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Slay

Sean O'Connor · 2016-11-30

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

18
playing now
91%
positive of 192 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 59% of 5,951 Strategy games in the census by review count.
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)

Players online

1862026-08-12 01:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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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