Empires in Ruins
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.
- Price:$17.99
- Release Date:3/25/2021
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- Publishers:
- Last Updated:4/3/2025
- Steam App Id:604510
Empires in Ruins
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Empires in Ruins has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 93% lower than its previous all-time peak of 15 players achieved on 3/11/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Empires in Ruins. It has received a total of 142 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 72 (Mostly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Empires in Ruins and its growth over time. It currently has 2,606 followers on its community page.
Empires in Ruins Price
Empires in Ruins costs $17.99 in the Steam store as of 4/3/2025. At the moment, it can only be purchased as a standalone game but may be included in future bundles for a discount.
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About Empires in Ruins
Empires in Ruins is a Simulation, RPG, Indie, and Strategy game developed by Hammer&Ravens, and Hammer and Ravens. On 3/25/2021, it was released on the Steam Store by WhisperGames, and Hammer&Ravens.
Players have rated Empires in Ruins as "Mostly Positive" out of 142 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 111 positive reviews and 31 negative reviews — an overall 78% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Empires in Ruins on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 9 languanges in-game including English, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Russian, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Empires in Ruins supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Stats
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Empires in Ruins has been tagged with the following user tags:
- City Builder
- 2.5D
- Management
- Isometric
- Sandbox
- Story Rich
- Medieval
- Dark Humor
- RPG
- RTS
- Tower Defense
- Base Building
- Survival
- Wargame
- Strategy
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Military
- Action
- Grand Strategy
- Building
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Empires in Ruins and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Empires in Ruins is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Empires in Ruins - Original Soundtrack | Music | 2/4/2020 | View |
Related Packages
Empires in Ruins is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Empires in Ruins | $8.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Empires in Ruins is available in 9 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Empires in Ruins data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 3). Empires in Ruins on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/604510
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 3). Empires in Ruins. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/604510
- Hammer&Ravens. (2023, July 12). Empires in Ruins. Empires in Ruins. http://www.empiresinruins.com