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Dune: Spice Wars

Shiro Games · Funcom · 2023-09-14

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Strategy

Franchise: Frank Herbert's Dune · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Dune: Spice Wars is a Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 13523 reviews).

263
playing now
79%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

263 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Dune: Spice Wars is a 4X real-time strategy video game developed by Shiro Games and published by Funcom. In the game, the player tries to dominate the planet of Arrakis diplomatically or militarily. The title is set in the Dune universe, it was released in early access in April 2022 and was fully released in September 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 263 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 513 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~64/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,872 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 5,933 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 270k–609k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,523 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.85 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 16 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20222026Week of 2022-04-01: 1,399 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,527 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

314952026-08-06 21:00 — 218 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 104 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 193 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 226 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 137 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 214 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 265 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 131 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 251 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 270 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 95 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 185 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 231 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 106 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 151 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 213 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 101 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 179 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 261 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 112 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 139 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 224 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 137 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 182 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 228 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 126 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 114 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 209 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 151 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 263 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$10.862022-04-262026-08-262022-04-26 — best price $26.992022-07-08 — best price $23.922022-10-12 — best price $23.322022-11-21 — best price $29.532022-12-02 — best price $29.992022-12-15 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-01-30 — best price $29.992023-02-16 — best price $23.922023-03-06 — best price $29.992023-04-14 — best price $29.902023-05-12 — best price $23.992023-06-16 — best price $23.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-08-28 — best price $23.992023-11-17 — best price $26.242023-12-15 — best price $26.242024-01-06 — best price $34.992024-02-12 — best price $29.492024-03-04 — best price $34.992024-04-09 — best price $34.992024-06-03 — best price $22.742024-07-01 — best price $22.742024-07-23 — best price $34.992024-09-30 — best price $20.992024-11-22 — best price $20.992025-01-02 — best price $34.992025-02-10 — best price $34.992025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-04-10 — best price $17.492025-05-05 — best price $34.992025-06-02 — best price $17.502025-08-04 — best price $29.492025-09-27 — best price $34.992025-11-05 — best price $34.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-03-12 — best price $13.992026-06-09 — best price $34.992026-07-31 — best price $11.802026-08-26 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

155652026-05-13 — 108 pageviews2026-05-16 — 82 pageviews2026-05-19 — 104 pageviews2026-05-22 — 91 pageviews2026-05-25 — 84 pageviews2026-05-28 — 108 pageviews2026-05-31 — 87 pageviews2026-06-03 — 135 pageviews2026-06-06 — 89 pageviews2026-06-09 — 71 pageviews2026-06-12 — 76 pageviews2026-06-15 — 94 pageviews2026-06-18 — 70 pageviews2026-06-21 — 65 pageviews2026-06-24 — 88 pageviews2026-06-27 — 84 pageviews2026-06-30 — 78 pageviews2026-07-03 — 77 pageviews2026-07-06 — 94 pageviews2026-07-09 — 155 pageviews2026-07-12 — 108 pageviews2026-07-15 — 100 pageviews2026-07-18 — 85 pageviews2026-07-21 — 112 pageviews2026-07-24 — 75 pageviews2026-07-27 — 88 pageviews2026-07-30 — 84 pageviews2026-08-02 — 109 pageviews2026-08-05 — 94 pageviews2026-08-08 — 86 pageviews2026-08-11 — 120 pageviews2026-08-14 — 81 pageviews2026-08-17 — 91 pageviews2026-08-20 — 96 pageviews2026-08-23 — 104 pageviews2026-08-24 — 97 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1002026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.2%
earned "Expansionist"
18.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,6900%102
Windows (Xbox)4,8052%26

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XRTSWarSci-fiEconomyBuildingStrategyTacticalDiplomacyManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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