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Sins of a Solar Empire II

Ironclad Games Corporation · Stardock Entertainment · 2024-08-15

SteamEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.

Sins of a Solar Empire II is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $49.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 8560 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

416
playing now
84%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (222 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

416 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sins of a Solar Empire II is a 2024 science fiction real-time strategy 4X video game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is a sequel to the 2008 video game Sins of a Solar Empire.

Trailer

Sins of a Solar Empire II trailer thumbnail

Steam Launch Trailer | Sins of a Solar Empire II

≈404,996 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 416 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 135 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,423 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 16,618 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 177k–398k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,837 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.95 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 52 of 71 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20242026Week of 2024-08-15: 2,126 positiveWeek of 2024-08-15: 297 negativeWeek of 2024-08-22: 614 positiveWeek of 2024-08-22: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-08-29: 331 positiveWeek of 2024-08-29: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-09-05: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-09-05: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-09-12: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-09-12: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-19: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-09-19: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-26: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-09-26: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-03: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-10-03: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-10: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-10-10: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-17: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-17: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-24: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-31: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-07: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k3822026-09-14 21:00 — 1,121 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 600 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 845 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1,193 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 962 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 622 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 900 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 593 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 563 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 1,123 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 796 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 389 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 619 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 545 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 599 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 1,039 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 539 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 400 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 577 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 738 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 599 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 504 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 610 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 416 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.1k532Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 6,081 · peak 13,330Sep 2024 — avg 1,986 · peak 5,802Oct 2024 — avg 1,064 · peak 2,117Nov 2024 — avg 775 · peak 1,920Dec 2024 — avg 1,097 · peak 2,236Jan 2025 — avg 991 · peak 2,199Feb 2025 — avg 764 · peak 1,754Mar 2025 — avg 759 · peak 1,928Apr 2025 — avg 840 · peak 1,631May 2025 — avg 694 · peak 1,446Jun 2025 — avg 568 · peak 1,117Jul 2025 — avg 534 · peak 998Aug 2025 — avg 624 · peak 1,103Sep 2025 — avg 646 · peak 2,226Oct 2025 — avg 872 · peak 2,110Nov 2025 — avg 644 · peak 1,242Dec 2025 — avg 687 · peak 1,393Jan 2026 — avg 683 · peak 1,361Feb 2026 — avg 666 · peak 1,331Mar 2026 — avg 709 · peak 1,474Apr 2026 — avg 600 · peak 1,195May 2026 — avg 622 · peak 1,174Jun 2026 — avg 553 · peak 1,042Jul 2026 — avg 579 · peak 1,128Aug 2026 — avg 532 · peak 966
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
20202026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 20 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 5 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$16.792022-10-272026-08-132022-10-27 — best price $39.992024-08-30 — best price $37.792024-10-17 — best price $49.992024-11-12 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $37.492024-12-12 — best price $37.492025-01-02 — best price $49.992025-01-23 — best price $37.492025-02-07 — best price $49.992025-03-07 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $49.992025-04-07 — best price $49.992025-05-01 — best price $49.992025-05-22 — best price $49.992025-07-10 — best price $49.992025-07-24 — best price $49.992025-08-09 — best price $39.892025-08-26 — best price $39.892025-09-18 — best price $49.992025-10-03 — best price $49.992025-10-27 — best price $27.992025-11-14 — best price $39.892025-12-06 — best price $49.992025-12-18 — best price $24.992026-01-10 — best price $49.992026-02-02 — best price $36.742026-02-24 — best price $36.742026-03-09 — best price $24.992026-03-27 — best price $36.742026-04-06 — best price $49.992026-04-18 — best price $36.742026-04-28 — best price $39.892026-05-16 — best price $49.992026-06-08 — best price $49.992026-07-06 — best price $49.992026-07-13 — best price $24.992026-07-31 — best price $16.792026-08-13 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

143192026-05-13 — 32 pageviews2026-05-17 — 25 pageviews2026-05-21 — 35 pageviews2026-05-25 — 31 pageviews2026-05-29 — 34 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 34 pageviews2026-06-18 — 25 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-26 — 42 pageviews2026-06-30 — 42 pageviews2026-07-04 — 44 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-12 — 44 pageviews2026-07-16 — 33 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 31 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-09 — 43 pageviews2026-08-13 — 32 pageviews2026-08-17 — 27 pageviews2026-08-21 — 37 pageviews2026-08-25 — 29 pageviews2026-08-29 — 43 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 77 pageviews2026-09-10 — 77 pageviews2026-09-14 — 53 pageviews2026-09-18 — 41 pageviews2026-09-22 — 35 pageviews2026-09-26 — 30 pageviews2026-09-30 — 32 pageviews2026-10-04 — 31 pageviews2026-10-08 — 27 pageviews2026-10-12 — 36 pageviews2026-10-13 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6602026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
37.6%
earned "Expert Governor"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements5 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2024-08-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8490%72

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

3D4XPvEPvPRTSCo-opSpaceSci-fiStrategyTactical

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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