Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries

Worth it · Strategy · 2016

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $5.99.

Length
50h
Value
$0.12/hr
Reviews
94% of 256 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

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

Raising the score
Value$0.12/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews94% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 90% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 158 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

About the game

Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 100% DirectX compatible graphics, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

100 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 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 2 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Knights of Honor ($9.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Supreme Commander ($12.99, scores 79).

What players say

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries is a strategy game that stands out even decades after its original release because of how ambitious its design remains. Developed by Enlight Software Limited and published by Enlight Software Limited and Retroism, the game blends real-time strategy, kingdom management, diplomacy, economics, and espionage into a single experience. While many strategy games from the late 1990s...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 13hJun 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Played when it was released in 1997 and you know what? Still having so much fun playing this game, definitely recommend for retro gamers.
TychoRecommendedafter 11hJan 2026Read on Steam
I really would like to play it but it constantly crashes on my win10 comp ;( + Very indepth and not a lighthearted RTS. I was chocked how much you can do in it. - Frequently crashes - Non existing animations allmost but they are also not needed - Cumbersome user interface
USHiRi - CARROTTRiBENot recommendedafter 2.7hApr 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

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

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Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/450140/seven-kingdoms-ancient-adversaries
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Details

DeveloperEnlight Software Limited
PublisherEnlight Software Limited
GenreStrategy
Released2016
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate