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Empires and Tribes
Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“As clunky as it is its not really that bad yes you have some bugs but nothing serious ive had no crashes but do get a warning thing (i think that is a bug) but i dismiss it. The campagne mode is fun im in a town where i m on the verge of completing ( -6 in the red , just gotta…”
— a player, Steam review · 133 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-07 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Demo Release & Kickstarter Launch
Dear Mayors, We have some great news: The demo for Civica: Italian Renaissance is now available! Over the past two years, we’ve been working hard to bring you this first playable version and share our
New successor: Civica: Italian Renaissance
Dear Mayors and Veterans of Empires and Tribes, The journey continues! It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that we present our latest project, the spiritual successor to Empires and Tribes: Civic
Hotfix for Version 1.51
This hotfix fixes the bug that caused game saves to no longer load in the current version 1.51.
Patch Notes for Version 1.51
Dear Empires and Tribes community, We are pleased to present a new major update for Empires and Tribes today. In addition to the happy announcements of the new features, we also have some sad news to
Hotfix 3 for Version 1.50
This hotfix fixes some bugs that have slipped into the current version. Your Empires and Tribes team - Fixed a bug that could lead to a crash when courting partners were assigned to work in the huntin
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Building · Crafting · Medieval · Base Building · Real-Time · RTS · Strategy · RPG · First-Person · 3D · Open World (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French |
| Official site | https://www.empiresandtribes.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 2.5 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX11 capabilities (GeForce GTX 770 or Radeon HD 7870) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Sound card Additional Notes: These are preliminary system specs that can and will change!