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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cover art

Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion

Ironclad Games Corporation · Stardock Entertainment · 2012-06-12

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Jun 12, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion is an Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 16348 reviews).

194
playing now
93%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

194 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion trailer thumbnail

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - Trailer

≈158,861 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 194 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 126 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 654k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,362 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$6.00-70%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.00 at GreenManGaming (2026-04-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 79 of 86 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18318320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3381322026-09-15 11:00 — 188 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 284 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 202 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 227 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 318 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 220 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 165 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 269 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 242 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 191 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 206 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 209 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 141 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 218 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 278 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 180 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 184 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 243 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 153 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 261 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 338 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 210 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 132 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 194 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.0k233Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,103 · peak 2,065Dec 2012 — avg 1,024 · peak 4,815May 2013 — avg 873 · peak 2,990Oct 2013 — avg 852 · peak 2,797Mar 2014 — avg 795 · peak 1,550Aug 2014 — avg 901 · peak 1,611Jan 2015 — avg 968 · peak 2,144Jun 2015 — avg 738 · peak 1,335Nov 2015 — avg 663 · peak 1,407Apr 2016 — avg 956 · peak 1,952Sep 2016 — avg 647 · peak 1,238Feb 2017 — avg 717 · peak 1,452Jul 2017 — avg 607 · peak 1,092Dec 2017 — avg 679 · peak 1,241May 2018 — avg 570 · peak 1,097Oct 2018 — avg 600 · peak 1,318Mar 2019 — avg 924 · peak 2,016Aug 2019 — avg 624 · peak 1,173Jan 2020 — avg 660 · peak 1,242Jun 2020 — avg 726 · peak 2,986Nov 2020 — avg 720 · peak 1,314Apr 2021 — avg 552 · peak 977Sep 2021 — avg 558 · peak 1,026Feb 2022 — avg 520 · peak 2,216Jul 2022 — avg 575 · peak 995Dec 2022 — avg 535 · peak 1,195May 2023 — avg 496 · peak 868Oct 2023 — avg 457 · peak 848Mar 2024 — avg 512 · peak 892Aug 2024 — avg 476 · peak 829Jan 2025 — avg 298 · peak 493Jun 2025 — avg 266 · peak 488Nov 2025 — avg 291 · peak 860Apr 2026 — avg 263 · peak 446Aug 2026 — avg 235 · peak 400
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.99$4.802015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $13.582015-06-22 — best price $39.992015-11-13 — best price $9.992016-04-04 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $9.992017-04-04 — best price $10.002017-12-18 — best price $39.992018-07-05 — best price $8.502019-01-03 — best price $39.992019-08-12 — best price $9.992019-12-05 — best price $39.992020-03-25 — best price $33.892020-06-04 — best price $9.902020-07-30 — best price $39.992020-09-29 — best price $39.992020-11-23 — best price $11.222021-01-12 — best price $29.392021-02-19 — best price $33.892021-04-08 — best price $9.902021-05-12 — best price $33.892021-07-25 — best price $33.892021-10-13 — best price $29.392021-12-23 — best price $29.392022-03-07 — best price $13.192022-06-15 — best price $29.392022-10-20 — best price $40.792023-01-20 — best price $12.792023-06-01 — best price $9.592023-11-06 — best price $10.192024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-10-10 — best price $11.992025-01-20 — best price $11.992025-06-02 — best price $7.992025-10-04 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $4.802026-06-01 — best price $5.002026-08-31 — best price $4.802026-10-15 — best price $6.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

202026-10-02 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
30.2%
earned "Mutual Trader"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards5 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Polish

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2013-01-11, latest 2018-12-17 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XRTSCo-opSpaceSci-fiSandboxStrategyDiplomacyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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