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Ymir
Ymir is a 4X multiplayer strategy game combined with a city builder where each player develops a civilization of pigmen starting at the stone age.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“pork-themed city names. the ability to discover that living in a house might lead to welfare gains. landscaping like you've never seen it before (big win). an economic system that would make adam smith orgasm, then have a seizure. piggy legionaries. a little something for…”
— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs played“So its a very unique and the game concept is very much up my alley i don't think there are many games on the same level as this when it comes to economics and resource management, and it's also fun when it works but i'd say 60-70% of the time it doesn't. if u want a deep…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,051 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Ymir "New Dawn": Alpha completed
The first significant thing I've worked on since the last New Dawn update is something boring and technical called "Contraction Hierarchy" , yet a highly important system required to improve battles.
Minor patch & New game starting
I'm applying a small balancing patch to nerf the efficiency of privileges, in order to make the "full privileges" strategy less effective. The patch will be applied for the start of the new Server 1 g
Ymir "New Dawn": progress update
I've invested a lot of effort into increasing the feeling of immersion into the world: Extra work on more biome specific animals, birds, atmospherics, weather, citizens talking, sound ambiance... Batt
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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.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy · Multiplayer · Economy · Simulation · 4X · Indie · Building · Grand Strategy · Early Access · Alternate History (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP |
| Languages | English, French |
| Achievements | 1 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://ymir-online.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 Processor: Intel core i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800, screen resolution 1920x1080 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space