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Warrior Kings: Battles

Black Cactus · Strategy First · 2014-05-06

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 30, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.

Warrior Kings: Battles is a $8.99 Strategy game released in 2014, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 334 reviews).

8
playing now
91%
positive of 334 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (603 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Warrior Kings: Battles is a real-time strategy video game developed by British studio Black Cactus and published by Empire Interactive in Europe and co-published with Strategy First in North America. It is a sequel to the 2002 game Warrior Kings and was released March 21, 2003 in Europe and September 30, 2003 in North America.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.3k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 334 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.19-80%
GamersGate$1.80-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.50 at GamersGate (2018-04-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 124 of 126 observed days · $0.69 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1912026-09-15 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
92May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 9 · peak 29Sep 2014 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 13May 2015 — avg 5 · peak 21Sep 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2016 — avg 4 · peak 18Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 22Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.13$0.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-07-11 — best price $1.002017-06-22 — best price $0.992018-01-01 — best price $9.992018-04-30 — best price $1.992018-07-13 — best price $1.392018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-03-01 — best price $9.992019-10-07 — best price $9.992020-01-29 — best price $9.992020-06-01 — best price $9.992020-09-25 — best price $9.992021-01-04 — best price $5.992021-05-24 — best price $9.992021-11-03 — best price $5.992022-01-31 — best price $1.492022-06-10 — best price $1.802022-09-29 — best price $1.192023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-18 — best price $9.992023-08-14 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $1.192024-03-01 — best price $5.992024-05-16 — best price $8.992024-09-09 — best price $1.352024-12-05 — best price $1.352025-04-10 — best price $1.192025-08-02 — best price $5.992025-10-10 — best price $1.352026-01-19 — best price $1.792026-04-09 — best price $1.192026-07-15 — best price $1.192026-08-28 — best price $1.192026-09-17 — best price $1.192026-10-07 — best price $1.192026-10-14 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2322026-05-30 — 20 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 20 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 16 pageviews2026-07-09 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 5 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-11 — 8 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 9 pageviews2026-09-23 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 8 pageviews2026-10-05 — 11 pageviews2026-10-08 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

RTSFantasyStrategyMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.