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Realpolitiks

Jujubee S.A. · Fulqrum Publishing · 2017-02-16

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 16, 2017 (Mac), Feb 16, 2017 (Linux), Jun 15, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

Realpolitiks is a 2017 Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 1245 reviews).

2
playing now
62%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
30/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 14,125 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,245 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.24-85%
GOG$2.25-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-10-07) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 156 of 201 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

912026-09-15 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1680Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2017 — avg 83 · peak 259Jun 2017 — avg 29 · peak 68Sep 2017 — avg 24 · peak 57Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 67Mar 2018 — avg 33 · peak 86Jun 2018 — avg 22 · peak 56Sep 2018 — avg 19 · peak 44Dec 2018 — avg 21 · peak 56Mar 2019 — avg 16 · peak 38Jun 2019 — avg 14 · peak 35Sep 2019 — avg 13 · peak 30Dec 2019 — avg 24 · peak 63Mar 2020 — avg 36 · peak 97Jun 2020 — avg 36 · peak 93Sep 2020 — avg 20 · peak 53Dec 2020 — avg 21 · peak 48Mar 2021 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 33Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 40Mar 2022 — avg 26 · peak 64Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 25Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.382017-01-312026-10-152017-01-31 — best price $18.742017-05-29 — best price $18.742017-11-04 — best price $17.492018-05-06 — best price $24.992018-09-20 — best price $24.992019-01-08 — best price $24.992019-04-30 — best price $24.992019-08-15 — best price $24.992019-11-29 — best price $4.092020-02-14 — best price $22.422020-05-20 — best price $4.992020-08-15 — best price $14.992020-11-26 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $3.742021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-08-16 — best price $3.752021-10-28 — best price $3.182022-01-17 — best price $3.752022-04-21 — best price $3.002022-07-20 — best price $14.992022-11-14 — best price $3.002023-02-04 — best price $14.992023-05-08 — best price $2.542023-08-25 — best price $2.992023-12-01 — best price $11.802024-03-11 — best price $2.242024-06-15 — best price $14.992024-09-12 — best price $2.242024-12-13 — best price $2.252025-03-10 — best price $14.992025-06-12 — best price $2.242025-09-15 — best price $1.942025-12-02 — best price $1.382026-03-09 — best price $1.802026-06-04 — best price $2.242026-08-16 — best price $2.242026-09-29 — best price $2.252026-10-15 — best price $2.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
52.6%
earned "I Spy With My Little Eye..."
18.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-03-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0683%46
PS4 (PlayStation)3497%47
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

WarIndiePoliticsStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalReal-TimeHistoricalSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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