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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

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.

352
playing now
93%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

352 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 352 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 8% of 10,795 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 653k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,334 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$4.80-76%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.97-25%
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 $19.99 · on sale 60 of 80 observed days · $0.80 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

36302026-08-06 21:00 — 277 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 160 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 181 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 354 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 239 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 254 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 363 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 247 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 298 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 350 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 173 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 213 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 304 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 176 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 198 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 272 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 206 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 259 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 363 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 192 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 167 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 286 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 271 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 226 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 225 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 157 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 259 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 288 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 352 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$4.802015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $5.002026-08-30 — best price $4.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 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

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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