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Tyranny

Obsidian Entertainment · Paradox Interactive · 2016-11-10

SteamGOG

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 10, 2016 (Linux), Nov 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 10, 2016 (Mac)

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

45
playing now
87%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (121 ratings)
35h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 61h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Tyranny is a role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on November 10, 2016.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 313 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 333k–799k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,320 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.48 at GameBillet (2021-06-17) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 44 of 82 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23523520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

200352026-08-06 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 93 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 74 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 114 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 86 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 120 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 67 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 91 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 69 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 92 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 58 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 113 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 200 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 76 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 114 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 143 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 79 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 81 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 131 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 61 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 45 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 87 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$264.74$5.062016-03-172026-08-252016-03-17 — best price $59.992017-03-18 — best price $31.492017-06-03 — best price $40.492017-09-26 — best price $38.242018-01-05 — best price $44.992018-04-17 — best price $17.992018-07-18 — best price $44.992018-10-01 — best price $15.292018-11-30 — best price $29.992019-02-08 — best price $26.992019-04-18 — best price $13.492019-07-11 — best price $29.992019-09-28 — best price $14.992019-12-13 — best price $15.002020-02-08 — best price $31.302020-04-13 — best price $29.992020-07-15 — best price $29.992020-09-18 — best price $15.002020-11-13 — best price $11.992021-01-11 — best price $29.992021-03-13 — best price $10.492021-05-14 — best price $11.972021-08-23 — best price $13.492021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-02-25 — best price $29.992022-05-29 — best price $10.492022-08-31 — best price $29.992022-12-05 — best price $28.492023-03-17 — best price $26.452023-07-25 — best price $26.662024-02-02 — best price $29.992024-08-05 — best price $7.492024-12-06 — best price $26.992025-07-27 — best price $29.992026-01-11 — best price $29.992026-06-06 — best price $7.492026-08-25 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
43.1%
earned "Building a Reputation"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing5 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,2201%70

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGFantasyAdventureIsometricOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericDark FantasySingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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