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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 30927759
Last Record Update 3 September 2025 – 19:00:00 UTC ()
Release Date 25 March 2021 – 18:05:53 UTC ()
❓ 72.11%
144 reviews
1
In-Game
🔵 Wargame 🧱 Sandbox 🏰 Tower Defense 🏙️ City Builder 🌐 RTS

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
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ReleaseState released
Publisher Hammer & Ravens
Store Release Date 25 March 2021 – 18:06:03 UTC ()
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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
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  • 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
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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 🏰 Tower Defense 🏙️ City Builder 🌐 RTS 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🏠 Base Building 🎲 RPG 🌓 2.5D 🌆 Isometric 🗿 Dark Humor 📚 Story Rich 💡 Strategy 🏰 Medieval 💼 Management 🪖 Military 🏠 Building 🌲 Survival 💥 Action

Categories

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timestamp25 June 2024 – 15:37:27 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 1 players right now
  • 2 24-hour peak
  • 49 all-time peak 27 March 2021
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  • 748 all-time peak
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  • ❓ Mostly Positive
  • 72.11% SteamDB Rating
  • 113 78.5% positive reviews
  • 31 21.5% negative reviews

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Empires in Ruins had an all-time peak of 49 concurrent players on 27 March 2021.

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