The Game Census
Ogre cover art

Ogre

Auroch Digital · 2017-10-05

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The official adaptation of the legendary wargame from Steve Jackson Games. Engage in futuristic warfare with armored hovercraft, superheavy tanks, infantry, and giant cybernetic war machines called "Ogres".

Ogre is a $24.99 Indie and Strategy game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 267 reviews).

0
playing now
65%
positive of 267 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

OGRE is a science fiction board wargame designed by the American game designer Steve Jackson and published by Metagaming Concepts in 1977 as the first microgame in its MicroGame line. When Jackson left Metagaming to form his own company, he took the rights to OGRE with him, and all subsequent editions have been produced by Steve Jackson Games (SJG).

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 267 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.49-90%
IndieGala$2.49-90%
Steam$2.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.87 at GamersGate (2023-04-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 129 of 157 observed days · $0.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120172026Week of 2017-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Aug 2017Feb 2024Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2017 — avg 12 · peak 74Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.642017-10-052026-10-142017-10-05 — best price $22.492018-09-06 — best price $24.992019-10-28 — best price $14.992020-06-01 — best price $22.492020-08-28 — best price $10.622020-10-20 — best price $18.362020-12-20 — best price $24.992021-02-15 — best price $24.992021-04-07 — best price $24.992021-05-21 — best price $24.992021-08-18 — best price $22.762021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $9.992022-07-05 — best price $18.362022-10-31 — best price $7.502023-01-18 — best price $24.992023-04-17 — best price $1.872023-07-01 — best price $18.362023-09-28 — best price $24.992023-12-11 — best price $1.882024-02-21 — best price $2.212024-04-25 — best price $20.492024-07-15 — best price $18.362024-09-27 — best price $2.502024-11-30 — best price $18.362025-02-17 — best price $1.882025-05-05 — best price $24.992025-08-01 — best price $24.992025-12-02 — best price $17.092026-02-17 — best price $2.102026-05-14 — best price $2.402026-07-23 — best price $2.162026-09-02 — best price $2.222026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8492026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 21 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-12 — 30 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-20 — 39 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 34 pageviews2026-08-25 — 27 pageviews2026-08-29 — 69 pageviews2026-09-02 — 27 pageviews2026-09-06 — 40 pageviews2026-09-10 — 48 pageviews2026-09-14 — 17 pageviews2026-09-18 — 29 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 36 pageviews2026-09-30 — 19 pageviews2026-10-04 — 21 pageviews2026-10-07 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
15.8%
earned "Ready Fire"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-09-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)510%10
PS4 (PlayStation)333%10
PS4 (PlayStation)10%10
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

IndieTanksSci-fiWargameHex GridStrategyBoard GameSimulationSoundtrackTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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