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RPG Tycoon

Skatanic Studios · Macrocosmic Software · 2016-02-12

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 01, 2014 (Mac), Jul 01, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!

RPG Tycoon is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 484 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

0
playing now
50%
positive of 484 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (85 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 484 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620142026Week of 2014-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $4.492015-04-06 — best price $6.292015-06-11 — best price $6.292015-08-03 — best price $5.592015-11-25 — best price $5.992015-12-03 — best price $8.992015-12-08 — best price $7.992016-02-12 — best price $6.392016-04-13 — best price $9.992016-04-25 — best price $7.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $4.492016-12-20 — best price $9.992017-02-13 — best price $3.492017-05-25 — best price $9.992017-07-28 — best price $4.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $8.992017-11-23 — best price $2.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-11 — best price $4.992026-08-25 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.5%
earned "My First Hero"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-02-12, latest 2016-12-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3660%73

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

Player tags

RPGIndieFantasyBuildingColorfulStrategyAdventureIsometricManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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