Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Skip · Strategy · 2013

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 49, under the fair line, at $34.99.

Reviews
91% positive
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Price
$34.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
91%
1,448 reviews, as of Sep 27
Players
75K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2013
Length + $/hr
No data
no length in our data yet

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.
Description from the Steam store page.

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

What we assumed
  • How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
Raising the score
Reviews91% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 90% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Length unknownNo verified $/hr
No length in our data yet, so the biggest driver can't be verified. A heavy dock until it is
For context
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 109 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

November 2017 is where it bottomed out, at $6.99. It has been discounted 90 times in the 13 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 8 weeks between sales.

On value it sits in the top 16 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith ($39.99, scores 80) and Conquest of Elysium 5 ($29.99, scores 72) both outscore it.

Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.

Players

3 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 18:50 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/259060/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascension
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Reviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

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Details

DeveloperIllwinter Game Design
PublisherIllwinter Game Design
GenreStrategy
Released2013