Space Empires V overview

Overview

Space Empires V comes from Malfador Machinations and is published by Strategy First. It arrived on Steam on Oct 16, 2006, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Space Empires V's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 9 players at 13 September 2026 - 03:47:30 UTC, with a tracked peak near 19. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 73% positive across 474 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Space Empires V is available in 1 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Space Empires V has sold up to 24,644 units and has 422 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $210,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Space Empires V overview details

Space Empires V combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy. New features abound with political alliances between multiple empires, a top-down ship design system, a hexagonal movement grid, and many more. Due to player demand, the game is completely 'moddable' and even adds a scriptable AI system to the mix. Space Empires V boldly takes the next step in the genre of space strategy 24 bit 3D real-time rendered graphics. Detailed Tactical Combat (and a combat simulator to test your designs!). New vehicle types and sizes: Ships, Bases, Freighters, Fighters, Mines, Satellites, Troops, Drones, and Weapons Platforms. Ability to completely design and customize all of your vehicles. Large Galaxy: 100 solar systems with 15 planets each. Huge Technology Tree: Thousands of tech levels with hundreds of components and facilities. Completely customizable game graphics: Create your own planets, stars, vehicles, etc. Completely customizable AI players: Create your own AI players with unique traits, styles, and speech. 14 unique races to play or customize (or just create your own!) Randomly generated map for every game (or load an existing map). Complete game customization allowed by players ("mods").

SteamPulse editorial summary

Space Empires V is listed as a game with $3.99 (80% off from $19.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 9 players at 13 September 2026 - 03:47:30 UTC, a tracked peak of 19, and 73% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Strategy4XSpaceTurn-BasedSci-fiSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayer

Support and legal notes

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