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Space Empires IV Deluxe cover art

Space Empires IV Deluxe

Malfador Machinations · Strategy First · 2006-02-07

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Feb 07, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.

Space Empires IV Deluxe is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 291 reviews).

16
playing now
86%
positive of 291 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Space Empires IV is a turn-based 4X strategy computer game developed by Malfador Machinations and published by Strategy First as part of the Space Empires series in which players control an alien race in an attempt at galactic conquest.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 14,126 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 12k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 291 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at GamersGate (2017-11-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 32 of 57 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2662026-09-15 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 18 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
204Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 10 · peak 20Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2013 — avg 7 · peak 16Oct 2013 — avg 9 · peak 38Mar 2014 — avg 14 · peak 44Aug 2014 — avg 13 · peak 39Jan 2015 — avg 10 · peak 31Jun 2015 — avg 16 · peak 35Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 27Apr 2016 — avg 11 · peak 25Sep 2016 — avg 12 · peak 25Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 30Jul 2017 — avg 14 · peak 35Dec 2017 — avg 12 · peak 26May 2018 — avg 12 · peak 25Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 20Mar 2019 — avg 11 · peak 22Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 24Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 26Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 25Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 29Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 28Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 26Feb 2022 — avg 16 · peak 30Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 18 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 33Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 32Aug 2024 — avg 17 · peak 32Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 30Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 37Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 31Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 35Aug 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$0.892015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-09-08 — best price $9.992016-02-22 — best price $9.992016-12-07 — best price $3.992017-11-06 — best price $1.492018-03-09 — best price $1.862018-06-26 — best price $9.992018-10-11 — best price $2.002019-02-25 — best price $2.002019-08-20 — best price $8.252020-01-13 — best price $1.992020-03-09 — best price $1.992020-05-27 — best price $1.992020-07-19 — best price $9.992020-08-28 — best price $9.992020-10-11 — best price $8.892020-11-30 — best price $1.502021-01-20 — best price $9.992021-03-04 — best price $9.992021-04-17 — best price $9.992021-05-25 — best price $9.992021-07-09 — best price $1.922021-09-28 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $7.342022-03-12 — best price $8.202022-07-11 — best price $1.492022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-03-03 — best price $2.002023-07-31 — best price $7.902024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-06-13 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-08-16 — best price $7.342026-03-15 — best price $2.002026-06-15 — best price $2.002026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1932026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 12 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-30 — 9 pageviews2026-09-03 — 12 pageviews2026-09-07 — 11 pageviews2026-09-11 — 17 pageviews2026-09-15 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 14 pageviews2026-09-27 — 14 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 13 pageviews2026-10-09 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiStrategyTurn-BasedSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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