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The Guild II Renaissance

Runeforge Game Studio · THQ Nordic · 2010-07-28

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 28, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 28, 2010 (Linux)

For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.

The Guild II Renaissance is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 4218 reviews).

62
playing now
83%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself. Due to trade and commerce an increasing middle class obtains more and more power and wealth. Entire towns purchase their freedom and more privileges from the nobility. Reading and writing is no longer the domain of the nobility and the clergy and the invention of printing information may eventually be spread everywhere. This is the beginning of the renaissance...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 62 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 186 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 169k–337k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,218 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 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 71 of 129 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

214402026-09-15 13:00 — 61 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 85 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 41 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 168 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 214 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 56 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 88 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 178 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 81 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 142 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 200 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 88 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 70 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 149 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 107 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 59 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 117 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 96 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 43 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 136 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 117 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 43 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29325Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 58 · peak 105Dec 2012 — avg 38 · peak 112May 2013 — avg 42 · peak 279Oct 2013 — avg 42 · peak 104Mar 2014 — avg 37 · peak 99Aug 2014 — avg 58 · peak 126Jan 2015 — avg 247 · peak 939Jun 2015 — avg 117 · peak 563Nov 2015 — avg 220 · peak 1,141Apr 2016 — avg 122 · peak 285Sep 2016 — avg 143 · peak 361Feb 2017 — avg 136 · peak 297Jul 2017 — avg 211 · peak 456Dec 2017 — avg 176 · peak 396May 2018 — avg 125 · peak 258Oct 2018 — avg 116 · peak 245Mar 2019 — avg 118 · peak 250Aug 2019 — avg 107 · peak 235Jan 2020 — avg 102 · peak 216Jun 2020 — avg 78 · peak 173Nov 2020 — avg 87 · peak 225Apr 2021 — avg 59 · peak 137Sep 2021 — avg 67 · peak 158Feb 2022 — avg 53 · peak 128Jul 2022 — avg 87 · peak 245Dec 2022 — avg 45 · peak 106May 2023 — avg 40 · peak 86Oct 2023 — avg 47 · peak 137Mar 2024 — avg 44 · peak 117Aug 2024 — avg 50 · peak 108Jan 2025 — avg 40 · peak 98Jun 2025 — avg 38 · peak 87Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 86Apr 2026 — avg 37 · peak 96Aug 2026 — avg 82 · peak 189
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.65$1.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-03-19 — best price $9.952015-05-19 — best price $10.492015-08-04 — best price $6.952015-11-23 — best price $1.992016-03-07 — best price $9.992016-06-27 — best price $9.992016-11-25 — best price $2.492017-03-24 — best price $2.492017-08-07 — best price $2.502017-12-25 — best price $2.502018-05-24 — best price $2.492018-09-10 — best price $1.992019-01-29 — best price $2.502019-07-12 — best price $9.992019-11-18 — best price $2.502020-02-06 — best price $9.862020-06-01 — best price $9.992020-12-02 — best price $2.492021-04-26 — best price $8.992021-09-02 — best price $9.992022-01-14 — best price $2.492022-06-13 — best price $9.992022-09-08 — best price $2.192022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-04-04 — best price $9.992023-07-20 — best price $8.392023-11-21 — best price $2.492024-03-07 — best price $2.492024-06-17 — best price $1.972024-11-21 — best price $2.222025-02-13 — best price $2.492025-05-21 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $1.952026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-05-28 — best price $1.992026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
2.6%
earned "A New Dawn Rises"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2970%137

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

RPGEconomySandboxTradingMedievalPoliticsStrategyColony SimManagementSimulation

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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