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Rising Kingdoms

Haemimont Games · 2019-07-23

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 17, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005

Rising Kingdoms is a Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (92% of 257 reviews).

3
playing now
92%
positive of 257 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Rising Kingdoms is a real-time strategy PC game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Black Bean Games. It was released on June 17, 2005. Rising Kingdoms is a real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world, which focuses on empire development and dynamic tactical battles and features both strategy and adventure modes in the fantasy world of Equiada. In strategy mode, the player is able to select 3 major races – Humans, Foresters and Darklings, and in addition to these three primary races, the player is able to capture, enslave and develop five independent nations – Shades, Nomads, Dragons, Trolls, and Elves. Combined with the player's main race they provide a valuable asset when clashing with their opponents. In adventure mode the player controls a group of heroes and a small squad of troops.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 73% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.4k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 257 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2021-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220192026Week of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
52Jul 2019Aug 2026Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 12Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.242019-07-232024-01-042019-07-23 — best price $4.992019-11-10 — best price $2.492019-11-12 — best price $4.992019-11-20 — best price $2.492019-11-25 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $1.242021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $1.242021-12-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $1.242022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-30 — best price $1.242022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-07-11 — best price $1.242022-07-18 — best price $4.992022-08-15 — best price $1.242022-08-22 — best price $4.992022-09-19 — best price $1.242022-09-26 — best price $4.992022-10-24 — best price $1.242022-10-31 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $1.242023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-08-28 — best price $1.242023-09-04 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $1.242023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.242024-01-04 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5012026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 9 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 30 pageviews2026-09-29 — 16 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Bulgarian

Player tags

RTSRetroFantasyStrategyMultiplayer

Census log

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

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