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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.

Rise to Ruins is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 7760 reviews).

15
playing now
88%
positive of 7.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (110 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Rise to Ruins trailer thumbnail

Rise to Ruins InDev 30 Official Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 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 3% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 194k–466k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,760 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 3 of 52 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

3842026-09-14 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 21 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 30 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4173Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 7 · peak 34Feb 2015 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2015 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2016 — avg 25 · peak 105Oct 2016 — avg 29 · peak 122Feb 2017 — avg 51 · peak 161Jun 2017 — avg 79 · peak 182Oct 2017 — avg 86 · peak 328Feb 2018 — avg 79 · peak 180Jun 2018 — avg 60 · peak 149Oct 2018 — avg 209 · peak 407Feb 2019 — avg 417 · peak 840Jun 2019 — avg 148 · peak 343Oct 2019 — avg 351 · peak 978Feb 2020 — avg 142 · peak 260Jun 2020 — avg 102 · peak 167Oct 2020 — avg 103 · peak 176Feb 2021 — avg 83 · peak 142Jun 2021 — avg 77 · peak 159Oct 2021 — avg 68 · peak 122Feb 2022 — avg 65 · peak 109Jun 2022 — avg 104 · peak 184Oct 2022 — avg 59 · peak 129Feb 2023 — avg 55 · peak 107Jun 2023 — avg 42 · peak 82Oct 2023 — avg 99 · peak 196Feb 2024 — avg 47 · peak 88Jun 2024 — avg 40 · peak 75Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 71Feb 2025 — avg 34 · peak 57Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 64Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 60Feb 2026 — avg 24 · peak 47Jun 2026 — avg 22 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 46
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.502015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $14.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-12 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 12 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-10-27 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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