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Empires Mod

Empires Mod

Unique strategy/first person shooter mix: One commander on each team plays from above, choosing research, placing buildings and giving orders. The rest fill the role of soldiers on the ground, with four distinct classes to choose from and customizable vehicles to drive.

Released Jul 28, 2008 Developer Empires Platforms Windows · Linux FPSRTSPvPShooterStrategy
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

86.6%positive1,042 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Source mod that is equally dead as it is fun. Your team's commander is playing an RTS while everyone else plays a combined arms FPS. Destroy the enemy team's command vehicle to win, whether that is with an ambush or an hour-long offensive. You will not find a soul playing…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Goodnight sweet prince. game is kill, but lives on in our hearts”

— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Very fun and has an amazing community, just a shame that it is not that popular”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1playing at last check
224-hour peak
99all-time peak
0 25 50 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 26 avg · Jul 2012

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.

8achievements
44.0%median completion
43.9%rarest: Partybus
53.2% of players 52.7% of players 44.1% of players 44.0% of players 44.0% of players 44.0% of players 43.9% of players 43.9% of players 53.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
53.2%Just in Time — Leave your vehicle just before it explodes.
52.7%Pacifist — Have the highest score without any kills.
44.1%Back from the Dead — Kill an enemy just after being revived.
Rarest badges of honor
43.9%Partybus — This won't end well.
43.9%Never Give Up, Never Surrender — Defeat the enemy team before they run out of tickets, despite having no tickets of your own.
44.0%Quid Pro Quo Pro — Revive a friendly engineer who recently revived you.

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 21, 2026
Empires 2.39.4 Released!

We're happy to announce version 2.39.4 which is live on Steam right now. Changelog below and also on our Website Come join us on Discord! Don't forget to check our Discord events to see the date and t

Jan 25, 2026
Empires 2.39.3 Released!

We're happy to announce version 2.39.3 which is live on Steam right now. Changelog below and also on our Website Come join us on Discord! Don't forget to check our Discord events to see the date and t

Jan 24, 2026
Empires Shitmaps 2026

🚨 Get Ready for Shitmaps 9! 🚨 It’s that special time of year again when we all cozy up, grab some cocoa, and load into Empires Mod to experience the best of the worst. Welcome to Shitmaps #9, the annu

Dec 13, 2025
Empires 2.39.2 Released!

We're happy to announce version 2.39.2 which is live on Steam right now. Changelog below and also on our Website Come join us on Discord! Don't forget to check our Discord events to see the date and t

Dec 06, 2025
Empires 2.39.1 Released!

We're happy to announce version 2.39.1 which is live on Steam right now. Changelog below and also on our Website Come join us on Discord! Don't forget to check our Discord events to see the date and t

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Free To Play, Strategy
Player tagsFPS · RTS · PvP · Shooter · Strategy · Base-Building · First-Person · Action RTS · Top-Down · 3D · Tanks · Team-Based (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor
LanguagesEnglish * , Polish, Spanish - Spain, Russian, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese - Brazil *
Achievements8
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.empiresmod.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 128 MB or more with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible