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Those Who Rule

Eldin Turulja · 2025-01-27

SteamGOG

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

13
playing now
90%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,113 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-03-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 26 of 51 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

37132026-08-11 19:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 24 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 37 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 28 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 30 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 21 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 23 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 32 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$8.992025-01-272026-08-302025-01-27 — best price $16.192025-03-05 — best price $14.392025-03-13 — best price $14.392025-04-11 — best price $14.392025-06-02 — best price $12.592025-06-27 — best price $12.592025-07-11 — best price $12.592025-08-24 — best price $12.592025-09-26 — best price $11.692025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-10-24 — best price $17.992025-11-17 — best price $11.692025-11-25 — best price $17.992025-12-07 — best price $17.992025-12-18 — best price $10.792026-01-11 — best price $17.992026-01-21 — best price $17.992026-02-06 — best price $17.992026-03-05 — best price $10.792026-03-16 — best price $17.992026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-04-17 — best price $17.992026-04-27 — best price $17.992026-05-12 — best price $8.992026-05-27 — best price $8.992026-06-10 — best price $17.992026-06-17 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-07-23 — best price $8.992026-08-06 — best price $8.992026-08-24 — best price $8.992026-08-27 — best price $17.992026-08-29 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
68.6%
earned "A Grave Mistake"
15.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1765%30

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGJRPGMedievalStrategyDifficultIsometricStory RichPerma DeathStrategy RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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