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Realm Grinder

Divine Games · Kongregate · 2017-06-15

Steam

Free To PlayRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Jun 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 15, 2017 (Mac), Jan 24, 2017 (Android)

Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!

Realm Grinder is a free-to-play Free To Play, RPG, Strategy game released in 2017, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive (87% of 7437 reviews) sentiment.

333
playing now
87%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

333 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Realm Grinder trailer thumbnail

Realm Grinder Release Trailer [Steam]

≈311,032 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 333 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 210 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 9,495 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29029020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4902582026-09-15 12:00 — 372 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 374 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 260 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 368 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 393 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 292 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 329 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 391 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 312 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 335 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 463 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 387 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 355 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 431 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 395 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 339 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 374 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 340 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 263 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 362 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 385 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 284 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 333 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.4k359Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 2,045 · peak 4,107Sep 2017 — avg 3,026 · peak 4,046Dec 2017 — avg 3,038 · peak 3,906Mar 2018 — avg 2,319 · peak 3,001Jun 2018 — avg 2,106 · peak 2,655Sep 2018 — avg 2,124 · peak 2,581Dec 2018 — avg 2,066 · peak 2,529Mar 2019 — avg 1,901 · peak 2,387Jun 2019 — avg 1,665 · peak 2,138Sep 2019 — avg 1,700 · peak 2,347Dec 2019 — avg 1,398 · peak 1,814Mar 2020 — avg 1,167 · peak 1,468Jun 2020 — avg 1,110 · peak 1,446Sep 2020 — avg 1,058 · peak 1,496Dec 2020 — avg 1,044 · peak 1,479Mar 2021 — avg 1,196 · peak 1,582Jun 2021 — avg 1,009 · peak 1,276Sep 2021 — avg 1,126 · peak 1,591Dec 2021 — avg 959 · peak 1,308Mar 2022 — avg 1,111 · peak 1,402Jun 2022 — avg 928 · peak 1,196Sep 2022 — avg 888 · peak 1,255Dec 2022 — avg 740 · peak 970Mar 2023 — avg 697 · peak 883Jun 2023 — avg 856 · peak 1,499Sep 2023 — avg 810 · peak 1,224Dec 2023 — avg 764 · peak 993Mar 2024 — avg 733 · peak 972Jun 2024 — avg 680 · peak 956Sep 2024 — avg 665 · peak 966Dec 2024 — avg 600 · peak 803Mar 2025 — avg 665 · peak 1,090Jun 2025 — avg 576 · peak 821Sep 2025 — avg 513 · peak 725Dec 2025 — avg 472 · peak 609Mar 2026 — avg 429 · peak 566Jun 2026 — avg 362 · peak 474Aug 2026 — avg 364 · peak 548
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
442026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Twitch viewers

102026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
90.2%
earned "A Thousand Coins"
31.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27,20610%14

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRPGIdlerIndieCasualClickerBuildingStrategySimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.