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Dune: Spice Wars

Shiro Games · Funcom · 2023-09-14

SteamMicrosoft Store

Strategy

Franchise: Frank Herbert's Dune · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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).

141
playing now
79%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (2.3k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

141 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Dune: Spice Wars trailer thumbnail

Dune: Spice Wars - Official Early Access Launch Trailer

≈371,093 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 141 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 3% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 271k–611k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,574 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 14 of 31 observed days · $27.14 above the all-time low (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

308712026-09-15 12:00 — 104 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 186 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 113 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 194 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 305 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 146 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 134 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 230 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 194 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 186 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 236 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 156 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 113 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 192 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 231 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 106 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 145 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 204 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 93 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 204 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 286 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 121 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 141 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k171May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 1,689 · peak 7,725Jul 2022 — avg 561 · peak 1,374Sep 2022 — avg 383 · peak 1,509Nov 2022 — avg 401 · peak 1,153Jan 2023 — avg 318 · peak 702Mar 2023 — avg 244 · peak 565May 2023 — avg 207 · peak 442Jul 2023 — avg 452 · peak 1,111Sep 2023 — avg 513 · peak 1,534Nov 2023 — avg 401 · peak 848Jan 2024 — avg 401 · peak 977Mar 2024 — avg 1,439 · peak 3,466May 2024 — avg 476 · peak 1,135Jul 2024 — avg 321 · peak 661Sep 2024 — avg 288 · peak 716Nov 2024 — avg 362 · peak 994Jan 2025 — avg 379 · peak 821Mar 2025 — avg 341 · peak 748May 2025 — avg 273 · peak 622Jul 2025 — avg 287 · peak 588Sep 2025 — avg 223 · peak 537Nov 2025 — avg 202 · peak 496Jan 2026 — avg 230 · peak 487Mar 2026 — avg 233 · peak 527May 2026 — avg 187 · peak 491Jul 2026 — avg 231 · peak 530Aug 2026 — avg 171 · peak 315
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$10.862022-04-262026-10-142022-04-26 — best price $26.992022-07-11 — best price $29.992022-11-14 — best price $23.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992022-12-13 — best price $23.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-02-04 — best price $29.992023-02-24 — best price $29.992023-03-24 — best price $29.902023-05-08 — best price $29.992023-06-16 — best price $23.992023-07-15 — best price $29.902023-09-14 — best price $34.992023-12-02 — best price $34.992024-01-04 — best price $34.992024-02-12 — best price $29.492024-03-14 — best price $22.742024-04-19 — best price $20.642024-06-20 — best price $34.992024-07-20 — best price $19.242024-09-30 — best price $20.992024-11-27 — best price $17.492025-01-20 — best price $19.242025-03-10 — best price $34.992025-04-07 — best price $34.992025-05-05 — best price $34.992025-06-09 — best price $34.992025-08-18 — best price $14.002025-10-06 — best price $34.992025-12-12 — best price $14.002026-03-12 — best price $13.992026-06-23 — best price $14.002026-08-26 — best price $39.992026-10-07 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

170632026-05-13 — 108 pageviews2026-05-17 — 73 pageviews2026-05-21 — 67 pageviews2026-05-25 — 84 pageviews2026-05-29 — 119 pageviews2026-06-02 — 141 pageviews2026-06-06 — 89 pageviews2026-06-10 — 90 pageviews2026-06-14 — 98 pageviews2026-06-18 — 70 pageviews2026-06-22 — 84 pageviews2026-06-26 — 73 pageviews2026-06-30 — 78 pageviews2026-07-04 — 84 pageviews2026-07-08 — 120 pageviews2026-07-12 — 108 pageviews2026-07-16 — 88 pageviews2026-07-20 — 105 pageviews2026-07-24 — 75 pageviews2026-07-28 — 73 pageviews2026-08-01 — 96 pageviews2026-08-05 — 94 pageviews2026-08-09 — 101 pageviews2026-08-13 — 83 pageviews2026-08-17 — 91 pageviews2026-08-21 — 80 pageviews2026-08-25 — 107 pageviews2026-08-29 — 86 pageviews2026-09-02 — 68 pageviews2026-09-06 — 104 pageviews2026-09-10 — 91 pageviews2026-09-14 — 89 pageviews2026-09-18 — 111 pageviews2026-09-22 — 145 pageviews2026-09-26 — 116 pageviews2026-09-30 — 110 pageviews2026-10-04 — 106 pageviews2026-10-08 — 117 pageviews2026-10-12 — 87 pageviews2026-10-13 — 85 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-03-07 (Steam store data)

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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