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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.

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Release DateOct 16, 2006
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)71% (mostly positive) Bottom 35% / 70.7%  Bottom 35%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)67.5% / 67.3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)376  Top 25% / 423  Top 20%
Curators21 reviews  Top 30%
Median Play Time37.6 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar2.5 hours  Top 10%
Followers1.2K  Top 30%
Owners± 88.8K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 33.9K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 221K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Space Empires V's Steam rating and reviews between December 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating varies between 100% (August 2011) and 68% (August 2018).

With its 423 reviews Top 20%, Space Empires V could be considered a decent success for an indie game. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut graph displays the languages of Space Empires V's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (78%), followed by German (6%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 16 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Space Empires V depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 167 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 19 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Space Empires V players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 55 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Immersive technology with customizable options
  • Enormous tech tree with multiple researches
  • Flexible game design that gives maximum freedom
  • Real-time combat with many tactics available
  • Robust features like creating/modifying planets
  • Bugs and crashes especially on modern systems
  • AI is weak and unoptimized
  • Frustrating finetuning required
  • Overwhelming complexity for new players

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 71%  Bottom 35% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Space Empires V's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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