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The Battle of Polytopia cover art

The Battle of Polytopia

Midjiwan AB · 2020-08-04

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 30, 2016 (Android), Feb 04, 2016 (iOS), Aug 04, 2020 (Linux), Oct 12, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 04, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 04, 2020 (Mac)

Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.

269
playing now
94%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

269 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

The Battle of Polytopia is a 2016 4X turn-based strategy game developed and published by Midjiwan AB. Players take control of a tribe as they build an empire and attempt to defeat the other tribes across a procedurally generated world. Each tribe starts the game with a unique ability, though all have access to the same technology tree. As players explore the world map, they construct and upgrade cities, research new technologies, and produce units used to battle the other tribes. The game has two modes, one which requires the player to obtain the highest score in a 30-turn time limit, and the other requires the player to defeat all other tribes in combat to win. Polytopia can be played in single-player against AI-controlled tribes, or through local or online multiplayer.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 269 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 432 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 119k–269k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,974 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-12-08) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 47 of 73 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
45545520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2811372026-08-06 22:00 — 210 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 153 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 243 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 225 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 167 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 216 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 245 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 169 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 209 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 236 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 137 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 238 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 202 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 150 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 251 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 225 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 157 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 221 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 261 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 150 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 205 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 253 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 187 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 197 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 248 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 183 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 206 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 249 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 191 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 269 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.002020-08-042026-08-032020-08-04 — best price $10.042021-01-23 — best price $14.992021-02-13 — best price $12.632021-04-04 — best price $14.992021-04-25 — best price $14.992021-05-29 — best price $14.992021-07-16 — best price $13.272021-09-13 — best price $6.002021-11-22 — best price $14.992022-01-12 — best price $14.992022-02-25 — best price $14.992022-05-24 — best price $11.242022-07-14 — best price $5.992022-09-08 — best price $5.992022-11-24 — best price $14.992023-02-20 — best price $5.992023-05-05 — best price $8.992023-06-23 — best price $7.492023-09-05 — best price $14.992023-12-07 — best price $7.192024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-05-06 — best price $4.802024-07-04 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $7.502024-11-16 — best price $11.012025-01-12 — best price $14.992025-04-23 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-11-18 — best price $11.012026-01-29 — best price $4.492026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-06-29 — best price $4.492026-08-03 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

235662026-05-31 — 95 pageviews2026-06-03 — 114 pageviews2026-06-06 — 104 pageviews2026-06-09 — 136 pageviews2026-06-12 — 194 pageviews2026-06-15 — 131 pageviews2026-06-18 — 114 pageviews2026-06-21 — 99 pageviews2026-06-24 — 116 pageviews2026-06-27 — 103 pageviews2026-06-30 — 97 pageviews2026-07-03 — 133 pageviews2026-07-06 — 100 pageviews2026-07-09 — 118 pageviews2026-07-12 — 108 pageviews2026-07-15 — 81 pageviews2026-07-18 — 122 pageviews2026-07-21 — 97 pageviews2026-07-24 — 104 pageviews2026-07-27 — 113 pageviews2026-07-30 — 116 pageviews2026-08-02 — 100 pageviews2026-08-05 — 82 pageviews2026-08-08 — 104 pageviews2026-08-11 — 112 pageviews2026-08-14 — 87 pageviews2026-08-17 — 89 pageviews2026-08-20 — 102 pageviews2026-08-23 — 106 pageviews2026-08-26 — 66 pageviews2026-08-28 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

502026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam Turn NotificationsFamily Sharing12 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XPvPWarBuildingColorfulStrategyDiplomacyIsometricMinimalistSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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