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Pharaoh + Cleopatra cover art

Pharaoh + Cleopatra

Impressions Games · Activision · 2016-12-15

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 14, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.

Pharaoh + Cleopatra is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (92% of 2586 reviews).

67
playing now
92%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (158 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

67 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Pharaoh is an isometric city-building game released in November 1999. It was created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Studios for Microsoft Windows. Using the same game engine and principles of Caesar III, it is the first such game in Sierra's City Building series to focus on another civilization of ancient times. Players oversee the construction and management of cities and settlements in Ancient Egypt, micro-managing every aspect of the city to ensure citizens are fed, employed, healthy and protected from diseases, disasters and wars. An expansion pack, Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile, was released in 2000, developed by BreakAway Games. In 2001, both the game and expansion pack were bundled together as Pharaoh Gold. A remake titled Pharaoh: A New Era was released by Triskell Interactive and Dotemu in 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 67 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 16,645 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–155k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,586 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2014-04-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 37 of 69 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

143422026-09-14 22:00 — 81 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 46 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 99 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 107 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 65 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 89 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 110 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 53 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 83 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 135 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 77 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 85 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 93 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 72 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 76 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 143 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 90 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 63 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 93 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 74 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 60 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 90 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 85 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 67 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31465Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 139 · peak 268Mar 2017 — avg 73 · peak 154Jun 2017 — avg 103 · peak 249Sep 2017 — avg 91 · peak 202Dec 2017 — avg 95 · peak 211Mar 2018 — avg 101 · peak 204Jun 2018 — avg 123 · peak 277Sep 2018 — avg 111 · peak 252Dec 2018 — avg 110 · peak 260Mar 2019 — avg 111 · peak 230Jun 2019 — avg 103 · peak 205Sep 2019 — avg 115 · peak 207Dec 2019 — avg 145 · peak 291Mar 2020 — avg 214 · peak 528Jun 2020 — avg 199 · peak 380Sep 2020 — avg 184 · peak 361Dec 2020 — avg 190 · peak 413Mar 2021 — avg 209 · peak 412Jun 2021 — avg 153 · peak 286Sep 2021 — avg 159 · peak 297Dec 2021 — avg 169 · peak 310Mar 2022 — avg 180 · peak 341Jun 2022 — avg 157 · peak 280Sep 2022 — avg 180 · peak 352Dec 2022 — avg 167 · peak 312Mar 2023 — avg 153 · peak 307Jun 2023 — avg 112 · peak 223Sep 2023 — avg 106 · peak 192Dec 2023 — avg 113 · peak 197Mar 2024 — avg 114 · peak 207Jun 2024 — avg 108 · peak 192Sep 2024 — avg 112 · peak 192Dec 2024 — avg 100 · peak 190Mar 2025 — avg 109 · peak 212Jun 2025 — avg 96 · peak 193Sep 2025 — avg 83 · peak 162Dec 2025 — avg 94 · peak 165Mar 2026 — avg 99 · peak 193Jun 2026 — avg 83 · peak 151Aug 2026 — avg 82 · peak 154
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-07-21 — best price $9.992016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-12-16 — best price $5.992017-06-05 — best price $7.492017-10-30 — best price $7.492018-01-30 — best price $9.992018-07-23 — best price $4.992018-11-05 — best price $9.992019-02-10 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $4.992019-11-07 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-05-27 — best price $4.992020-09-16 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-09 — best price $4.992021-10-11 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $4.992022-04-29 — best price $4.992022-08-25 — best price $4.992022-11-23 — best price $4.992023-02-06 — best price $9.992023-05-03 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $4.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-08-26 — best price $4.992025-11-25 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.992026-09-09 — best price $4.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-09-29 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

145712026-06-01 — 93 pageviews2026-06-05 — 101 pageviews2026-06-09 — 94 pageviews2026-06-13 — 74 pageviews2026-06-17 — 80 pageviews2026-06-21 — 92 pageviews2026-06-25 — 80 pageviews2026-06-29 — 90 pageviews2026-07-03 — 99 pageviews2026-07-07 — 104 pageviews2026-07-11 — 79 pageviews2026-07-15 — 74 pageviews2026-07-19 — 85 pageviews2026-07-23 — 112 pageviews2026-07-27 — 97 pageviews2026-07-31 — 96 pageviews2026-08-04 — 88 pageviews2026-08-08 — 82 pageviews2026-08-12 — 89 pageviews2026-08-16 — 89 pageviews2026-08-20 — 71 pageviews2026-08-24 — 97 pageviews2026-08-28 — 97 pageviews2026-09-01 — 85 pageviews2026-09-05 — 90 pageviews2026-09-09 — 80 pageviews2026-09-13 — 74 pageviews2026-09-17 — 86 pageviews2026-09-21 — 81 pageviews2026-09-25 — 94 pageviews2026-09-29 — 83 pageviews2026-10-03 — 81 pageviews2026-10-07 — 115 pageviews2026-10-11 — 102 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ClassicEconomyStrategyColony SimHistoricalManagementSimulationCity BuilderCult ClassicSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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