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Patron

Overseer Games · 2021-08-10

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

Patron is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 3197 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

29
playing now
72%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Patron is a survival city builder video game developed by Overseer Games and published on 10 August 2021.

Trailer

Patron trailer thumbnail

Un bon patron - Bande-annonce officielle - UGC Distribution

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 98 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (671 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 16,645 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 64k–144k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,197 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 26 of 86 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52052020212026Week of 2021-08-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3182026-09-15 00:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71616Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 716 · peak 1,593Oct 2021 — avg 128 · peak 361Dec 2021 — avg 128 · peak 300Feb 2022 — avg 60 · peak 146Apr 2022 — avg 84 · peak 203Jun 2022 — avg 113 · peak 465Aug 2022 — avg 72 · peak 228Oct 2022 — avg 47 · peak 157Dec 2022 — avg 45 · peak 107Feb 2023 — avg 69 · peak 240Apr 2023 — avg 52 · peak 140Jun 2023 — avg 37 · peak 84Aug 2023 — avg 72 · peak 222Oct 2023 — avg 79 · peak 330Dec 2023 — avg 67 · peak 167Feb 2024 — avg 105 · peak 470Apr 2024 — avg 53 · peak 186Jun 2024 — avg 46 · peak 119Aug 2024 — avg 42 · peak 119Oct 2024 — avg 36 · peak 90Dec 2024 — avg 38 · peak 71Feb 2025 — avg 28 · peak 60Apr 2025 — avg 25 · peak 52Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 81Aug 2025 — avg 23 · peak 46Oct 2025 — avg 29 · peak 71Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 51Feb 2026 — avg 21 · peak 41Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 81Jun 2026 — avg 28 · peak 84Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.602021-08-032026-10-142021-08-03 — best price $17.992021-11-18 — best price $12.792021-12-22 — best price $13.992022-02-05 — best price $19.992022-03-24 — best price $19.992022-05-09 — best price $11.992022-08-13 — best price $9.402022-10-17 — best price $19.992022-12-16 — best price $7.992023-01-19 — best price $19.992023-03-14 — best price $7.992023-05-07 — best price $5.642023-06-29 — best price $6.792023-07-28 — best price $19.992023-09-27 — best price $19.992023-12-02 — best price $19.992024-02-03 — best price $19.992024-03-26 — best price $19.992024-05-01 — best price $3.992024-06-10 — best price $3.992024-07-30 — best price $19.992024-08-23 — best price $15.892024-10-15 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-01-04 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-06 — best price $3.992025-06-10 — best price $3.992025-07-25 — best price $2.662025-09-16 — best price $15.892025-11-18 — best price $17.882026-02-23 — best price $3.992026-06-09 — best price $19.992026-09-02 — best price $3.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-05-30 — 2 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 0 pageviews2026-06-27 — 0 pageviews2026-07-01 — 0 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 4 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1 pageviews2026-09-03 — 0 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 2 pageviews2026-09-19 — 0 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.5%
earned "Moar berries!"
21.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-08-10, latest 2021-09-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9033%85

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DEconomyBuildingMedievalModdableStrategySurvivalColony SimHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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