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Empire Earth: Gold Edition cover art

Empire Earth: Gold Edition

Stainless Steel Studios · Rebellion · 2026-05-26

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 06, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

With dozens of hours of gameplay set across a rich tapestry of time, Empire Earth: Gold Edition offers real-time strategy for the ages. Choose any point in time - from the discovery of fire to the laser battles of the future - and command your civilization with one goal: make Earth your Empire.

89%
positive of 184 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
80/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)
Empire Earth is a real-time strategy video game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released on November 13, 2001. It is the first game in the Empire Earth series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 66 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 60% of 5,962 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.12 at GamersGate (2020-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 8 of 21 observed days · $4.87 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020262026Week of 2026-05-26: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.49$1.122015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $5.552015-01-23 — best price $2.492015-02-22 — best price $5.972015-03-25 — best price $5.992015-04-17 — best price $2.992015-05-19 — best price $6.492015-06-10 — best price $5.992015-06-26 — best price $1.792015-07-23 — best price $5.992015-08-28 — best price $5.992015-11-14 — best price $2.992015-12-23 — best price $1.992016-03-29 — best price $5.992016-07-07 — best price $5.142016-08-05 — best price $5.572016-12-08 — best price $2.992017-05-09 — best price $5.992017-07-23 — best price $5.952017-10-17 — best price $5.992018-03-12 — best price $1.992018-06-04 — best price $1.992018-09-13 — best price $4.692019-01-04 — best price $5.992019-06-10 — best price $5.992019-12-11 — best price $1.992020-03-26 — best price $5.392020-10-19 — best price $5.032021-05-04 — best price $5.092022-04-14 — best price $5.992022-07-26 — best price $5.992022-11-02 — best price $1.972023-04-28 — best price $1.972023-11-21 — best price $1.972024-04-04 — best price $5.992025-02-14 — best price $1.492025-12-11 — best price $2.992026-04-05 — best price $1.492026-07-24 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
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Details

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