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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

Through the Ages is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $15.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2346 reviews).

122
playing now
91%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$15.99
steam price (US)

122 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 122 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 6% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 59k–141k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,346 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$15.99

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 26 of 71 observed days · $8.00 above the 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

145442026-09-15 14:00 — 118 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 72 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 54 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 116 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 93 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 54 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 101 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 90 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 65 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 80 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 116 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 53 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 78 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 90 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 49 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 79 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 137 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 76 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 145 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 89 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 72 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 122 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30752Mar 2018Aug 2026Mar 2018 — avg 77 · peak 642Jun 2018 — avg 84 · peak 187Sep 2018 — avg 76 · peak 136Dec 2018 — avg 72 · peak 159Mar 2019 — avg 64 · peak 112Jun 2019 — avg 54 · peak 97Sep 2019 — avg 118 · peak 322Dec 2019 — avg 86 · peak 148Mar 2020 — avg 179 · peak 578Jun 2020 — avg 161 · peak 288Sep 2020 — avg 136 · peak 221Dec 2020 — avg 135 · peak 229Mar 2021 — avg 154 · peak 250Jun 2021 — avg 133 · peak 208Sep 2021 — avg 122 · peak 200Dec 2021 — avg 119 · peak 185Mar 2022 — avg 131 · peak 228Jun 2022 — avg 118 · peak 183Sep 2022 — avg 112 · peak 199Dec 2022 — avg 110 · peak 174Mar 2023 — avg 107 · peak 172Jun 2023 — avg 97 · peak 165Sep 2023 — avg 101 · peak 164Dec 2023 — avg 110 · peak 178Mar 2024 — avg 106 · peak 173Jun 2024 — avg 101 · peak 181Sep 2024 — avg 95 · peak 159Dec 2024 — avg 97 · peak 157Mar 2025 — avg 90 · peak 154Jun 2025 — avg 88 · peak 148Sep 2025 — avg 90 · peak 148Dec 2025 — avg 94 · peak 160Mar 2026 — avg 91 · peak 151Jun 2026 — avg 91 · peak 166Aug 2026 — avg 86 · peak 141
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$7.992018-03-282026-10-142018-03-28 — best price $9.912018-10-22 — best price $15.992019-12-11 — best price $14.392020-03-20 — best price $7.992020-12-22 — best price $14.392021-06-09 — best price $14.392021-07-26 — best price $15.992022-03-24 — best price $11.192022-07-07 — best price $15.992023-03-16 — best price $11.192023-06-26 — best price $15.992023-10-02 — best price $7.992023-11-20 — best price $15.992023-12-21 — best price $11.192024-02-14 — best price $11.192024-04-15 — best price $11.192024-07-11 — best price $15.992024-09-18 — best price $7.992024-11-18 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $11.192025-05-10 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $15.992025-08-26 — best price $9.592025-11-17 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-02-02 — best price $15.992026-04-02 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $15.992026-08-31 — best price $7.992026-09-05 — best price $7.992026-09-10 — best price $15.992026-09-15 — best price $15.992026-09-20 — best price $15.992026-09-25 — best price $15.992026-09-30 — best price $15.992026-10-05 — best price $15.992026-10-10 — best price $15.992026-10-14 — best price $15.99
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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-09-12 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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