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The Guild Gold Edition

4HEAD Studios · THQ Nordic · 2014-09-09

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 08, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.

The Guild Gold Edition is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with Mostly Positive (74% of 608 reviews) sentiment and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

11
playing now
74%
positive of 608 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Europa 1400: The Guild is a 2002 simulation game developed by 4HEAD Studios and published by JoWooD Productions. It is the first installment in the Guild series, released in October 2002 for Windows. The game simulates medieval life combined with elements of real-time strategy, role-playing, and nonlinear gameplay using a 3D engine. Taking place in historic European cities, the player tries to guide a family dynasty to power and wealth, starting from one character of limited means. Players can choose from a total of a dozen professions.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 16,694 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 608 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-09-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 75 of 141 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3602026-09-15 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 34 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
294Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 25 · peak 91Jan 2015 — avg 20 · peak 108May 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2016 — avg 9 · peak 32May 2016 — avg 7 · peak 34Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 25Jan 2017 — avg 16 · peak 57May 2017 — avg 17 · peak 68Sep 2017 — avg 14 · peak 72Jan 2018 — avg 10 · peak 33May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2018 — avg 9 · peak 33Jan 2019 — avg 13 · peak 44May 2019 — avg 11 · peak 52Sep 2019 — avg 11 · peak 43Jan 2020 — avg 10 · peak 35May 2020 — avg 14 · peak 40Sep 2020 — avg 11 · peak 39Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 31May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 27Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 29Jan 2022 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 31Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 39May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 38May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 39Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 46May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.26$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-05-21 — best price $11.112015-10-12 — best price $9.992016-02-23 — best price $4.992016-08-15 — best price $2.492017-01-12 — best price $2.492017-08-03 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-07-09 — best price $2.492018-12-11 — best price $9.992019-04-30 — best price $2.492019-09-13 — best price $2.492020-01-01 — best price $8.992020-04-08 — best price $2.492020-07-27 — best price $2.492021-01-07 — best price $9.992021-06-21 — best price $9.992021-10-15 — best price $2.202022-02-07 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-09-29 — best price $2.492023-01-07 — best price $9.992023-05-04 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $2.492023-12-22 — best price $2.492024-04-23 — best price $2.492024-07-14 — best price $9.992024-12-05 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $1.952025-06-09 — best price $2.502025-09-30 — best price $2.142026-01-06 — best price $4.992026-04-27 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $1.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

18582026-05-30 — 19 pageviews2026-06-03 — 41 pageviews2026-06-07 — 21 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 74 pageviews2026-06-19 — 53 pageviews2026-06-23 — 27 pageviews2026-06-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-01 — 22 pageviews2026-07-05 — 16 pageviews2026-07-09 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 16 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 22 pageviews2026-08-14 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 37 pageviews2026-08-26 — 39 pageviews2026-08-30 — 22 pageviews2026-09-03 — 29 pageviews2026-09-07 — 32 pageviews2026-09-11 — 30 pageviews2026-09-15 — 43 pageviews2026-09-19 — 108 pageviews2026-09-23 — 60 pageviews2026-09-27 — 48 pageviews2026-10-01 — 22 pageviews2026-10-05 — 22 pageviews2026-10-08 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGClassicEconomyTradingMedievalStrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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