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Circle Empires
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “simple strategic circle conquest” (19 of 88 reviews) and “varied runs and achievement hunting” (11); the most common complaint is “shallow repetitive strategy” (12). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
19 of the 88 reviews raise this.
11 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Circle Heroes was a cool and funny strategy game with a really neat concept, something I always wanted to try in WorldBox, and it honestly delivered that feeling perfectly here. The different races and starting options…”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Great lil strategy. Very easy on easy levels, might require some skill when level turned up. Lots of different tactics and stuff.”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this.
5 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“This is a fun little goofy game. It's super simple and exactly what you expect. There are little circles, you have different things you can build in them to grow your army. You can defend, attack, and take over other…”
12 of the 88 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“You know I've wanted to play this game for so long. Everyone and everything shows and says its really fun, but... reality is different from fiction. The base gameplay loop, difficulty, and modes are too short, too…”
“intelligent game design? nah let's use cheating AI instead”
9 of the 88 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“You know I've wanted to play this game for so long. Everyone and everything shows and says its really fun, but... reality is different from fiction. The base gameplay loop, difficulty, and modes are too short, too…”
“intelligent game design? nah let's use cheating AI instead”
“Circle Heroes was a cool and funny strategy game with a really neat concept, something I always wanted to try in WorldBox, and it honestly delivered that feeling perfectly here. The different races and starting options…”
8 of the 88 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“You know I've wanted to play this game for so long. Everyone and everything shows and says its really fun, but... reality is different from fiction. The base gameplay loop, difficulty, and modes are too short, too…”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“6.5/10 Sweet little game, not much to do after 5-10 hours though. Casual goofy RTS game.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Circle Empires is a simple but surprisingly fun real-time strategy game. The whole map is made up of these small circular zones, each with its own resources or enemies. You start with one circle and slowly expand by capturing others, gathering food and gold, and building your…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“5 star game, unique gameplay and army building with simple but complex strategies”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Indie · Casual · RTS · Fantasy · Real-Time · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Czech, Polish, Korean |
| Achievements | 82 |
| Official site | http://www.iceberg-games.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: 1,7GHz dual core Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: Intel/AMD Integrated Graphics, 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: System requirements may be subject to change.