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Oriental Empires

Oriental Empires

Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest em

Released Sep 14, 2017 Developer Shining Pixel Studios Publisher Iceberg Interactive Platforms Windows StrategySimulationIndieHistoricalTurn-Based
View on Steam ↗ $5.39 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

80.5%positive3,009 reviews
Recommended · 248 found this helpful

“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED : Ratings 8/10 Back in 1991, Sid Meier released Civilization 1 and I was hooked. I lost many sleepless night playing that game, and it became one of the most influential and best 4X game of all time. Over the next 28 years, I played every Civ game and…”

— a player, Steam review · 474 hrs played
Recommended · 129 found this helpful

“Please follow United Critics for quality reviews Oriental Empires Review At the first glance Oriental Empires might just seem as a Civilization clone, but it is much more than that, much, much more. Oriental Empires is a turn based 4-X strategy game, it was developed by “Shining…”

— a player, Steam review · 213 hrs played
Not recommended · 102 found this helpful

“In short, more frustrating than fun. A single enemy unit can block the advance of an entire army, because the unit 'retreats' tactically before it is killed, and then doesn't move on the strategic map, so you can't move past it. Sieges are incredibly time consuming, even when…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

866all-time peak
0 100 200 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 169 avg · Sep 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.

60achievements
3.6%median completion
0.4%rarest: Lu Bu
73.1% of players 63.2% of players 57.0% of players 56.8% of players 42.1% of players 37.9% of players 37.7% of players 35.4% of players 30.2% of players 29.8% of players 29.1% of players 28.3% of players 25.9% of players 22.9% of players 20.7% of players 19.3% of players 18.4% of players 18.4% of players 18.1% of players 17.9% of players 15.4% of players 14.5% of players 14.2% of players 13.5% of players 11.0% of players 9.4% of players 9.3% of players 8.2% of players 4.7% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 73.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
73.1%Settler — Found a new settlement.
63.2%Fighter — Win a battle.
57.0%Law Giver — Issue an edict.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Lu Bu — Kill 2000 men in one game with Lu Bu's bodyguard unit.
0.4%Celestial Master — Win the Three Kingdoms scenario via a cultural victory as The Five Pecks and having at least 5 Famous Daoist Temples.
0.5%Unifier — Win the Three Kingdoms scenario three times with three different factions.

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.

$5.39−82% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$29.99base price
$4.49lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US5.39 USD−82%
EU5.21 EUR−82%
UK4.49 GBP−82%
Australia7.91 AUD−82%
Canada7.01 CAD−82%
Japan612 JPY−82%
Brazil16.01 BRL−82%
China19.44 CNY−82%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$6.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-31 08-21 09-11 10-02 10-25

Latest official news

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

Dec 22, 2021
Update 22 December 2021

Happy Christmas everybody. This update includes improvements to the AI, opening the soldiers.xml file for modding and a few bug fixes and minor improvements. Opened soldier.sxml file for modding. Incl

Oct 18, 2021
Oriental Empires 80% OFF During Iceberg Interactive Publisher Sale!

Hey everybody! It’s that time of year when sales come at you fast, so here’s another one! From now until October 25th, we’re a part of the Iceberg Interactive Publisher Sale. You can grab a ton of gre

Aug 29, 2019
The Second Oriental Empires DLC: 'Three Kingdoms' is Available Now!

We are excited to announce that the new Oriental Empires DLC: Three Kingdoms , is available today! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11081688/d901a2b5b99e471e54ccc65b3

Aug 27, 2019
Win one of the Oriental Empires collector's packages (base game + all DLC!)

Always wanted to try Oriental Empires or just looking to complete your collection? We're giving away collector's packages to celebrate the new DLC! One package includes: 👉1x Oriental Empires (base gam

Aug 27, 2019
Oriental Empires: Three Kingdoms DLC is coming August 29!

The Oriental Empires: Three Kingdoms DLC is coming on August 29! Take the role of a warlord attempting to re-unite the land, and create a new dynasty in one of the most turbulent periods of Chinese hi

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · Indie · Historical · Turn-Based · 4X · Military · Sandbox · Grand Strategy · PvP · War · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, Polish
Achievements60
Official sitehttp://www.orientalempires.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64 bit (32 bit NOT supported) Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz or equivalent AMD processor and above Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB DX 9 Compliant videocard with pixel shader 3,0 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible Audio Additional Notes: Minimum Resolution: 1024 x 768