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Empires Mod

Empires · 2008-07-28

Steam

ActionFree To PlayStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 28, 2008 (Linux), Jul 28, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unique strategy/first person shooter mix: One commander on each team plays from above, choosing research, placing buildings and giving orders. The rest fill the role of soldiers on the ground, with four distinct classes to choose from and customizable vehicles to drive.

Empires Mod is a free-to-play Action, Free To Play, and Strategy game released in 2008, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (87% of 1063 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4502026-09-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 38 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 36 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 45 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
53.2%
earned "Just in Time"
43.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudIncludes level editorIncludes Source SDKFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Russian, French, German, Swedish

Player tags

3DFPSPvPRTSTanksActionEconomyShooterStrategyTop-Down

Census log

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

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