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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- 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.
Empires in Ruins Review
Empires in Ruins has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 78 / 100. This score is calculated from 142 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Mostly Positive rating. These are split between 111 positive reviews, 31 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback.
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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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Empires in Ruins DLC
Empires in Ruins has 1 related app available for download from the Steam store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Empires in Ruins - Original Soundtrack | Music | 2/4/2020 | View |
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.
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 functionality 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
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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 |
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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