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Through the Ages cover art

Through the Ages

CGE Digital · 2018-03-26

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 14, 2017 (iOS), 2018 (Android), Mar 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2018 (Mac)

Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

60
playing now
91%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

60 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 60 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 59k–141k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,342 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at GOG (2020-03-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 17 of 29 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12212220182026Week of 2018-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

125472026-08-07 00:00 — 60 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 87 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 123 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 115 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 74 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 105 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 83 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 112 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 70 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 114 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 47 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 68 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 118 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 54 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 76 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 109 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 98 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 82 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 109 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 103 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 60 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 110 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 101 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.99$7.992018-03-282026-08-302018-03-28 — best price $9.912018-10-16 — best price $9.592019-09-12 — best price $9.592020-01-02 — best price $15.992020-04-10 — best price $15.992020-12-22 — best price $14.392021-03-01 — best price $15.992021-07-08 — best price $15.992021-10-25 — best price $15.992022-03-28 — best price $15.992022-07-07 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $15.992023-05-10 — best price $15.992023-07-13 — best price $15.992023-10-09 — best price $15.992023-11-20 — best price $15.992023-12-13 — best price $7.992024-01-25 — best price $11.192024-03-15 — best price $11.192024-04-19 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $15.992024-08-07 — best price $15.992024-10-11 — best price $15.992024-11-27 — best price $11.192025-01-15 — best price $9.592025-03-13 — best price $11.192025-05-05 — best price $15.992025-06-18 — best price $11.192025-07-23 — best price $15.992025-09-11 — best price $15.992025-11-17 — best price $7.992025-12-11 — best price $10.712026-01-23 — best price $10.712026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-04-03 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $15.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.7%
earned "Great Work"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Turn NotificationsFamily Sharing1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, German, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4480%124

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

Player tags

2DEconomyPoliticsStrategyTabletopCard GameBoard GameHistoricalSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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