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STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack cover art

STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

Petroglyph · LucasArts · 2010-05-25

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Aug 15, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack is a Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 43160 reviews).

814
playing now
98%
positive of 43k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

814 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. In October 2006, an expansion titled Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption was released.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 814 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,925 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~241/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7M–3.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 43,316 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.24 at GameBillet (2023-08-21) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 40 of 87 observed days · $16.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 784 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.2k7932026-09-15 12:00 — 907 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,628 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,103 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,288 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2,166 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,372 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 857 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,457 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,405 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,094 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,358 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,348 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 793 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,176 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,819 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 901 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,009 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,500 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,021 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,299 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 2,054 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,229 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 814 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.7k86Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 159 · peak 288Dec 2012 — avg 138 · peak 263May 2013 — avg 331 · peak 1,618Oct 2013 — avg 125 · peak 242Mar 2014 — avg 217 · peak 451Aug 2014 — avg 276 · peak 492Jan 2015 — avg 389 · peak 797Jun 2015 — avg 448 · peak 813Nov 2015 — avg 476 · peak 1,274Apr 2016 — avg 546 · peak 1,089Sep 2016 — avg 482 · peak 864Feb 2017 — avg 708 · peak 1,330Jul 2017 — avg 711 · peak 1,272Dec 2017 — avg 1,418 · peak 2,958May 2018 — avg 1,296 · peak 2,398Oct 2018 — avg 1,072 · peak 1,888Mar 2019 — avg 1,044 · peak 1,832Aug 2019 — avg 1,267 · peak 1,998Jan 2020 — avg 2,651 · peak 5,357Jun 2020 — avg 1,826 · peak 2,767Nov 2020 — avg 1,898 · peak 3,255Apr 2021 — avg 1,518 · peak 2,476Sep 2021 — avg 1,291 · peak 2,110Feb 2022 — avg 1,594 · peak 2,635Jul 2022 — avg 1,726 · peak 2,964Dec 2022 — avg 1,458 · peak 2,390May 2023 — avg 2,090 · peak 3,606Oct 2023 — avg 1,713 · peak 2,902Mar 2024 — avg 1,891 · peak 3,254Aug 2024 — avg 1,523 · peak 2,477Jan 2025 — avg 2,113 · peak 3,493Jun 2025 — avg 2,367 · peak 4,124Nov 2025 — avg 1,219 · peak 1,958Apr 2026 — avg 1,690 · peak 2,809Aug 2026 — avg 1,302 · peak 2,130
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-222026-10-122026-09-22: 7 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$23.14$3.452015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $13.392015-09-07 — best price $20.082016-04-05 — best price $7.302016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-03-01 — best price $5.002017-06-06 — best price $4.992017-11-26 — best price $4.902018-03-12 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-10-28 — best price $17.312019-05-04 — best price $3.942019-11-26 — best price $6.992020-01-25 — best price $4.632020-05-04 — best price $4.352020-11-02 — best price $6.992021-02-22 — best price $17.592021-09-16 — best price $4.072021-12-28 — best price $4.992022-03-31 — best price $19.992022-06-07 — best price $17.992022-08-07 — best price $15.952022-10-10 — best price $17.882023-01-19 — best price $4.052023-04-28 — best price $4.622023-06-28 — best price $16.542023-10-09 — best price $16.572023-12-13 — best price $6.992024-02-19 — best price $13.942024-05-02 — best price $13.942024-07-13 — best price $3.992024-09-16 — best price $4.192024-12-04 — best price $15.952025-02-17 — best price $13.942025-05-19 — best price $4.192025-10-20 — best price $4.802025-12-07 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

205792026-05-30 — 172 pageviews2026-06-03 — 157 pageviews2026-06-07 — 188 pageviews2026-06-11 — 134 pageviews2026-06-15 — 148 pageviews2026-06-19 — 114 pageviews2026-06-23 — 128 pageviews2026-06-27 — 135 pageviews2026-07-01 — 109 pageviews2026-07-05 — 125 pageviews2026-07-09 — 110 pageviews2026-07-13 — 118 pageviews2026-07-17 — 129 pageviews2026-07-21 — 98 pageviews2026-07-25 — 108 pageviews2026-07-29 — 103 pageviews2026-08-02 — 116 pageviews2026-08-06 — 81 pageviews2026-08-10 — 86 pageviews2026-08-14 — 101 pageviews2026-08-18 — 126 pageviews2026-08-22 — 98 pageviews2026-08-26 — 150 pageviews2026-08-30 — 205 pageviews2026-09-03 — 135 pageviews2026-09-07 — 138 pageviews2026-09-11 — 123 pageviews2026-09-15 — 134 pageviews2026-09-19 — 115 pageviews2026-09-23 — 128 pageviews2026-09-27 — 110 pageviews2026-10-01 — 96 pageviews2026-10-05 — 109 pageviews2026-10-08 — 102 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ModRTSWarSpaceActionSci-fiClassicModdableStrategyTactical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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