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Slay cover art

Slay

Sean O'Connor · 2016-11-30

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Q1 2009 (iOS), Nov 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Q1 2009 (Android)

Slay is a turn based strategy game where your goal is to conquer the island by buying men and using them to capture your enemies' hexagons. By combining two men you can create a single more powerful man who is able to kill weaker men.

Slay is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 192 reviews).

13
playing now
91%
positive of 192 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Slay is a shareware turn-based strategy game made by Sean O'Connor and released in the United Kingdom for Microsoft Windows in March 1995. It continues being ported to modern platforms, such as for Pocket PC in 2002, multiple mobile devices between 2007 and 2013, and on Steam in November 2016.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 192 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2382026-09-15 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
621Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2017 — avg 4 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 29 · peak 55Jun 2019 — avg 17 · peak 32Sep 2019 — avg 10 · peak 22Dec 2019 — avg 11 · peak 25Mar 2020 — avg 11 · peak 23Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 25Sep 2020 — avg 12 · peak 24Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2021 — avg 16 · peak 43Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 21Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 18Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 23Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 27Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 21Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 21Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 21Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.992016-12-012026-07-092016-12-01 — best price $9.992019-01-30 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $7.992024-05-20 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2722026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 24 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews2026-08-29 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 5 pageviews2026-09-06 — 16 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 10 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieHex GridStrategyTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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