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Ultimus bellum

Lions Crayons Games · 2017-11-08

Steam

IndieRPGStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2017 (Linux), Nov 08, 2017 (Mac)

An indie tower defense that combines elements of CCG and RPG. Use your deck to defend reality from hordes of invaders. During five acts, you will encounter a variety of enemies, well-designed levels, hundreds of different items, five difficulty levels, a crafting system, challenges and much more!

Ultimus bellum is an Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 32 reviews).

0
playing now
59%
positive of 32 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $6.69 at Steam (2018-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172024Week of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$6.692017-11-092020-07-092017-11-09 — best price $8.992017-11-15 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $7.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $8.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $6.692018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $8.692018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $8.492018-11-28 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $8.492019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $7.492019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492019-12-03 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
6.7%
earned "First win"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

RPGCuteFunnyIndieCasualColorfulCraftingStrategyStylizedDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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