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My Lovely Empress

GameChanger Studio · Neon Doctrine · 2024-08-20

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view, Text

Releases: TBD (PlayStation 5), Aug 21, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 21, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

My Lovely Empress is an empire management sim inspired by Asian mythology. As the Emperor of the Crimson Empire, you will build relations with neighboring rulers, balance internal factions, and ensure the prosperity of your people, all before you reap their souls to resurrect your beloved empress.

My Lovely Empress is a 2024 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 312 reviews).

1
playing now
81%
positive of 312 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

You have an empire at your command and the world at your feet. Your hands hold the happiness, hopes, and lives of an entire nation, and those who call you, their ruler. You have everything, and yet, in your heart, you have nothing. You are Emperor Hong, the esteemed Emperor of the Crimson Empire, and you have experienced profound loss. Following the passing of your mother, the former ruler, you tragically lost your beloved Empress as well.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (142 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 50,300 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 312 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-12-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 61 of 77 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12112120242026Week of 2024-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.992024-08-212026-10-152024-08-21 — best price $16.992024-09-25 — best price $16.992024-10-28 — best price $15.992024-11-21 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $19.992025-01-13 — best price $15.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-02 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $6.992025-07-25 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $6.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-31 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-29 — best price $19.992026-05-14 — best price $9.992026-06-06 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-26 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $9.992026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-09 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-06 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-12 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
95.3%
earned "The Beginning"
27.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Indonesian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-08-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2393%41
Xbox Series (Xbox)180%41
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2.5DFantasyRomanceStylizedNarrationPoliticalHand-drawnManagementSimulationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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