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Armada 2526 cover art

Armada 2526

Ntronium Games · Iceberg Interactive · 2011-04-08

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 05, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Guide one of 12 races on their first interstellar journey from a single planet, until it becomes a mighty pan-galactic empire.

0
playing now
54%
positive of 35 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Armada 2526 is a 4X science fiction computer strategy game developed by British studio Ntronium Games, released in North America on November 17, 2009. Armada 2526 is an example of the space opera genre, and is the spiritual successor of the game Armada 2525, which was released by Interstel in 1991. Armada 2526 puts players in charge of a fledgling galactic empire, and they must attempt to explore the galaxy and expand their territory, while trying to destroy rival empires. The gameplay is a hybrid of turn-based and real-time time-keeping systems, and players can use military, diplomatic, economic and technological means to further their empires. The game received mixed reviews from critics.

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  • · Top 83% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-06-01) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.09$1.492015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-03-09 — best price $14.992015-05-12 — best price $14.992015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-11-27 — best price $16.602016-02-16 — best price $15.582016-05-13 — best price $14.992016-08-08 — best price $2.692016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-06-23 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-05-04 — best price $3.002018-12-18 — best price $12.602019-06-10 — best price $3.002019-08-26 — best price $2.992019-12-13 — best price $11.782020-02-07 — best price $11.362020-04-27 — best price $14.992020-08-10 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $2.692021-04-22 — best price $2.752021-08-13 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-04-22 — best price $2.132022-07-25 — best price $2.692022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-27 — best price $2.692023-06-29 — best price $2.692023-09-18 — best price $2.692023-12-21 — best price $2.692024-04-19 — best price $2.102024-08-02 — best price $2.122024-12-09 — best price $2.242025-06-09 — best price $2.252025-09-22 — best price $2.242026-02-23 — best price $1.492026-08-17 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiStrategyTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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