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The Rule of Land: Pioneers

Horgee Games · Gamirror Games · 2023-07-18

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a survival game. After the coronation, human beings had to move into the underground. Fifty years later, some people thought the disaster was over and organized a survival competition on the surface. Some brave people took part in the competition . You are one of them.

The Rule of Land: Pioneers is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $10.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 335 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 335 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$10.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (123 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 49,477 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 335 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.06 at GameBillet (2025-09-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 42 of 57 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920202026Week of 2020-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$4.062020-09-092026-08-132020-09-09 — best price $9.892020-12-22 — best price $9.892021-04-20 — best price $9.892021-10-28 — best price $9.892022-01-27 — best price $9.892022-09-15 — best price $9.892023-03-16 — best price $9.892023-07-18 — best price $6.592024-02-11 — best price $6.592024-04-15 — best price $10.992024-05-25 — best price $10.992024-07-26 — best price $6.592024-08-26 — best price $6.592024-09-11 — best price $10.992024-10-01 — best price $6.142024-11-16 — best price $8.682024-12-02 — best price $10.992025-01-02 — best price $9.782025-01-22 — best price $10.992025-03-13 — best price $6.482025-03-28 — best price $10.992025-06-17 — best price $10.992025-07-04 — best price $4.892025-07-21 — best price $10.992025-08-01 — best price $9.102025-08-19 — best price $5.282025-09-03 — best price $5.492025-10-06 — best price $5.442025-10-27 — best price $10.992025-11-12 — best price $5.502025-11-23 — best price $5.502025-12-19 — best price $5.502026-02-05 — best price $5.432026-02-23 — best price $10.992026-03-19 — best price $4.882026-04-08 — best price $5.492026-05-11 — best price $5.492026-07-30 — best price $5.492026-08-13 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
48.3%
earned "Junior Survival Player"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)462%32

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

Player tags

2.5DIndieHuntingBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureSimulationEarly AccessSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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