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Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown cover art

Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown

Zugalu Entertainment · PlaySide · 2025-06-18

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Nov 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?

Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown is a 2025 Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $27.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 453 reviews).

0
playing now
58%
positive of 459 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$27.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (95 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.2k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 459 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.79 at IndieGala Store (2025-06-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $27.99 · on sale 71 of 93 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420242026Week of 2024-11-06: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
793Nov 2024Aug 2026Nov 2024 — avg 43 · peak 181Dec 2024 — avg 17 · peak 45Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 43Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 47Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 27May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 56Jun 2025 — avg 79 · peak 271Jul 2025 — avg 29 · peak 95Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 47Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$27.99$7.232024-11-052026-08-252024-11-05 — best price $26.592024-11-14 — best price $27.992024-12-13 — best price $22.392025-01-11 — best price $27.992025-01-23 — best price $17.192025-02-22 — best price $20.622025-03-31 — best price $27.992025-05-24 — best price $22.292025-06-23 — best price $9.802025-07-11 — best price $22.292025-07-25 — best price $10.212025-08-11 — best price $13.992025-08-21 — best price $20.572025-08-29 — best price $27.992025-09-08 — best price $10.212025-10-06 — best price $27.152025-10-19 — best price $22.292025-10-29 — best price $20.572025-11-20 — best price $27.992025-11-24 — best price $10.392025-12-18 — best price $10.212026-01-13 — best price $22.292026-02-02 — best price $22.292026-02-21 — best price $27.992026-03-10 — best price $13.692026-03-26 — best price $27.992026-04-17 — best price $23.212026-04-28 — best price $12.282026-05-09 — best price $24.782026-05-18 — best price $13.852026-05-24 — best price $22.292026-05-30 — best price $20.962026-06-06 — best price $11.542026-06-20 — best price $20.962026-06-30 — best price $11.442026-07-22 — best price $27.992026-07-31 — best price $10.272026-08-10 — best price $20.692026-08-14 — best price $24.762026-08-25 — best price $11.52
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
55.7%
earned "Stepping into Nysamor"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1360%32

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

Player tags

PvPRTSCasualFantasySandboxWargameTacticalColony SimManagementCity Builder

Census log

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

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