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Primitive Society Simulator

YSH BigDove · YSH Games · 2024-02-26

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 27, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

Primitive Society Simulator is an Indie Simulation Strategy Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 758 reviews).

14
playing now
84%
positive of 758 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 106 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 758 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2024-09-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10410420242026Week of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1622026-09-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1599Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 159 · peak 625Apr 2024 — avg 49 · peak 107May 2024 — avg 28 · peak 89Jun 2024 — avg 25 · peak 66Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 71Aug 2024 — avg 20 · peak 45Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Oct 2024 — avg 20 · peak 43Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 34Dec 2024 — avg 20 · peak 51Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 35Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 39Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 31May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 41Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 92Jul 2025 — avg 38 · peak 105Aug 2025 — avg 60 · peak 344Sep 2025 — avg 32 · peak 89Oct 2025 — avg 23 · peak 45Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 41Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 48Jan 2026 — avg 21 · peak 52Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 45Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 40Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 39May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 60Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 32Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$15.992024-02-272026-08-262024-02-27 — best price $17.992024-04-25 — best price $17.992024-06-03 — best price $17.992024-06-27 — best price $16.992024-08-19 — best price $16.992024-09-30 — best price $15.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-19 — best price $15.992025-01-27 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-24 — best price $15.992025-04-30 — best price $15.992025-06-13 — best price $15.992025-08-16 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-11-21 — best price $15.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-06 — best price $15.992026-02-12 — best price $15.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-04-27 — best price $15.992026-06-08 — best price $15.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-08-19 — best price $15.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Russian, German, Italian, Korean

Player tags

3DWarSandboxTradingBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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