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The I of the Dragon

Primal · TopWare Interactive · 2015-03-06

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Feb 05, 2015 (Linux), Feb 05, 2015 (Mac), Mar 10, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The world of Nimoa is as beautiful as the morning dew, but only at first glance. Under the surface of hills and fertile valleys lurks an old and eternal evil. Living as a mould, stretching threads through an infected area like deadly toadstools. The center of this "being?" deep in the under world is the giant daemon, Skarborr.

The I of the Dragon is a 2015 RPG game priced at $7.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 1156 reviews) and an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners.

6
playing now
71%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
46/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

I of the Dragon is a role-playing video game developed by Russian studio Primal Software where the player assumes the control of a dragon.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,156 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.39-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.76 at Steam (2017-01-16) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 76 of 99 observed days · $1.63 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1821Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 4 · peak 33Jul 2015 — avg 3 · peak 20Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 18 · peak 119Mar 2017 — avg 7 · peak 129Jul 2017 — avg 15 · peak 366Nov 2017 — avg 182 · peak 3,141Mar 2018 — avg 113 · peak 1,527Jul 2018 — avg 12 · peak 224Nov 2018 — avg 24 · peak 1,606Mar 2019 — avg 32 · peak 1,021Jul 2019 — avg 83 · peak 3,591Nov 2019 — avg 29 · peak 651Mar 2020 — avg 12 · peak 361Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 93Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 66Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20Nov 2021 — avg 32 · peak 754Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 260Nov 2022 — avg 30 · peak 1,988Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 33Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 20Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 66May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.19$0.832015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-18 — best price $6.992016-04-04 — best price $0.832017-12-11 — best price $0.972018-08-20 — best price $6.992019-03-25 — best price $1.042019-12-19 — best price $3.492020-08-24 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $2.792021-06-24 — best price $2.792021-11-26 — best price $2.092022-02-21 — best price $1.742022-07-25 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $2.092023-02-13 — best price $2.442023-06-11 — best price $1.742023-09-19 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $2.792024-02-28 — best price $1.392024-05-16 — best price $3.192024-08-08 — best price $1.592024-10-28 — best price $2.392025-01-06 — best price $3.192025-04-10 — best price $2.392025-07-14 — best price $3.992025-09-16 — best price $4.992025-11-13 — best price $3.192026-02-04 — best price $2.392026-04-03 — best price $7.992026-06-09 — best price $2.392026-08-25 — best price $2.392026-09-09 — best price $2.392026-09-21 — best price $7.992026-10-03 — best price $2.392026-10-14 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3012026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-08 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-02 — 23 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 25 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 19 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-07 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-31 — 22 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 20 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 2 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, Hungarian, Czech

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-06-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGDragonsFantasyOpen WorldSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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