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Tzar: The Burden of the Crown cover art

Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

Haemimont Games · 2019-06-06

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Mar 31, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tzar: The Burden of the Crown is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2000

16
playing now
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Health tier since 2026-09-18

Current store prices

GOG$1.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at GOG (2019-11-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 62 of 79 observed days · $0.06 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320192026Week of 2019-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3532026-09-15 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 25 players2026-10-06 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-15 12:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
164Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 27Mar 2020 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2020 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 31Jun 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2021 — avg 13 · peak 36Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 31Jun 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 32Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 30Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 35Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 37Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 33Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 35Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.242015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-10 — best price $5.992015-11-05 — best price $5.992016-06-22 — best price $5.992018-04-03 — best price $5.992018-11-09 — best price $1.292019-02-10 — best price $5.992019-11-20 — best price $2.492019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-12-16 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $1.242022-08-15 — best price $1.242022-10-24 — best price $1.242023-07-04 — best price $5.992023-10-19 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-04-04 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-09-18 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $1.242024-12-12 — best price $1.242025-03-19 — best price $1.242025-06-18 — best price $1.242025-09-12 — best price $1.242025-11-05 — best price $4.992026-01-21 — best price $4.992026-03-11 — best price $1.242026-04-27 — best price $4.992026-06-09 — best price $1.252026-08-24 — best price $1.252026-09-05 — best price $1.252026-09-11 — best price $1.252026-09-17 — best price $1.252026-09-23 — best price $4.992026-09-29 — best price $1.252026-10-05 — best price $1.252026-10-11 — best price $1.252026-10-15 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

RTSClassicFantasyMedievalStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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