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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.

6
playing now
73%
positive of 478 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$3.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 478 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$3.00-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

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 40 of 69 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1642026-08-11 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.21$1.392015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — 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 $2.992026-08-25 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 10 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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