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Ruinarch

Maccima Games LLC · Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc · 2023-04-24

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 07, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 07, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 07, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!

Ruinarch is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $12.49, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 1423 reviews).

0
playing now
63%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.13★
PlayStation Store rating (76 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (188 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 49,582 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,423 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.24 at IndieGala Store (2026-09-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 30 of 52 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16116120202026Week of 2020-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2602Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 260 · peak 1,027Oct 2020 — avg 29 · peak 184Dec 2020 — avg 23 · peak 87Feb 2021 — avg 21 · peak 73Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 100Jun 2021 — avg 23 · peak 174Aug 2021 — avg 14 · peak 165Oct 2021 — avg 27 · peak 72Dec 2021 — avg 27 · peak 61Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 74Apr 2022 — avg 14 · peak 41Jun 2022 — avg 17 · peak 53Aug 2022 — avg 17 · peak 70Oct 2022 — avg 12 · peak 48Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 65Feb 2023 — avg 17 · peak 54Apr 2023 — avg 28 · peak 231Jun 2023 — avg 16 · peak 38Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Feb 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.362020-08-252026-10-092020-08-25 — best price $17.992020-10-24 — best price $17.992020-11-13 — best price $19.992021-01-28 — best price $15.992021-05-10 — best price $15.992021-06-27 — best price $15.992021-09-06 — best price $24.992021-12-01 — best price $24.992022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-03-06 — best price $24.992023-06-14 — best price $19.992023-08-21 — best price $17.492023-10-29 — best price $17.492023-12-17 — best price $17.492024-01-24 — best price $17.492024-04-08 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $12.492024-09-18 — best price $24.992024-11-04 — best price $24.992024-12-20 — best price $12.492025-01-31 — best price $24.992025-04-14 — best price $24.992025-08-24 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-03-12 — best price $12.492026-03-27 — best price $24.992026-05-31 — best price $7.362026-07-01 — best price $10.002026-07-27 — best price $19.792026-08-05 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
29.4%
earned "I Am The Boogeyman"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4412%28
PS5 (PlayStation)618%19
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)297%18
PS4 (PlayStation)90%19
PS4 (PlayStation)813%19

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

Player tags

2DWarSandboxBuildingGod GamePoliticsColony SimDark HumorManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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