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Rise to Ruins cover art

Rise to Ruins

Raymond Doerr · SixtyGig Games · 2019-10-14

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2014 (Mac), Oct 27, 2014 (Linux)

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

26
playing now
88%
positive of 7.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Rise to Ruins is a city-building strategy video game developed by Raymond Doerr and published by his independent company, SixtyGig Games, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game was released into Steam Early Access on 27 October 2014.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (415 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 194k–465k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,757 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.40 at Steam (2019-05-02) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days · $11.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38638620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

37112026-08-06 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 31 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.502015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-03-28 — best price $9.992016-10-03 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-04-17 — best price $9.992017-09-04 — best price $9.992018-01-02 — best price $4.002018-08-08 — best price $3.502019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-08-26 — best price $7.492019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-02-12 — best price $7.492020-09-17 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-04-23 — best price $7.492021-07-19 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-05-02 — best price $5.992022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-10-10 — best price $7.492023-01-23 — best price $5.992023-05-29 — best price $7.492023-10-16 — best price $14.992024-01-29 — best price $14.992024-06-24 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-12-22 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2212026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
16.2%
earned "You Already Lost"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5713%113

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

Player tags

2DIndieSandboxGod GameStrategySurvivalColony SimSimulationCity BuilderEarly Access

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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