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Nebuchadnezzar

Nepos Games · Astra Logical · 2021-02-17

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 17, 2021 (Linux)

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Nebuchadnezzar is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 1835 reviews).

6
playing now
79%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
6
Nexus mods (1.5k downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Nebuchadnezzar is a city-building game developed and published by Nepos Games for Windows and Linux on December 3, 2020. The game takes place in Ancient Mesopotamia. The game has been compared to Impressions Games' City Building series, especially the fourth entry, Pharaoh.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (350 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 50,063 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,835 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-11-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 62 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27227220212026Week of 2021-02-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3562026-09-15 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35712Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 357 · peak 908Apr 2021 — avg 108 · peak 352Jun 2021 — avg 31 · peak 97Aug 2021 — avg 20 · peak 48Oct 2021 — avg 25 · peak 96Dec 2021 — avg 32 · peak 84Feb 2022 — avg 36 · peak 92Apr 2022 — avg 67 · peak 183Jun 2022 — avg 31 · peak 83Aug 2022 — avg 26 · peak 58Oct 2022 — avg 22 · peak 50Dec 2022 — avg 29 · peak 67Feb 2023 — avg 67 · peak 157Apr 2023 — avg 76 · peak 469Jun 2023 — avg 24 · peak 52Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 46Oct 2023 — avg 25 · peak 77Dec 2023 — avg 27 · peak 64Feb 2024 — avg 24 · peak 59Apr 2024 — avg 16 · peak 41Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 46Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 38Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Dec 2024 — avg 17 · peak 44Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 47Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 47Dec 2025 — avg 16 · peak 35Feb 2026 — avg 25 · peak 81Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 49Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.992021-02-172026-10-152021-02-17 — best price $19.992021-07-05 — best price $19.992021-11-06 — best price $19.992021-11-29 — best price $19.992022-01-24 — best price $12.992022-02-21 — best price $19.992022-06-06 — best price $13.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-10 — best price $12.992023-06-21 — best price $19.992023-08-14 — best price $9.992023-10-16 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $9.992024-03-06 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-22 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-11-17 — best price $5.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-07-10 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2842026-05-29 — 14 pageviews2026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 16 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 18 pageviews2026-07-04 — 28 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 23 pageviews2026-09-06 — 15 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 16 pageviews2026-09-26 — 21 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "Settler"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-02-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,4790%48

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

Player tags

2DRTSEconomySandboxTradingBuildingModdableStrategyTutorialIsometric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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