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The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.

Developer  Publisher:  Genre:  Translations:  Features:  Tags:  
Release DateFeb 7, 2006
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.9% (very positive) / 84.6%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)78.8% Top 25% / 78%  Top 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)220  Top 30% / 246  Top 30%
Curators18 reviews  Top 30%
Median Play Time40.5 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar4.1 hours  Top 3%
Followers1.9K  Top 25%
Owners± 83.3K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 16.5K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 75.3K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Space Empires IV Deluxe steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Space Empires IV Deluxe's Steam rating and reviews between December 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 95.8% (March 2014) to 79.7% (December 2015).

With its 246 reviews Top 25%, Space Empires IV Deluxe could be considered a decent success for an indie game.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Space Empires IV Deluxe and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Space Empires IV Deluxe's review languages. The most popular language is English (82%), followed by Russian (6%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 15 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Space Empires IV Deluxe percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Space Empires IV Deluxe depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 174 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 18 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Huge quantity of technology
  • Large selection of factions
  • Multiple victory conditions
  • Large universe for development
  • Dependent technology, resources and planets
  • Flavor text for each planet/moon/sun
  • Playing depth and creativity
  • AI factions add more life
  • Ability to design ships
  • Unique racial-specific tech trees
  • Outdated content and graphics
  • Enervating sound
  • Micromanagement
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Bad AI
  • Lack of strategic combat
  • Boring planet colonization
  • No interesting UI
  • Lack of intuitive user interface
  • Quick loss of tactical combat fun

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 85.9% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Space Empires IV Deluxe's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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