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Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold cover art

Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold

BattleGoat Studios · 2009-07-09

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: Jun 27, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold contains Supreme Ruler 2020 and the expansion, Global Crisis: SUPREME RULER 2020 Overnight, the US dollar crashes AND the sound echoes across the globe. The economic crisis amplifies global instabilities and regional disputes, tearing the world asunder. Nations dissolve, economies collapse, and tensions escalate.

7
playing now
78%
positive of 250 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Supreme Ruler 2020 is a grand strategy wargame developed by BattleGoat Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. The game was released in 2008 and is a sequel to Supreme Ruler 2010. In the game, the player controls all aspects of a region's government attempts to unite a world of fragmented states. On December 22, 2008 BattleGoat Studios released an expansion pack for the game titled Global Crisis. A Gold Edition of the game containing both the core game and the expansion pack was released on September 18, 2009.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 10k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 250 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamersGate (2021-01-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620142025Week of 2014-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1842026-09-15 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
345Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 9 · peak 18Dec 2012 — avg 8 · peak 20May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2013 — avg 10 · peak 37Mar 2014 — avg 34 · peak 74Aug 2014 — avg 31 · peak 61Jan 2015 — avg 22 · peak 45Jun 2015 — avg 21 · peak 43Nov 2015 — avg 23 · peak 47Apr 2016 — avg 23 · peak 47Sep 2016 — avg 24 · peak 48Feb 2017 — avg 19 · peak 42Jul 2017 — avg 22 · peak 41Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 35May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 42Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 32Mar 2019 — avg 16 · peak 31Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 30Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 26Nov 2020 — avg 15 · peak 30Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 29Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 59Jul 2022 — avg 15 · peak 37Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 14 · peak 27Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 14 · peak 30Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 26Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 28Jun 2025 — avg 14 · peak 27Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.752015-01-012026-05-072015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992016-01-15 — best price $1.992016-05-17 — best price $4.992016-09-16 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $1.992018-06-21 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-01-09 — best price $1.992020-05-11 — best price $0.992020-08-08 — best price $9.992020-11-12 — best price $1.502020-12-11 — best price $9.992021-01-14 — best price $9.992021-04-22 — best price $9.992021-06-18 — best price $6.292021-10-03 — best price $9.992021-11-10 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-05-19 — best price $2.492022-11-21 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992025-02-10 — best price $2.992025-09-22 — best price $3.992026-04-30 — best price $3.992026-05-07 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 9 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 7 pageviews2026-09-12 — 21 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-24 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-06 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

RTSWarModernSandboxWargameMilitaryPoliticsStrategyTacticalPolitical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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