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Ancestors Legacy

Ancestors Legacy

Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

Released May 22, 2018 Developer Destructive Creations Platforms Windows · Mac StrategyMedievalRTSHistoricalViolent
View on Steam ↗ $34.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

78.8%positive8,373 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“This is one of my favorite RTS games of all time the Ulf Iron beard campaign intro is one of my favorites I really want a second one, the multiplayer is dead sadly but that wont stop me from replaying campaigns or just jumping in to play solo skirmish vs bots.”

— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I played Ancestors Legacy for the singleplayer campaign and enjoyed it. No idea what's going on with multiplayer, though it’s probably dead by now. Still, I got what I wanted out of the game, so thumbs up!”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Seeing factions like the Poles represented properly instead of as background extras is genuinely appreciated but once that novelty wears off it settles into a very standard rts that blends into the pile. Missions start to feel samey, unit micro only goes so far, when it even…”

— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

39playing at last check
5224-hour peak
4,962all-time peak
0 500 1k 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 907 avg · May 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

62achievements
7.0%median completion
1.1%rarest: Waterkeeper
74.7% of players 64.8% of players 62.5% of players 58.0% of players 55.1% of players 54.4% of players 54.4% of players 49.7% of players 46.0% of players 43.1% of players 42.4% of players 40.7% of players 39.4% of players 37.9% of players 37.9% of players 37.1% of players 35.2% of players 30.8% of players 28.5% of players 21.9% of players 15.2% of players 14.6% of players 13.4% of players 11.2% of players 11.0% of players 10.3% of players 10.3% of players 9.2% of players 7.9% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 7.0% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.1% of players 74.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.7%Off the Course — Complete the basic training mission
64.8%Untouchable — Defeat an entire enemy squad with ranged attacks only
62.5%It's a... trap. — Make an enemy trigger a trap you built
Rarest badges of honor
1.1%Waterkeeper — Claim all the wells in the mission 'Impatient Vengeance'
1.1%Trap Sweeper — Disarm all the traps without being detected in Natangia forest
1.1%Dunstan's Revenge — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$34.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-16
US34.99 USD
EU34.99 EUR
UK29.99 GBP
Australia50.95 AUD
Canada44.99 CAD
Japan3,900 JPY
Brazil101.99 BRL
China128.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$19 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$40

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 19, 2026
⚔️ NO MERCY. ONLY CONQUEST. NOW ON MAC. ⚔️

The brutal, squad-based RTS warfare of Ancestors Legacy has invaded macOS. Command your armies, burn enemy villages, and claim victory in blood and steel.Forge your legacy today!

May 12, 2026
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Watch the trailer of what we've been cooking: our lead designer's 🩸wettest dream yet!

Oct 31, 2025
Fresh meat is on its way 🪓
Sep 26, 2024
Our Newest Strategy Game is OUT NOW! 🎉

We've just dropped our newest real-time tactics game, 63 Days, and we’re pretty excited about it! 🎊 We’ve tried to level up from War Mongrels (which had its bumps at launch, let’s be real). Not every

Aug 02, 2024
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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Medieval · RTS · Historical · Violent · Tactical · Real-Time · War · Multiplayer · Great Soundtrack · Atmospheric · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil *
ControllerFull support
Achievements62
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://destructivecreations.com/games/ancestors-legacy.html
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows® 7 (Service Pack 1) , Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 - (64-bit only). Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 24 GB available space Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated DirectX 11 compatible soundcard