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Predynastic Egypt

Clarus Victoria · 2016-10-10

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2017 (iOS), Oct 10, 2016 (Mac), Oct 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Do you know how did Ancient Egypt looked like before the Great Pyramids? Lead the future Egyptian citizens all the way through the historical hardships to the Unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, and you will find out!

Predynastic Egypt is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2016 for $2.49, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1,929 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-05

10
playing now
92%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.49
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,929 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2018-05-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 61 of 79 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-09-15 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
815Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 81 · peak 295Feb 2017 — avg 24 · peak 90Jun 2017 — avg 21 · peak 198Oct 2017 — avg 14 · peak 30Feb 2018 — avg 20 · peak 61Jun 2018 — avg 20 · peak 60Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2019 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2019 — avg 16 · peak 42Oct 2019 — avg 14 · peak 48Feb 2020 — avg 10 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 37Oct 2020 — avg 12 · peak 37Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 29Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 23Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 34Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26Oct 2022 — avg 14 · peak 69Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 22Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492016-10-112026-10-142016-10-11 — best price $8.092017-02-27 — best price $9.992017-11-20 — best price $9.992018-03-26 — best price $9.992018-11-19 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-06-03 — best price $3.992019-09-23 — best price $3.392019-12-11 — best price $2.992020-02-15 — best price $9.992020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-11-27 — best price $2.492021-02-10 — best price $2.492021-10-27 — best price $2.492022-03-21 — best price $2.492022-11-04 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $9.992023-12-06 — best price $9.992024-03-19 — best price $2.492024-06-19 — best price $2.492024-10-22 — best price $2.492025-02-28 — best price $2.492025-05-26 — best price $2.492025-09-17 — best price $2.492026-01-23 — best price $2.492026-05-13 — best price $9.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $2.492026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $2.492026-10-03 — best price $2.492026-10-13 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.7%
earned "Scout"
64.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Czech, Turkish, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9454%84

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieBuildingStrategySurvivalDifficultHistoricalManagementSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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