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The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition

Ubisoft Blue Byte · Ubisoft · 2019-01-22

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: Nov 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build vibrant cities in a medieval world with this modernized version of The Settlers – Rise of an Empire. Each character leads their individual lives and can be observed by you at any time. Will you go down in history as a legendary king?

The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition is a Strategy title released in 2019, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, priced at $11.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 758 reviews).

54
playing now
77%
positive of 758 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$11.99
steam price (US)

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

The Settlers: Rise of an Empire is a 2007 city-building game with real-time strategy elements for Windows. Developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft, it was released worldwide in September 2007. It is the sixth game in The Settlers series. In March 2008, Blue Byte released an expansion, The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - The Eastern Realm, featuring new single-player campaign missions, new maps for both single-player and multiplayer modes, and an enhanced map editor. In September, they released The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - Gold Edition, containing the original game plus the Eastern Realm expansion, and additional single and multiplayer maps. The Gold Edition was also released on Steam and Uplay. In 2015, it was released on GOG.com, and in 2018, it was re-released as The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - History Edition.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 54 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 758 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.75 at Fanatical (2020-01-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 40 of 58 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420192026Week of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6862026-09-15 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 29 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 49 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 56 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 53 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 45 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 46 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 52 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 50 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 67 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4515Jan 2019Aug 2026Jan 2019 — avg 41 · peak 91Apr 2019 — avg 18 · peak 46Jul 2019 — avg 15 · peak 39Oct 2019 — avg 19 · peak 72Jan 2020 — avg 27 · peak 75Apr 2020 — avg 38 · peak 102Jul 2020 — avg 31 · peak 70Oct 2020 — avg 30 · peak 73Jan 2021 — avg 41 · peak 115Apr 2021 — avg 31 · peak 77Jul 2021 — avg 25 · peak 67Oct 2021 — avg 24 · peak 57Jan 2022 — avg 44 · peak 108Apr 2022 — avg 30 · peak 79Jul 2022 — avg 28 · peak 83Oct 2022 — avg 26 · peak 73Jan 2023 — avg 34 · peak 88Apr 2023 — avg 36 · peak 93Jul 2023 — avg 32 · peak 74Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 76Jan 2024 — avg 35 · peak 100Apr 2024 — avg 37 · peak 91Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 77Oct 2024 — avg 28 · peak 80Jan 2025 — avg 35 · peak 87Apr 2025 — avg 31 · peak 82Jul 2025 — avg 26 · peak 70Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 81Jan 2026 — avg 33 · peak 88Apr 2026 — avg 30 · peak 86Jul 2026 — avg 26 · peak 67Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 64
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.04$3.822018-11-152026-08-132018-11-15 — best price $11.992019-05-10 — best price $5.992019-08-12 — best price $10.852019-11-10 — best price $5.992020-01-01 — best price $10.792020-02-05 — best price $6.592020-03-30 — best price $5.532020-06-01 — best price $10.792020-07-13 — best price $11.992020-08-24 — best price $5.992020-10-08 — best price $5.102020-11-21 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $10.672021-02-09 — best price $5.512021-04-14 — best price $11.992021-05-28 — best price $5.332021-08-06 — best price $5.392021-10-22 — best price $11.992021-12-16 — best price $5.992022-02-11 — best price $10.672022-04-22 — best price $5.992022-06-19 — best price $11.992022-09-01 — best price $5.512022-11-18 — best price $5.992023-01-19 — best price $5.392023-03-23 — best price $11.992023-06-02 — best price $4.792023-08-05 — best price $10.692023-11-05 — best price $10.662024-01-01 — best price $11.992024-03-30 — best price $4.792024-07-14 — best price $4.792024-11-12 — best price $4.802025-03-17 — best price $8.992025-06-17 — best price $11.992025-09-26 — best price $11.992026-01-14 — best price $3.822026-04-20 — best price $4.792026-08-11 — best price $4.802026-08-13 — best price $4.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

50162026-06-01 — 38 pageviews2026-06-05 — 41 pageviews2026-06-09 — 38 pageviews2026-06-13 — 41 pageviews2026-06-17 — 23 pageviews2026-06-21 — 28 pageviews2026-06-25 — 31 pageviews2026-06-29 — 36 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 22 pageviews2026-07-11 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 28 pageviews2026-07-23 — 26 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-31 — 25 pageviews2026-08-04 — 28 pageviews2026-08-08 — 33 pageviews2026-08-12 — 27 pageviews2026-08-16 — 29 pageviews2026-08-20 — 43 pageviews2026-08-24 — 42 pageviews2026-08-28 — 32 pageviews2026-09-01 — 28 pageviews2026-09-05 — 35 pageviews2026-09-09 — 24 pageviews2026-09-13 — 36 pageviews2026-09-17 — 27 pageviews2026-09-21 — 22 pageviews2026-09-25 — 38 pageviews2026-09-29 — 36 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 29 pageviews2026-10-10 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPRemote Play Together

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RTSMedievalStrategyMultiplayerCity BuilderSingleplayer

Census log

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

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