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Eight-Minute Empire

Eight-Minute Empire

Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes. ⏱

Released Sep 6, 2017 Developer Acram Digital Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux CasualStrategyIndieBoard Game4 Player Local
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

77.3%positive128 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Eight-Minute Empire takes the familiar pleasures of territorial conquest and resource collection and compresses them into a remarkably concise strategy experience. Developed and published by Acram Digital as an adaptation of Ryan Laukat’s tabletop game, it avoids the sprawling…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

75achievements
6.0%median completion
0.3%rarest: Winning March
71.8% of players 67.1% of players 57.7% of players 57.2% of players 41.3% of players 37.6% of players 35.9% of players 34.9% of players 33.9% of players 33.6% of players 31.2% of players 26.6% of players 26.0% of players 25.7% of players 25.2% of players 23.8% of players 22.8% of players 20.2% of players 16.4% of players 16.1% of players 15.3% of players 15.1% of players 14.0% of players 13.6% of players 10.4% of players 10.0% of players 9.9% of players 9.4% of players 9.4% of players 8.8% of players 8.4% of players 8.2% of players 8.0% of players 7.6% of players 7.5% of players 7.4% of players 6.4% of players 6.0% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 4.9% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 71.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
71.8%Sailor — Move a troop along a sea route.
67.1%Slyboots — Finish the game without letting any of the players collect the full set of goods.
57.7%First Step — Win one game with any settings, in any mode.
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Winning March — Win 500 game with any settings, in any mode.
0.5%General — Win a two player game on "Hard" by at least 10 points or more.
0.6%March — Win 100 game with any settings, in any mode.

Latest official news

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Nov 27, 2025
Eight-Minute Empire is a part of Turn-Based Carnival 2025!

Eight-Minute Empire is joining the third edition of the Turn-Based Carnival and you can grab it with a 50% discount ! 🗓️ November 27 - December 4 , 2025, 7:00 PM CET. 🎮 Hosted by Acram Digital 🛍️ Visi

Sep 11, 2025
Back to School with Eight-Minute Empire! 📚

✏️ Back to school doesn’t have to mean all homework and no fun! Sure, the books are waiting, but once you’ve powered through your assignments, it’s time to kick back, roll some dice, and outsmart your

Jul 28, 2025
🎉 Eight-Minute Empire is bundled with Inkborn for a limited time! 🖋️

🎁 TIME-LIMITED BUNDLE DEALS We're incredibly excited to bring you the first major milestone of Inkborn - now available in Early Access on Steam! To celebrate the launch, Inkborn is currently bundled f

Jul 10, 2025
Eight-Minute Empire is participating in the Boards & Cards Summer Bundles Bash!

📅 Event Duration : July 10th - July 25th 👉 Sale Page This summer, stack your deck and unleash your inner tactician with the Boards & Cards Summer Bundles Bash , organized by Acram Digital! 🎲🃏 Discover

Apr 29, 2025
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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsCasual · Strategy · Indie · Board Game · 4 Player Local · Short · Turn-Based · Asynchronous Multiplayer · Multiplayer · Local Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Touch-Friendly (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian
Achievements75
Official sitehttp://eight.acram.eu
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11 Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support. Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable. DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 700 MB available space