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Ruinarch

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

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

2
playing now
63%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,421 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 30 of 48 observed days · $17.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$7.362020-08-252026-08-282020-08-25 — best price $17.992020-10-19 — best price $17.992020-11-03 — best price $17.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-12 — best price $15.992021-05-17 — best price $19.992021-06-27 — best price $15.992021-08-30 — best price $17.492021-11-01 — best price $24.992021-12-22 — best price $17.492022-04-04 — best price $24.992022-08-04 — best price $17.492022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-03-01 — best price $17.492023-05-01 — best price $24.992023-07-03 — best price $19.992023-09-18 — best price $17.492023-11-05 — best price $24.992023-12-17 — best price $17.492024-01-15 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $24.992024-07-29 — best price $12.492024-09-19 — best price $24.992024-11-04 — best price $24.992024-12-18 — best price $24.992025-01-14 — best price $24.992025-03-24 — best price $12.492025-05-14 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $12.492025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-03-11 — best price $9.902026-03-20 — best price $12.492026-04-23 — best price $22.392026-06-02 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $19.792026-08-03 — best price $8.242026-08-17 — best price $10.002026-08-28 — 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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