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Polismos

Composition GS · 2024-12-06

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Polismos is a city builder set in ancient Greece. To ensure your city's prosperity you will need to care for your people, trade valuable resources, enact wise policies, and maybe even dominate other cities.

74%
positive of 62 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 16,200 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220242026Week of 2024-12-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-22: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-12-062026-10-082024-12-06 — best price $17.992024-12-13 — best price $19.992025-01-17 — best price $15.992025-01-24 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $14.992025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-05-12 — best price $14.992025-05-19 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $15.992025-11-17 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $13.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-27 — best price $13.992026-05-04 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSEconomySandboxStrategyHistoricalOpen WorldSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayerBase-Building

Census log

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

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