Strategy · June 18, 2019
They Are Billions (2019)
Position in Strategy
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 48.8k Steam reviews | Top 11% in Strategy |
| Positive rating | 85% positive | Genre average: 84% — this title sits in top 61% |
| Metacritic | 77/100 | Genre average 79 — top 68% of Strategy titles |
| Concurrent peak | 2.8k players | Top 9% in Strategy by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 75 h average | Top 7% for session depth among Strategy |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Base-Building · 1.4k
- Colony Sim · 1.1k
- Strategy · 987
- Zombies · 935
- Survival · 915
- RTS · 887
- Tower Defense · 723
- City Builder · 499
- Steampunk · 440
- Building · 417
- Post-apocalyptic · 371
- Singleplayer · 360
- Resource Management · 346
- Real-Time with Pause · 268
- Difficult · 239
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English volume_up
- Spanish - Spain
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Italian volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Italian
Reception Metrics
Steam community
41.5k positive · 7.3k negative
Metacritic
Metacritic user score
6.9/10
Curator recommendations
44.9k
Peak concurrent players
2.8k
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Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Stats
- Steam Leaderboards
- Remote Play on Tablet
Other
- Single-player
- Includes level editor
- Family Sharing
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
75h
substantial (40–100 hours)
Median
26h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
37h
Current engagement
Achievements
34
Steam unlocks available
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Release & Availability
| Release date | Jun 18, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Numantian Games |
| Base price | $22.49 -25% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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