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The Age of Decadence

The Age of Decadence

The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Released Oct 14, 2015 Developer Iron Tower Studio Platforms Windows Turn-Based CombatChoices MatterTactical RPGCRPGDifficult
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (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.

81.9%positive3,744 reviews
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“In some aspects this game is perfect. Usually your background matters only for first 10 minutes and give you something like a couple of dialogue options. That's not the case: here your background provides you different quests. You'll see the same general events but from…”

— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“I've bought 5 copies of this game to gift to friends since it came out and I always try to make sure I buy it at full price because I know how much of a gamble this game was to make. I'm still holding out hope for a true sequel or even a spiritual successor in the same world. I…”

— a player, Steam review · 65 hrs played
Not recommended · 11 found this helpful

“It's just not my kind of "difficult". Relies heavily on save scumming and often I feel like I was supposed to check the wiki to be prepared for the next encounter. Shame, because everything else seems pretty fun.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

23playing at last check
1924-hour peak
703all-time peak
0 250 500 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 191 avg · Oct 2015

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.

109achievements
9.2%median completion
1.2%rarest: Burn it
47.7% of players 41.6% of players 28.7% of players 26.9% of players 25.3% of players 24.9% of players 23.5% of players 23.3% of players 22.9% of players 21.6% of players 20.9% of players 20.2% of players 20.2% of players 19.9% of players 19.5% of players 19.0% of players 18.9% of players 17.7% of players 17.7% of players 17.4% of players 17.1% of players 16.7% of players 16.5% of players 16.5% of players 15.8% of players 15.7% of players 14.8% of players 14.5% of players 14.3% of players 14.2% of players 14.1% of players 13.8% of players 13.5% of players 13.4% of players 13.1% of players 12.8% of players 12.6% of players 12.6% of players 12.6% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 12.1% of players 11.8% of players 11.3% of players 10.6% of players 10.5% of players 10.3% of players 10.3% of players 9.8% of players 9.5% of players 9.5% of players 9.5% of players 9.4% of players 9.4% of players 9.2% of players 9.2% of players 8.9% of players 8.5% of players 8.5% of players 8.4% of players 47.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
47.7%"Is Life Always This Hard?" — Died in the first fight.
41.6%The City of All Cities — Visit Maadoran - the largest city in the known world.
28.7%Mercenary — Complete the first quest as a mercenary.
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%Burn it — Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn.
1.7%The First Sword — Complete the Imperial Guards' questline in Ganezzar with the help of Commander Carrinas.
1.8%Desperate Times — You know what you have to do.

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.

$5.99−60% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99base price
$5.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US5.99 USD−60%
EU5.59 EUR−60%
UK4.79 GBP−60%
Australia8.78 AUD−60%
Canada7.79 CAD−60%
Japan680 JPY−60%
Brazil18.79 BRL−60%
China23.20 CNY−60%

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

China≈$3.4 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$6.4

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

$0 $10 $20 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.

Jun 25, 2026
Thank you

We’re happy to announce that The Age of Decadence has sold 250,000 copies. We never thought we’d hit this number as AoD is a harsh and unforgiving RPG built around choices and consequences. And yet ev

Nov 13, 2023
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Sep 28, 2023
Update Notes For Sep 28

Bugfixes for Polish localization.

Jul 25, 2023
July '23 Update - Polish Localization

The title says it all - the AoD story can now be experienced in Polish, thanks to the tireless Polish community and their many months of work. If you always wanted street thugs to yell "Kurwa!" at you

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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.

GenresIndie, RPG
Player tagsTurn-Based Combat · Choices Matter · Tactical RPG · CRPG · Difficult · Turn-Based Tactics · RPG · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Isometric · Post-apocalyptic · Rome (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, French, Polish
Achievements109
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.irontowerstudio.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 Processor: 2 GHz Processor or better Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 / Radeon HD 4770 (1Gb) or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1900 MB available space