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Pharaoh™: A New Era

Triskell Interactive · Dotemu · 2023-02-15

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

Pharaoh™: A New Era is a $22.99 Simulation and Strategy game released in 2023, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, with Mostly Positive (75% of 5384 reviews) sentiment.

97
playing now
75%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
16
Nexus mods (33k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$22.99
steam price (US)

97 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Pharaoh: A New Era is a city-building video game designed by Triskell Interactive and published by Dotemu. It is a remake of Pharaoh (1999).

Trailer

Pharaoh™: A New Era trailer thumbnail

Pharaoh™: A New Era - Launch trailer

≈6,017 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 97 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 289 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,842 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 16,836 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 108k–244k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,420 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.89-57%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.74 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $22.99 · on sale 79 of 111 observed days · $1.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-02-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 700 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

427972026-09-15 13:00 — 226 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 193 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 101 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 282 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 327 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 135 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 204 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 265 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 142 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 315 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 296 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 134 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 160 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 289 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 214 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 165 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 269 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 166 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 145 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 363 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 301 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 109 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 224 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 97 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.7k195Feb 2023Aug 2026Feb 2023 — avg 2,744 · peak 6,250Apr 2023 — avg 668 · peak 1,568Jun 2023 — avg 361 · peak 839Aug 2023 — avg 307 · peak 627Oct 2023 — avg 345 · peak 835Dec 2023 — avg 314 · peak 716Feb 2024 — avg 353 · peak 904Apr 2024 — avg 275 · peak 566Jun 2024 — avg 216 · peak 466Aug 2024 — avg 214 · peak 432Oct 2024 — avg 253 · peak 538Dec 2024 — avg 277 · peak 596Feb 2025 — avg 263 · peak 588Apr 2025 — avg 241 · peak 534Jun 2025 — avg 213 · peak 405Aug 2025 — avg 222 · peak 499Oct 2025 — avg 219 · peak 493Dec 2025 — avg 285 · peak 603Feb 2026 — avg 278 · peak 632Apr 2026 — avg 273 · peak 584Jun 2026 — avg 220 · peak 441Aug 2026 — avg 236 · peak 460
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
442026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$22.99$9.882023-02-152026-10-152023-02-15 — best price $18.392023-07-04 — best price $19.542023-11-28 — best price $19.542024-02-14 — best price $16.092024-04-08 — best price $22.992024-06-27 — best price $14.942024-09-06 — best price $14.942024-10-08 — best price $22.992024-11-13 — best price $14.942024-12-20 — best price $14.942025-01-24 — best price $14.942025-03-20 — best price $22.992025-05-02 — best price $14.942025-06-10 — best price $14.942025-08-04 — best price $17.992025-09-13 — best price $22.992025-10-20 — best price $13.792025-12-02 — best price $22.992026-01-12 — best price $22.992026-03-03 — best price $22.992026-04-03 — best price $22.992026-05-13 — best price $22.992026-06-26 — best price $9.892026-08-06 — best price $10.092026-08-31 — best price $10.092026-09-08 — best price $10.092026-09-16 — best price $10.092026-09-24 — best price $9.892026-10-02 — best price $9.892026-10-10 — best price $9.892026-10-15 — best price $9.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

430272026-05-30 — 45 pageviews2026-06-03 — 70 pageviews2026-06-07 — 430 pageviews2026-06-11 — 50 pageviews2026-06-15 — 47 pageviews2026-06-19 — 48 pageviews2026-06-23 — 36 pageviews2026-06-27 — 44 pageviews2026-07-01 — 52 pageviews2026-07-05 — 43 pageviews2026-07-09 — 38 pageviews2026-07-13 — 53 pageviews2026-07-17 — 35 pageviews2026-07-21 — 47 pageviews2026-07-25 — 55 pageviews2026-07-29 — 54 pageviews2026-08-02 — 60 pageviews2026-08-06 — 35 pageviews2026-08-10 — 51 pageviews2026-08-14 — 43 pageviews2026-08-18 — 50 pageviews2026-08-22 — 74 pageviews2026-08-26 — 54 pageviews2026-08-30 — 38 pageviews2026-09-03 — 50 pageviews2026-09-07 — 41 pageviews2026-09-11 — 40 pageviews2026-09-15 — 36 pageviews2026-09-19 — 39 pageviews2026-09-23 — 50 pageviews2026-09-27 — 64 pageviews2026-10-01 — 36 pageviews2026-10-05 — 41 pageviews2026-10-08 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
73.3%
earned "Blessing of the Gods"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Where its players are

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

Player tags

EconomyTradingBuildingStrategyDiplomacyEducationColony SimHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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