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Supreme Ruler Ultimate

BattleGoat Studios · 2014-10-17

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2014 (Mac)

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Supreme Ruler Ultimate is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 1255 reviews).

24
playing now
77%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Supreme Ruler Ultimate is a grand strategy video game developed by BattleGoat Studios. It is the fifth installment in the Supreme Ruler series and was released on October 17, 2014. The game is the sequel to Supreme Ruler 1936. It is essentially a compilation release, streamlining Supreme Ruler 2020, Supreme Ruler Cold War, and Supreme Ruler 1936 into one game, using the same UI as 1936, as well as adding additional features and gameplay.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,353 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,255 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2023-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4702026-09-15 00:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 27 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 47 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 37 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 30 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 44 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 32 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 38 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 32 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
14224Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 30 · peak 73Jan 2015 — avg 108 · peak 199May 2015 — avg 84 · peak 159Sep 2015 — avg 78 · peak 153Jan 2016 — avg 108 · peak 197May 2016 — avg 77 · peak 156Sep 2016 — avg 78 · peak 164Jan 2017 — avg 81 · peak 152May 2017 — avg 70 · peak 137Sep 2017 — avg 99 · peak 196Jan 2018 — avg 95 · peak 170May 2018 — avg 86 · peak 144Sep 2018 — avg 100 · peak 169Jan 2019 — avg 101 · peak 178May 2019 — avg 80 · peak 140Sep 2019 — avg 81 · peak 146Jan 2020 — avg 108 · peak 217May 2020 — avg 108 · peak 190Sep 2020 — avg 73 · peak 125Jan 2021 — avg 87 · peak 175May 2021 — avg 75 · peak 135Sep 2021 — avg 68 · peak 116Jan 2022 — avg 83 · peak 147May 2022 — avg 90 · peak 158Sep 2022 — avg 90 · peak 163Jan 2023 — avg 79 · peak 161May 2023 — avg 71 · peak 119Sep 2023 — avg 58 · peak 104Jan 2024 — avg 46 · peak 85May 2024 — avg 38 · peak 70Sep 2024 — avg 35 · peak 67Jan 2025 — avg 36 · peak 68May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 75Sep 2025 — avg 33 · peak 69Jan 2026 — avg 34 · peak 66May 2026 — avg 28 · peak 61Aug 2026 — avg 28 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $20.092015-06-22 — best price $29.992016-02-12 — best price $29.992016-06-23 — best price $8.992016-09-22 — best price $29.992016-11-23 — best price $8.992017-01-12 — best price $8.992017-08-02 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $7.992018-05-10 — best price $11.992018-11-15 — best price $7.492019-01-24 — best price $29.992019-09-05 — best price $5.622019-11-26 — best price $7.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-02-10 — best price $6.002020-05-18 — best price $19.992020-08-17 — best price $6.002020-10-26 — best price $19.992020-12-07 — best price $6.002021-01-25 — best price $7.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-05-05 — best price $4.992023-08-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-04-22 — best price $4.992024-10-21 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-06-23 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3322026-06-01 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 27 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 6 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 17 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 11 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 9 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 21 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews2026-10-11 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
5.5%
earned "Capital Idea"
0.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-07-26, latest 2017-08-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1244%33

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSWarModernSandboxWargameMilitaryPoliticsStrategyTacticalSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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