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Dune: Spice Wars
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
79 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is brilliant. I should have gotten it years ago. From promotional material and the brief clips I saw, I believed this was one of those 4K games, where troops move across tiles and everyone takes a turn. Like…”
“It's just not very fun that the AI uses the fact that it's AI to do things that are simply not counterable at any kind of scale (like repeated micro kiting with one unit on multiple fronts. Your own units cannot deal…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“An excellently made RTS game. Its slow pace combined with complex, multi-layed economies makes this a challenging but rewarding game. I love it! Also, if you've a Dune fan, this is the game for you!”
“Great, tightly designed and themed live play 4x. Can even complete a game in a reasonable time frame. Lots of interesting little mechanics and even roleplay potential. A little buggy and seems to be at the end of it's…”
“Its fun and interesting, but terribly unbalanced. I am, however, quite fond of this John Dune character, he kills a lot of aliens and doesn't afraid of anything.”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“not much to say, after going out of beta game got really balanced. many ways to play this game out, for me as a more battle focused its most fun to play as corrino or harkonnen”
“Sadly basically abandoned as of writing the review. Maybe they will release something when the third movie comes out but I wouldn't have any hope. A quite good 4X-Lite game within the great and lush world of the Dune…”
“An excellently made RTS game. Its slow pace combined with complex, multi-layed economies makes this a challenging but rewarding game. I love it! Also, if you've a Dune fan, this is the game for you!”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Feels like the OG Dune RTS games, but on another level. While there's a bit of a learning curve, the game and it's mechanics are very thought out and enjoyable. After over 120 hours of gameplay (from pre-launch to it's…”
“one of the best stratergy games of all time. this game will devour your time, very addictive. just buy it.”
“Great, tightly designed and themed live play 4x. Can even complete a game in a reasonable time frame. Lots of interesting little mechanics and even roleplay potential. A little buggy and seems to be at the end of it's…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
19 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Sadly I had a bit wrong expectations about this game. The 'RTS' tag is completely misleading. Yes it is technically "real-time-strategy" in the sense that it's not turn based and a game about strategy, but it isn't what…”
“Bought this based on the promises of a campaign mode. Instead they implemented "conquest" which features no story elements and plainly does not live up to the standard expectation of what a campaign is. Still salty…”
“Average game, not great, not bad. Some parts of the game are counterintuitive. Especially the one that during campain, after I won each battle, all of a sudden I am defeated. No hint, no warning, just game over. Threat…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“It's just not very fun that the AI uses the fact that it's AI to do things that are simply not counterable at any kind of scale (like repeated micro kiting with one unit on multiple fronts. Your own units cannot deal…”
“Cheating AI... Spawns in over 30 troops in less time to for the player to build 2... How am any suppose to stand against that... A 55 supply army with a hero was decimated in seconds... And you know what... The…”
“I want to like this, I really do... but there are just too many issues, even early game, for it to be something I want to play or something I could recommend. It is trying to be something of an RTS/Civ hybrid set…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Average game, not great, not bad. Some parts of the game are counterintuitive. Especially the one that during campain, after I won each battle, all of a sudden I am defeated. No hint, no warning, just game over. Threat…”
“I want to like this, I really do... but there are just too many issues, even early game, for it to be something I want to play or something I could recommend. It is trying to be something of an RTS/Civ hybrid set…”
“I played through the tutorials and it didn't catch me. I love AtS, Civ, SC2, and thought it would be similar, but this game just seems overly complex for no reason really, and the combat and overall systems feel…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game crashes after about 10 mins every game I play, goes from fps to fpm. The tutorial worked though and I spent a bit of time trying different things to get it to work, this put me over the 2 hour limit for…”
“Average game, not great, not bad. Some parts of the game are counterintuitive. Especially the one that during campain, after I won each battle, all of a sudden I am defeated. No hint, no warning, just game over. Threat…”
“Cheating AI... Spawns in over 30 troops in less time to for the player to build 2... How am any suppose to stand against that... A 55 supply army with a hero was decimated in seconds... And you know what... The…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game crashes after about 10 mins every game I play, goes from fps to fpm. The tutorial worked though and I spent a bit of time trying different things to get it to work, this put me over the 2 hour limit for…”
“Incredible strategy game! Unfortunately, does not seem the priority of the developer right now.”
“Sadly basically abandoned as of writing the review. Maybe they will release something when the third movie comes out but I wouldn't have any hope. A quite good 4X-Lite game within the great and lush world of the Dune…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“This is perhaps the perfect midpoint between classic RTS and modern 4X Grand Strategy. There's many ways to win, some more complicated than others, and all feel well designed and well implemented. The different factions also feel diverse in terms of both visuals and playstyle.…”
— a player, Steam review · 319 hrs played“Long story short? I loved the time I put into this game. Have you ever gotten tired of playing a strategy games where when one of you has snowballed enough, the game is already decided? And you just feel like you are grinding away the playtime until it is realized? Here is one…”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs played“Be very careful. The saving on this game is quite erratic. It will save a few times and then suddenly you will find a number of save files have been corrupted and if you try to reload them the game simply crashes dumping you out. It is not clear why this happens and how you can…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:46 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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Patch notes for 09/07/2025
v2.2.7.32974The ongoing loading of a nuke silo is automatically cancelled without refund when the village is liberated or abandoned.The bug allowing to load multiple nukes at the same time has been fi
Patch notes for 12/12/2024
v2.2.5.32923 Changes Fremen - Fremen "Mobile Turret" can hold position without deploying Conquest - Secondary objective "Defender of the Law" will spawn renegade bases at the start of the mission, mak
Patch Notes for 10/12/2024
v2.2.4.32914 Changes Voting Phases During voting, it’s no longer possible to see changes in influence, solari, or CHOAM ownership in other factions. It’s no longer possible to buy CHOAM Shares during
Patch Notes for 04/12/2024
v2.2.3.32893 BalancingCommon Resolution “Portfolio Scrutiny” (apply to all) rework : Cannot buy CHOAM Shares and Selling CHOAM Shares gives 3 Hegemony per Shares instead of Solaris Resolution “CHOAM D
Patch Notes for 26/11/2024
v.2.2.2.32791 Balancing The bonuses for having a completed blue district have been buffed: district 2 gives +2 -> +3 influence and +5 intel production for great houses, district 3 gives +100 -> +150 v
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Management · Singleplayer · Sci-fi · Strategy · RTS · 4X · Grand Strategy · Simulation · Real Time Tactics · Building · Tactical · Economy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 102 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://spicewars.dunegames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 and Windows 11 Processor: Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GTX 1050 / AMD RX550 Storage: 4 GB available space