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Space Empires V

Malfador Machinations · Strategy First · 2006-10-16

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 01, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.

Space Empires V is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $3.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 480 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

6
playing now
73%
positive of 480 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Space Empires V (SEV) is a 4X turn based strategy game that was released in 2006. It was developed by Malfador Machinations and published by Strategy First. The game retains many races and technologies from its predecessor, Space Empires IV (SEIV).

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 14,119 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 480 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$3.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.12 at GamersGate (2023-04-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 48 of 74 observed days · $1.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-09-15 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
317Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 18 · peak 36Dec 2012 — avg 13 · peak 30May 2013 — avg 15 · peak 33Oct 2013 — avg 19 · peak 57Mar 2014 — avg 27 · peak 83Aug 2014 — avg 23 · peak 61Jan 2015 — avg 22 · peak 58Jun 2015 — avg 23 · peak 56Nov 2015 — avg 16 · peak 36Apr 2016 — avg 20 · peak 52Sep 2016 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 25Jul 2017 — avg 11 · peak 24Dec 2017 — avg 12 · peak 28May 2018 — avg 11 · peak 23Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 26Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 24Aug 2019 — avg 13 · peak 25Jan 2020 — avg 14 · peak 28Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 27Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 32Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 31Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 22Dec 2022 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 27Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 27Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 23Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.21$1.392015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-12-22 — best price $2.242016-10-27 — best price $14.992017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-04-03 — best price $12.592018-07-19 — best price $3.002018-12-21 — best price $14.992019-06-24 — best price $2.992019-12-27 — best price $14.992020-03-16 — best price $2.252020-06-03 — best price $14.992020-07-14 — best price $12.482020-08-26 — best price $13.392020-10-08 — best price $13.392020-11-24 — best price $14.992020-12-31 — best price $12.632021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $2.992021-05-08 — best price $14.992021-06-26 — best price $12.142021-08-18 — best price $3.032021-10-11 — best price $2.242021-12-03 — best price $12.632022-02-07 — best price $14.992022-05-13 — best price $2.702022-08-11 — best price $14.992022-10-30 — best price $11.012023-02-02 — best price $2.242023-05-06 — best price $1.392023-09-04 — best price $2.242024-01-20 — best price $2.992024-05-11 — best price $11.012024-10-14 — best price $14.992025-03-02 — best price $2.992025-09-16 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $3.002026-10-14 — best price $3.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6912026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 5 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 8 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerTurn-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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