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Space Empires II

Malfador Machinations · Strategy First · 2020-10-13

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: 1995 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.

1
playing now
56%
positive of 18 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 92% of 5,933 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.19 at Epic Game Store (2023-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 26 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.192020-10-132026-08-212020-10-13 — best price $2.392021-02-11 — best price $0.592021-09-06 — best price $0.502021-11-24 — best price $0.592022-01-10 — best price $0.742022-03-21 — best price $2.992022-06-06 — best price $2.992022-08-29 — best price $0.672022-11-07 — best price $0.442023-01-02 — best price $0.672023-03-13 — best price $0.442023-04-24 — best price $0.592023-06-21 — best price $2.992023-08-15 — best price $2.992023-11-13 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $0.892024-02-12 — best price $1.992024-05-09 — best price $0.452024-07-05 — best price $0.452024-09-02 — best price $1.192024-11-21 — best price $2.992024-12-30 — best price $0.452025-03-02 — best price $1.192025-05-01 — best price $2.992025-07-21 — best price $2.992025-09-26 — best price $2.992025-11-29 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $0.602026-03-30 — best price $0.392026-06-15 — best price $0.602026-08-21 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XRetroSpaceSci-fiEconomyStrategyTacticalFuturisticManagementExploration

Census log

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

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