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Sumerians

Decumanus Games · 2023-10-17

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 02, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

Sumerians is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $16.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 331 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 331 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (76 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 16,820 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 331 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.09 at Steam (2026-08-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120202026Week of 2020-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
282Dec 2020May 2026Dec 2020 — avg 28 · peak 125Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 28Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$6.792020-12-022026-07-092020-12-02 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-01-30 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $16.992023-12-21 — best price $14.442024-01-08 — best price $14.442024-03-14 — best price $13.592024-04-22 — best price $13.592024-06-27 — best price $12.742024-07-11 — best price $16.992024-08-19 — best price $12.742024-09-16 — best price $11.892024-11-27 — best price $11.042024-12-19 — best price $10.192025-02-03 — best price $10.192025-03-13 — best price $10.192025-03-24 — best price $10.192025-05-19 — best price $8.492025-06-26 — best price $8.492025-10-01 — best price $8.492025-11-03 — best price $6.792025-12-18 — best price $6.792026-03-19 — best price $6.792026-06-25 — best price $6.792026-07-09 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-04-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyReal-TimeRealisticHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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