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Empires in Ruins

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App ID 604510
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Hammer & Ravens, WhisperGames
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29257409
Last Record Update 29 May 2025 – 10:23:40 UTC ()
Release Date 25 March 2021 – 18:05:53 UTC ()
❓ 72.11%
144 reviews
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In-Game

The bastard child of Grand Strategy and Tower Defense, with a black humor infused plot, set in a grim, disillusioned world. Quell the rebellion, tame the Western Marches, disobey your orders and save your brandy. Not strictly in this order.

Additional Information

Developer Hammer & Ravens
metacritic_name Empires in Ruins
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Hammer & Ravens
Store Release Date 25 March 2021 – 18:06:03 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/EmpiresInRuins/
https://x.com/EiR_TD
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7xwLxTjJyTlovP6OtsDg7Q/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 25 March 2021 – 18:05:53 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 9 April 2021 – 15:59:50 UTC () (1617983990)
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russianEmpires in Ruins - На развалинах империй
schineseEmpires in Ruins - 废墟帝国
review_score 6
review_percentage 78
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 8 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7443837
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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Early Access Release Date 4 February 2020 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 3 March 2017 – 05:45:01 UTC (), in changelist #2755542

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes

Tags

🔵 Wargame 🧱 Sandbox 🏙️ City Builder 🏰 Tower Defense 🌐 RTS 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🏠 Base Building 🎲 RPG 🌓 2.5D 🌆 Isometric 🗿 Dark Humor 📚 Story Rich 💡 Strategy 🏰 Medieval 💼 Management 🪖 Military 🏠 Building 🌲 Survival 💥 Action

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Stats Steam Leaderboards Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
604511 Windows Empires in Ruins Content 1.59 GiB 733.30 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.59 GiB and total download size is 733.30 MiB.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 9056908 4 July 2022 – 12:02:37 UTC
openbetaeir Open Beta EiR 7035418 15 July 2021 – 16:43:03 UTC

Other

Name Value
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