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Shadow Empire

VR Designs · Matrix Games · 2020-12-03

SteamGOG

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.

88
playing now
84%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

88 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadow Empire is a strategy video game developed by French studio VR Designs and published by Slitherine Software. It combines gameplay from computer wargames and 4X games in a setting of post-apocalyptic conquest.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 6,153 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 39k–88k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,948 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at GOG (2022-03-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 77 of 122 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

101372026-08-12 04:00 — 47 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 74 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 46 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 37 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 83 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 62 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 60 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 101 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 48 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 55 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 77 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 39 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 53 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 70 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 37 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 49 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 67 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 53 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 60 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 70 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 45 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 70 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 53 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 46 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 53 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 90 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 88 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002020-12-032026-08-302020-12-03 — best price $29.992021-03-25 — best price $31.992021-06-28 — best price $39.992021-09-16 — best price $25.992021-11-22 — best price $21.302022-01-04 — best price $30.852022-03-11 — best price $21.952022-05-02 — best price $30.712022-07-18 — best price $39.992022-09-05 — best price $39.992022-11-23 — best price $29.992023-02-13 — best price $25.992023-04-17 — best price $17.002023-05-15 — best price $30.852023-07-04 — best price $39.992023-08-07 — best price $17.992023-09-26 — best price $31.972023-11-25 — best price $27.792024-01-08 — best price $21.792024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-04-15 — best price $25.992024-05-21 — best price $22.392024-07-16 — best price $15.992024-08-20 — best price $23.592024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-11-22 — best price $18.792024-12-31 — best price $15.032025-01-23 — best price $15.802025-03-03 — best price $12.792025-04-08 — best price $39.992025-05-19 — best price $12.392025-08-11 — best price $15.992025-11-06 — best price $15.992026-01-23 — best price $15.992026-03-14 — best price $39.992026-04-20 — best price $16.002026-05-18 — best price $12.792026-06-17 — best price $15.992026-07-27 — best price $27.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9092026-05-29 — 19 pageviews2026-06-01 — 43 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-07 — 33 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 39 pageviews2026-06-25 — 35 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-01 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 28 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 20 pageviews2026-07-16 — 90 pageviews2026-07-19 — 52 pageviews2026-07-22 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 28 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-31 — 32 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 67 pageviews2026-08-26 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XRPGWarSpaceSci-fiWargameHex GridStrategySimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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