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Rise of Venice

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

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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...

6
playing now
62%
positive of 517 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 43% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–41k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.64-82%
GameBillet$3.86-81%
IndieGala$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 101 of 152 observed days · $2.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1412026-08-11 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.47$3.122015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — 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 $3.652026-08-28 — best price $3.64
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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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