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Ways of History cover art

Ways of History

Glyph Worlds · 2017-09-01

Steam

Free To PlayIndieMassively MultiplayerStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hardcore real-time strategy with a long-term round. Development of your civilization from caves to space. Huge world. Thousands of players. 240+ sciences and technologies. About 100 troops. 4 races. 50+ resource deposits. War, trade, science, construction...

Ways of History is a Free To Play, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and Strategy game released in 2017, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated owner count of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 255 reviews).

0
playing now
53%
positive of 255 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

A serious game for adepts of serious strategies. A game round is long enough, but during those months the player dives into a colourful world full of action. And a peaceful flow of life turns into a tornado of actions, events and decisions.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 9,495 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesSteam Cloud

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

IndieStrategyMultiplayerEarly AccessFree to PlayMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.