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Pharaoh™: A New Era

Triskell Interactive · Dotemu · 2023-02-15

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

143
playing now
75%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$22.99
steam price (US)

143 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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).

Health check

Healthy
  • · 143 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 12% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 107k–241k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,358 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.09-56%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.09-56%

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 44 of 74 observed days · $1.35 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

418972026-08-07 00:00 — 157 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 178 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 346 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 197 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 212 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 377 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 192 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 250 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 418 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 192 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 155 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 359 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 191 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 187 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 282 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 141 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 167 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 354 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 204 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 121 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 288 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 209 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 151 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 389 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 272 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 97 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 247 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 319 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 143 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.99$7.602023-02-152026-08-302023-02-15 — best price $18.392023-06-06 — best price $18.392023-07-13 — best price $22.992023-11-21 — best price $18.392024-01-05 — best price $19.542024-02-20 — best price $22.992024-03-22 — best price $22.992024-05-22 — best price $14.942024-06-27 — best price $14.942024-08-14 — best price $14.942024-09-12 — best price $14.942024-10-02 — best price $22.992024-10-25 — best price $14.942024-11-18 — best price $22.992024-12-04 — best price $22.992025-01-03 — best price $22.992025-01-24 — best price $14.942025-03-11 — best price $14.942025-03-24 — best price $14.942025-04-29 — best price $22.992025-05-19 — best price $22.992025-06-26 — best price $13.792025-07-25 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $22.992025-09-13 — best price $22.992025-10-08 — best price $22.992025-10-28 — best price $22.992025-11-25 — best price $22.992026-01-03 — best price $13.792026-01-14 — best price $12.642026-02-20 — best price $11.492026-03-11 — best price $11.492026-04-03 — best price $22.992026-04-30 — best price $22.992026-05-23 — best price $22.992026-06-25 — best price $9.882026-07-20 — best price $9.882026-08-10 — best price $17.992026-08-29 — best price $10.092026-08-30 — best price $10.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

430272026-05-30 — 45 pageviews2026-06-02 — 58 pageviews2026-06-05 — 42 pageviews2026-06-08 — 107 pageviews2026-06-11 — 50 pageviews2026-06-14 — 56 pageviews2026-06-17 — 30 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-23 — 36 pageviews2026-06-26 — 62 pageviews2026-06-29 — 38 pageviews2026-07-02 — 50 pageviews2026-07-05 — 43 pageviews2026-07-08 — 41 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-14 — 42 pageviews2026-07-17 — 35 pageviews2026-07-20 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 56 pageviews2026-07-26 — 74 pageviews2026-07-29 — 54 pageviews2026-08-01 — 39 pageviews2026-08-04 — 52 pageviews2026-08-07 — 30 pageviews2026-08-10 — 51 pageviews2026-08-13 — 41 pageviews2026-08-16 — 38 pageviews2026-08-19 — 39 pageviews2026-08-22 — 74 pageviews2026-08-25 — 45 pageviews2026-08-26 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 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

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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