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Perimeter

K-D Lab · Fulqrum Publishing · 2014-04-03

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Strategy

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

Releases: May 21, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish crucial protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique terraforming feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map...

Perimeter is a 2014 Strategy game priced at $3.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 84% of 270 reviews.

1
playing now
84%
positive of 270 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
52/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Perimeter is a real-time strategy video game developed by Russian studio K-D Lab for Windows. It is published by 1C Company and Codemasters, and was released in 2004.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 14,248 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.8k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 270 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.79-80%
Steam$0.79-80%
GOG$0.79-80%
GreenManGaming$0.80-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.55 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 150 of 195 observed days · $0.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.70$0.572015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-08-04 — best price $5.992016-04-05 — best price $5.992016-12-19 — best price $1.002017-11-04 — best price $0.992018-05-17 — best price $3.992018-11-20 — best price $0.992019-04-09 — best price $0.792019-07-25 — best price $4.992019-12-11 — best price $0.712020-04-10 — best price $0.642020-08-09 — best price $3.992020-12-03 — best price $3.992021-03-13 — best price $0.672021-07-03 — best price $3.162021-10-22 — best price $0.792022-02-09 — best price $0.792022-06-16 — best price $3.992022-09-29 — best price $0.792023-02-04 — best price $3.992023-06-15 — best price $0.792023-10-09 — best price $3.142024-01-22 — best price $0.632024-05-19 — best price $3.142024-09-16 — best price $0.792025-01-03 — best price $3.992025-04-14 — best price $0.692025-07-29 — best price $0.792025-10-24 — best price $3.432026-01-14 — best price $3.992026-04-28 — best price $3.142026-08-09 — best price $0.792026-09-21 — best price $0.792026-10-15 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10462026-05-31 — 17 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 24 pageviews2026-06-12 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 21 pageviews2026-06-20 — 17 pageviews2026-06-24 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 28 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 49 pageviews2026-08-15 — 45 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 12 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 15 pageviews2026-09-16 — 24 pageviews2026-09-20 — 35 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 17 pageviews2026-10-02 — 23 pageviews2026-10-06 — 16 pageviews2026-10-10 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSSpaceSci-fiClassicStrategyAtmosphericGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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