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PARKAN: THE IMPERIAL CHRONICLES cover art

PARKAN: THE IMPERIAL CHRONICLES

GameXP.com · 2017-01-23

SteamGOG

AdventureRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Legendary game from the Golden age of Russian gaming industry! Hybrid gameplay combines elements of space simulator, shooter, strategy and RPG. Explore the outer space, colonize planets, negotiate with clans of robots, fight in space battles and become mercenary, trader or pirate!

1
playing now
85%
positive of 62 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles is a space simulation computer game developed by Russian company Nikita and released in September 1997 for Windows. The game is a hybrid title that combines elements of space simulation, first-person shooter, and economic strategy genres. Set in the year 4097 in the Lentis sector, the player controls the pilot of an Imperial raider called "Parkan," sent on a mission to search for the missing research vessel "Wanderer."

Health check

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  • · Top 74% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at WinGameStore (2024-05-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 24 of 44 observed days · $1.05 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.742016-06-292026-08-302016-06-29 — best price $5.992017-06-21 — best price $5.992017-11-22 — best price $1.492018-06-21 — best price $1.492018-11-23 — best price $2.002019-02-12 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-12-01 — best price $1.492020-01-15 — best price $1.792020-08-27 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $2.092021-04-30 — best price $1.492021-10-27 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-05-06 — best price $1.492022-08-01 — best price $5.992022-10-24 — best price $1.492022-12-02 — best price $2.992023-02-28 — best price $5.992023-08-08 — best price $2.992024-02-29 — best price $1.492024-05-14 — best price $1.492024-08-13 — best price $2.992024-11-05 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-05-22 — best price $2.092025-08-02 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $1.792025-11-17 — best price $1.792026-03-04 — best price $1.792026-05-12 — best price $2.992026-07-15 — best price $1.792026-08-30 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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