Sumerians
Skip · Strategy · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$16.99Skip
On its price record
$6.76Fair
- Length
- 0.9h
- Value
- $18.88/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 331 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.76 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 270X, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
30 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 34 percent on value. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Ostriv ($24.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Patron ($3.99, scores 34).
More about Sumerians
Of the 304 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2020 to August 2026.
What players say
A great game... However Now, the game is fun but has major issues, maps need to be bigger, more variety added, and a wider vision, Sadly I believe there may be a chance the game is done. However, what there is, is great fun and interesting to the point you do lose hours playing the game. If the game continues to be developed buy it, if it is now abandoned, get it on offer. To the devs, Speak to us, Are you done? or...
2 more reviews
Lugal, You have to play this game. By the lying words of the copper trader, the foundation of heaven and earth has never seemed so grand in any video game. Brick by brick, this game sucrifices little historical accuracy and stays fun all the same despite keeping true to the will of Enlil! Ningal said it -Mud - make a whole city out of mud! Make it so good that even gods move in!
Had been looking for a 'Banished' replacement for a long time. This is not exactly Banished, but I really enjoy it. It's a mix between Banished and Cities:Skylines with Banished production chains and Cities:Skylines demand bars/zoning. Don't be fooled by my 57 hour playtime. It's actually way beyond that as I play it outside of Steam.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sumerians scores 37/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1079510/sumeriansReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.