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Through the Ages

Through the Ages

Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

Released Mar 26, 2018 Developer CGE Digital Platforms Windows · Mac StrategyBoard GameTabletopCard GameHistorical
View on Steam ↗ $15.99 (US · as of 2026-10-21)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

91.0%positive2,347 reviews
Recommended · 102 found this helpful

“I've been holding off making a review for this game. Reason being, the developers had some server issues until recently. Something to do with the providers of the multiplatform system they used pulling out from supporting it. This happened at the same time they were upgrading…”

— a player, Steam review · 489 hrs played
Recommended · 75 found this helpful

“It's like Sid Meier's Civilization series boiled down into a card game. Build farms, Iron works, libraries, temples, wonders, and much more. Use science to develop new technologies enabling a more powerful military and advanced buildings. Keep your people happy or lose…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
Recommended · 95 found this helpful

“Just bought it! Im old, Im tired, Im over 50, I own lots of games. Why can't every game have an amazing, fabulous, and easy....easy tutorial like THIS......going back to finish the XXXXXtutorial.......All tutorials should be presented this way 10/10”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

730all-time peak
0 250 500 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 307 avg · Apr 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.

124achievements
5.4%median completion
0.4%rarest: Expanded Leader
75.6% of players 69.5% of players 68.0% of players 62.5% of players 59.7% of players 56.2% of players 55.1% of players 51.4% of players 33.2% of players 28.6% of players 27.3% of players 26.5% of players 21.9% of players 21.5% of players 20.0% of players 19.7% of players 17.5% of players 16.9% of players 15.4% of players 13.4% of players 10.3% of players 9.7% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.5% of players 5.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 75.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
75.6%Great Work — Complete a wonder.
73.4%Age of Discoveries — Colonize territory.
69.5%Through the Ages — Finish your first game.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Expanded Leader — Accomplish all Feats, both from the base game and the expansion.
0.4%Completely Absolute Domination — Score a total domination of 13333 in challenges of all types.
0.5%Seven Samurai — Defend the castle with seven samurai. Let one die. Put that heroic tale (and your victory) in celluloid.

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.

$15.99current · sampled 2026-10-21 11:53 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-02
US15.99 USD
EU15.99 EUR
UK12.39 GBP
Australia22.95 AUD
Canada18.49 CAD
Japan1,640 JPY
Brazil30.99 BRL
China54.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$6.2 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$18

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-21). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-09 09-29 10-21

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 05, 2025
minor patch 5th June

-fixes of specific connection problems -fix of Zizka arm typo -fix of OK button versus insets on iPhone -copy the connection log by holding the Contact support button

May 20, 2025
minor fixes

-showing info about cancelled pacts in the game log -fix of connection after the first installation

Mar 20, 2025
minor fixes

improved connection for ppl who have DNS issues fixed tutorial fixed locking of sessions

Mar 10, 2025
minor bugfix

FIX: multiple political events /less locked sessions, hopefully/

Mar 04, 2025
hotfix - statistics

fixed statistics

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Board Game · Tabletop · Card Game · Historical · Multiplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · Singleplayer · 2D · Resource Management · Turn-Based · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Turn Notifications
LanguagesEnglish, German, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Bulgarian, Dutch, Catalan
Achievements124
Official sitehttps://throughtheages.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2 ghz processor single core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Storage: 250 MB available space