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Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

Ironclad Games Corporation · Stardock Entertainment · 2011-11-16

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

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

Releases: Feb 04, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with Mostly Positive (77% of 816 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

9
playing now
77%
positive of 816 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Sins of a Solar Empire is a 2008 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 real-time strategy (RTS) game that incorporates some elements from 4X games; its makers describe it as "RT4X". Players are given control of a spacefaring empire in the distant future, and are tasked with conquering star systems using military, economic and diplomatic means.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 50,072 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 816 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Fanatical (2024-08-15) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 68 of 131 observed days · $8.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2012026-09-15 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31211Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 312 · peak 721Dec 2012 — avg 98 · peak 313May 2013 — avg 81 · peak 190Oct 2013 — avg 68 · peak 242Mar 2014 — avg 46 · peak 100Aug 2014 — avg 43 · peak 93Jan 2015 — avg 44 · peak 94Jun 2015 — avg 28 · peak 63Nov 2015 — avg 26 · peak 57Apr 2016 — avg 28 · peak 64Sep 2016 — avg 23 · peak 47Feb 2017 — avg 29 · peak 67Jul 2017 — avg 23 · peak 48Dec 2017 — avg 23 · peak 51May 2018 — avg 21 · peak 43Oct 2018 — avg 22 · peak 54Mar 2019 — avg 20 · peak 46Aug 2019 — avg 19 · peak 43Jan 2020 — avg 19 · peak 42Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 40Nov 2020 — avg 21 · peak 43Apr 2021 — avg 19 · peak 39Sep 2021 — avg 15 · peak 34Feb 2022 — avg 21 · peak 42Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 35Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 43May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 34Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 42Aug 2024 — avg 18 · peak 39Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 14 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $6.782015-10-26 — best price $19.952016-10-07 — best price $4.992017-09-25 — best price $19.992018-07-12 — best price $19.992019-03-13 — best price $19.992019-10-14 — best price $3.752020-01-23 — best price $4.252020-05-13 — best price $4.992020-07-11 — best price $16.682020-09-15 — best price $19.992020-10-30 — best price $19.992020-12-10 — best price $19.992021-02-04 — best price $17.882021-03-13 — best price $3.842021-05-01 — best price $19.992021-07-09 — best price $16.882021-10-04 — best price $4.992021-12-13 — best price $4.992022-02-27 — best price $16.882022-06-28 — best price $19.992022-10-14 — best price $15.892023-01-16 — best price $3.992023-05-13 — best price $19.992023-10-02 — best price $3.992024-01-25 — best price $3.992024-04-18 — best price $14.692024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-11-11 — best price $9.992025-02-04 — best price $19.992025-05-21 — best price $9.992025-09-25 — best price $4.992025-12-08 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $3.992026-06-19 — best price $3.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

188402026-05-29 — 73 pageviews2026-06-02 — 50 pageviews2026-06-06 — 59 pageviews2026-06-10 — 52 pageviews2026-06-14 — 45 pageviews2026-06-18 — 57 pageviews2026-06-22 — 67 pageviews2026-06-26 — 162 pageviews2026-06-30 — 57 pageviews2026-07-04 — 82 pageviews2026-07-08 — 73 pageviews2026-07-12 — 75 pageviews2026-07-16 — 58 pageviews2026-07-20 — 64 pageviews2026-07-24 — 60 pageviews2026-07-28 — 54 pageviews2026-08-01 — 55 pageviews2026-08-05 — 59 pageviews2026-08-09 — 61 pageviews2026-08-13 — 59 pageviews2026-08-17 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-25 — 60 pageviews2026-08-29 — 56 pageviews2026-09-02 — 48 pageviews2026-09-06 — 82 pageviews2026-09-10 — 109 pageviews2026-09-14 — 85 pageviews2026-09-18 — 73 pageviews2026-09-22 — 59 pageviews2026-09-26 — 51 pageviews2026-09-30 — 49 pageviews2026-10-04 — 55 pageviews2026-10-08 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPLAN PvPCo-opLAN Co-opCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

Player tags

3D4XPvEPvPRTSSpaceSci-fiBuildingMilitaryStrategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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