $7.342021-01-06 — best price $9.992021-02-03 — best price $9.992021-02-28 — best price $9.992021-03-28 — best price $9.992021-04-25 — best price $9.992021-05-21 — best price $7.162021-06-17 — best price $9.992021-08-05 — best price $8.992021-09-12 — best price $7.342021-10-29 — best price $7.342021-12-16 — best price $8.992022-02-12 — best price $7.342022-04-18 — best price $9.992022-06-01 — best price $8.992022-08-15 — best price $9.992022-12-14 — best price $8.992023-04-03 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $3.492024-02-26 — best price $9.992024-07-26 — best price $9.992024-11-01 — best price $2.992025-02-03 — best price $7.342025-05-19 — best price $2.492025-10-13 — best price $2.492026-02-09 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-08-03 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "Fisherman"
45.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)34720%15

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

Player tags

RPGGoreRomeFunnyIndieActionViolentStrategyAdventureHistorical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.