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Patron

Patron

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

Released Aug 10, 2021 Developer Overseer Games Platforms Windows City BuilderColony SimStrategySurvivalMedieval
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (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.

73.1%positive2,995 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“I'm rather confused by the negative reviews for Patron, which is especially surprising considering I tend to be pretty tough and critical on games. Even though this isn't a mind blowing unique experience, it's literally better than the game it clones, Banished. As mentioned,…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“I've only played for a few hours, but I like the game. I have liked builder games from the first ones in the 80s. i recommend this game to people even if they've never played a builder. I'm 69 years old and still into gaming. Never too old to game.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 64 found this helpful

“Once again, we have a Banished clone that was released without a single new idea and without any improvements to a base that is more than a decade old. [list] [*] Horrible UI. Zero useful feedback, incomes are shown per year, but spendings are per month. All the numbers for…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:10 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

12playing at last check
2824-hour peak
1,593all-time peak
0 500 1k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 716 avg · Aug 2021

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.

85achievements
14.8%median completion
1.2%rarest: Plagued
83.5% of players 78.2% of players 77.1% of players 64.3% of players 62.8% of players 57.2% of players 57.0% of players 54.8% of players 53.7% of players 52.0% of players 49.5% of players 47.7% of players 43.3% of players 40.4% of players 37.4% of players 35.9% of players 35.7% of players 35.4% of players 35.0% of players 32.4% of players 29.0% of players 27.2% of players 26.6% of players 26.1% of players 25.9% of players 23.4% of players 23.0% of players 22.9% of players 21.9% of players 21.5% of players 21.4% of players 20.0% of players 19.8% of players 19.7% of players 18.5% of players 17.3% of players 16.9% of players 16.6% of players 16.6% of players 16.6% of players 15.2% of players 14.8% of players 14.8% of players 13.9% of players 13.7% of players 13.3% of players 12.8% of players 12.5% of players 12.5% of players 11.8% of players 10.6% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 9.6% of players 9.1% of players 9.1% of players 8.9% of players 8.4% of players 7.9% of players 7.6% of players 83.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.5%Moar berries! — Build a Gatherer's shelter.
78.2%The know - how — Complete your first research.
77.1%Tree of life — Build a Forrester's hut.
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%Plagued — Cummulatively 75 citizens have died due to illness.
1.4%The Chosen one — Have at least 50 members of each social class in your town.
1.5%Crime wave — Overcome 10 riots.

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.

$3.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99base price
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US3.99 USD−80%
EU3.99 EUR−80%
UK3.09 GBP−80%
Australia5.79 AUD−80%
Canada4.55 CAD−80%
Japan410 JPY−80%
Brazil9.60 BRL−80%
China14.00 CNY−80%

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

Brazil≈$1.9 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$4.5

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.

Oct 28, 2025
Patron And Pompeii: The Legacy – Historical City Builder Bundle

Hello all! We’re excited to share that Patron is now available in a bundle with Pompeii: The Legacy ! If you own one of the games, you’ll automatically get a 10% discount when purchasing the other. Ab

May 14, 2025
Update - new decoration models

Greetings Patrons! We've been a little bit silent for a while, but it's time to bring back some love to Patron! Judging by activity from players, especially ones that play longer hours, we've noticed

Dec 19, 2024
Patron is participating on Steam Winter sale right now!

Greetings Patrons! Winter is here, Holiday season is just around the corner... Hopefully you'll all have some days off in coming weeks, so why not spending some of this time playing a good game challe

Nov 26, 2024
New Kaiserpunk Playtest is around the corner

Hello, This week, from Friday Nov 29th until Dec 3rd , a public Playtest, second one, will be held for Kaiserpunk. This game features a full production chain city builder mechanics combined with many

Oct 21, 2024
From Patron to Pompeii: a New Journey in Ancient Rome!

Greetings Governors! While we're busy working on Kaiserpunk , Overseer Games ' next game, we'd like to draw some of your attention to Zeljko Kos from Siscia Games . Some of you may be interested in wh

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsCity Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy · Survival · Medieval · Singleplayer · Resource Management · Economy · Building · Management · Open World · Base-Building (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German, Russian, French, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian, Korean
Achievements85
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.overseer-games.com/patron
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card