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Rise of Venice cover art

Rise of Venice

Gaming Minds Studios · Kalypso Media Digital · 2013-09-27

Steam

SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Sep 27, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...

Rise of Venice is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 517 reviews).

4
playing now
62%
positive of 517 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 16,568 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 517 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.48 at WinGameStore (2024-06-10) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 106 of 150 observed days · $2.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1210Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Oct 2013 — avg 121 · peak 358Mar 2014 — avg 52 · peak 228Aug 2014 — avg 58 · peak 277Jan 2015 — avg 35 · peak 91Jun 2015 — avg 23 · peak 57Nov 2015 — avg 19 · peak 57Apr 2016 — avg 19 · peak 47Sep 2016 — avg 19 · peak 50Feb 2017 — avg 23 · peak 63Jul 2017 — avg 16 · peak 47Dec 2017 — avg 19 · peak 52May 2018 — avg 14 · peak 44Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 41Mar 2019 — avg 15 · peak 49Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 35Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 26Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 34Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 30Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.47$3.122015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.242015-05-05 — best price $22.682015-09-12 — best price $29.992016-03-02 — best price $24.992016-08-15 — best price $24.992017-04-01 — best price $5.912017-10-09 — best price $24.992018-02-26 — best price $19.992018-09-04 — best price $3.992019-02-11 — best price $3.932019-07-17 — best price $5.002019-10-25 — best price $19.992020-02-04 — best price $16.362020-05-26 — best price $14.692020-08-06 — best price $4.002020-11-01 — best price $24.992021-02-12 — best price $19.992021-04-23 — best price $5.392021-07-21 — best price $16.792021-11-17 — best price $16.792022-02-22 — best price $24.992022-06-09 — best price $19.992022-09-17 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-14 — best price $24.992023-07-20 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $5.992024-01-25 — best price $5.282024-04-26 — best price $17.592024-07-26 — best price $6.002024-11-12 — best price $19.992025-02-12 — best price $5.002025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-09-06 — best price $16.792025-12-12 — best price $4.002026-04-07 — best price $3.852026-08-09 — best price $3.652026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
62.1%
earned "Landslide"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Polish, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-11-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1640%56

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

Player tags

NavalEconomyTradingStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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