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Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升

Maestro Cinetik · Gaming at Work · 2023-09-21

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 21, 2023 (Linux), Sep 21, 2023 (Mac), Sep 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!

Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升 is a 2023 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $24.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (87% of 767 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

5
playing now
87%
positive of 767 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (32 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 16,739 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 767 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420222026Week of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1812026-09-15 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
451Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2023 — avg 23 · peak 68Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 29Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 41Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 99Aug 2024 — avg 28 · peak 87Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 84Dec 2024 — avg 19 · peak 54Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 40Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 49Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 37Aug 2025 — avg 44 · peak 257Oct 2025 — avg 17 · peak 50Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 32Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

43
achievements tracked
23.8%
earned "Talent Scout"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-02-02, latest 2025-08-11 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2D4XWarEconomyWargamePoliticsStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalHistorical

Census log

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

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