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The Guild II

4HEAD Studios · THQ Nordic · 2010-06-24

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Sep 29, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 12, 2006 (Linux)

The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!

The Guild II is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 845 reviews).

2
playing now
71%
positive of 845 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Guild 2 is a life simulation video game developed by 4HEAD Studios and published by JoWooD Productions. It is the second installment in The Guild series, following Europa 1400: The Guild and preceding The Guild 3. The game was released worldwide in November 2006 for Windows. Taking place within fictional versions of provinces of Europe in the fifteenth century, The Guild 2's main focus revolves around the player character's aim to simulate life in the Renaissance. At the beginning of the game, the player can create a self defined character, whereby characteristic attributes points and skills can be adjusted and developed over the course of the game, by improving its properties and special abilities.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 16,820 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 845 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at GameStop PC (2014-11-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 85 of 144 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-09-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1064Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 17 · peak 38Dec 2012 — avg 9 · peak 26May 2013 — avg 18 · peak 157Oct 2013 — avg 106 · peak 674Mar 2014 — avg 11 · peak 76Aug 2014 — avg 17 · peak 40Jan 2015 — avg 39 · peak 172Jun 2015 — avg 18 · peak 152Nov 2015 — avg 40 · peak 262Apr 2016 — avg 9 · peak 28Sep 2016 — avg 25 · peak 81Feb 2017 — avg 14 · peak 37Jul 2017 — avg 31 · peak 87Dec 2017 — avg 22 · peak 73May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 38Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 37Mar 2019 — avg 16 · peak 45Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 30Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 44Jun 2020 — avg 9 · peak 34Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 58Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2021 — avg 8 · peak 28Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 46Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.01$1.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-04-09 — best price $7.872015-07-02 — best price $2.702015-09-29 — best price $9.992016-01-08 — best price $9.992016-05-02 — best price $9.992016-09-26 — best price $2.492017-01-12 — best price $2.492017-06-13 — best price $2.492017-10-24 — best price $9.992018-03-12 — best price $9.992018-07-09 — best price $2.492018-12-11 — best price $9.992019-05-06 — best price $9.992019-09-17 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-04-12 — best price $2.202020-08-07 — best price $2.492021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-15 — best price $2.502021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-03-02 — best price $10.002022-07-08 — best price $9.992022-10-31 — best price $9.992023-01-18 — best price $10.762023-05-04 — best price $9.992023-08-17 — best price $9.992023-12-07 — best price $9.992024-04-01 — best price $9.992024-07-08 — best price $9.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-02-22 — best price $9.992025-05-24 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $1.952026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-04-29 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $1.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

123212026-05-29 — 84 pageviews2026-06-02 — 46 pageviews2026-06-06 — 63 pageviews2026-06-10 — 27 pageviews2026-06-14 — 49 pageviews2026-06-18 — 91 pageviews2026-06-22 — 68 pageviews2026-06-26 — 97 pageviews2026-06-30 — 38 pageviews2026-07-04 — 46 pageviews2026-07-08 — 66 pageviews2026-07-12 — 30 pageviews2026-07-16 — 31 pageviews2026-07-20 — 34 pageviews2026-07-24 — 37 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 41 pageviews2026-08-05 — 25 pageviews2026-08-09 — 47 pageviews2026-08-13 — 33 pageviews2026-08-17 — 59 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-25 — 38 pageviews2026-08-29 — 35 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 44 pageviews2026-09-10 — 34 pageviews2026-09-14 — 48 pageviews2026-09-18 — 123 pageviews2026-09-22 — 58 pageviews2026-09-26 — 40 pageviews2026-09-30 — 61 pageviews2026-10-04 — 38 pageviews2026-10-08 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RPGEconomySandboxTradingBuildingLife SimMedievalPoliticsStrategyManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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