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Rise of Nations: Extended Edition cover art

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

SkyBox Labs · Xbox Game Studios · 2014-06-12

SteamMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 12, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

867
playing now
95%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

867 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy video game developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios in May 2003. Designed as a fusion of concepts from turn-based strategy games with the real-time strategy genre, the game's development was led by Brian Reynolds, who founded Big Huge Games following his involvement in the development of the turn-based strategy games Civilization II and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. In contrast to previous historical real-time strategy games, Rise of Nations is based on the entirety of history, taking place from the ancient era to the modern age, and features eighteen civilizations, playable across eight ages of world history. The game features several innovations on the real-time strategy genre, introducing novel features such as territory and attrition influenced by the turn-based strategy and 4X genres.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 867 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 583 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 6,707 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 396k–951k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,857 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.59-67%
Microsoft Store$6.59-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2016-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 32 observed days · $2.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28428420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8673922026-08-06 21:00 — 634 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 392 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 622 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 623 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 509 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 719 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 779 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 556 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 736 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 779 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 440 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 620 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 591 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 406 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 560 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 550 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 392 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 687 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 806 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 449 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 487 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 674 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 563 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 554 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 705 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 533 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 395 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 711 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 631 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 867 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $4.992018-07-17 — best price $15.992018-12-21 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992020-04-02 — best price $4.992020-07-23 — best price $4.992020-12-17 — best price $4.992021-04-01 — best price $4.992021-07-22 — best price $4.992022-01-04 — best price $19.992022-06-07 — best price $19.992022-07-27 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992023-02-28 — best price $4.992023-05-09 — best price $4.992023-08-01 — best price $19.992023-12-01 — best price $4.992024-03-12 — best price $19.992024-05-07 — best price $6.592024-07-17 — best price $4.992024-12-03 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-07 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $6.592025-12-17 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $6.592026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $6.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

403912026-06-01 — 142 pageviews2026-06-04 — 122 pageviews2026-06-07 — 161 pageviews2026-06-10 — 163 pageviews2026-06-13 — 139 pageviews2026-06-16 — 131 pageviews2026-06-19 — 147 pageviews2026-06-22 — 403 pageviews2026-06-25 — 108 pageviews2026-06-28 — 152 pageviews2026-07-01 — 151 pageviews2026-07-04 — 123 pageviews2026-07-07 — 158 pageviews2026-07-10 — 131 pageviews2026-07-13 — 136 pageviews2026-07-16 — 124 pageviews2026-07-19 — 127 pageviews2026-07-22 — 117 pageviews2026-07-25 — 128 pageviews2026-07-28 — 129 pageviews2026-07-31 — 91 pageviews2026-08-03 — 134 pageviews2026-08-06 — 130 pageviews2026-08-09 — 123 pageviews2026-08-12 — 124 pageviews2026-08-15 — 128 pageviews2026-08-18 — 142 pageviews2026-08-21 — 119 pageviews2026-08-24 — 130 pageviews2026-08-27 — 147 pageviews2026-08-29 — 146 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-30 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
79%
earned "Conqueror"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,8572%38
Windows (Xbox)2,3772%38

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

Player tags

RTSWarEpicCo-opClassicStrategyNostalgiaReal-TimeHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

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