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Space Empires II

Malfador Machinations · Strategy First · 2020-10-13

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

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

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.

Space Empires II is a 2020 Strategy game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 19 reviews).

1
playing now
58%
positive of 19 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 80% of 14,091 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

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

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 21 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120202026Week of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Dec 2020Apr 2026Dec 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 3
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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Similarity via IGDB.