Oriental Empires overview

Overview

Oriental Empires comes from Shining Pixel Studios and is published by Iceberg Interactive. It arrived on Steam on Sep 14, 2017, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, and Steam Trading Cards. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Oriental Empires's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 15 players at 22 September 2026 - 10:41:27 UTC, with a tracked peak near 866. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 81% positive across 2,991 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Oriental Empires is available in 6 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including pegi, esrb, usk, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Oriental Empires has sold up to 131,000 units and has 2,584 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $2,500,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Oriental Empires overview details

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

Steam Store description

Step into the world of the ancient Orient. Control a city or tribe from the dawn of Chinese history, and turn it into a great empire. Develop your land, create great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic wars. Advance your technology, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s great civilizations. All the action takes place on one spectacular game map that brings to life the mountains, forests, plains and deserts of China. Zoom in close to review your troops and see your peasants toiling, or zoom out for a strategic overview. Plan your battles, end your turn, and then watch as your armies obey your orders, with hundreds of soldiers battling right on the game map. FEATURES Start out as a single nation or tribe, starting from humble beginnings with a single settlement and expand your empire and develop your culture with the aim of becoming the universally recognized Son of Heaven and ruler of the world. Persuade the other factions to recognize you as such by either military force, or by diplomatic persuasion. Play as one of 24 different factions each with their own special bonuses or penalties. Vast beautifully rendered map featuring an attractive and authentic depiction of the landscape of China and Mongolia. Large scale battles with hundreds or thousands of soldiers, depicted in detail right on the game map. Watch skilled armies and reinforcements go to battle, according to the battle orders and formations set by the player. Fully animated 3D models, with variations in face and clothing for each model, including infantry, cavalry, chariot and artillery units…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Oriental Empires is listed as a game with $29.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, and Steam Trading Cards, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 15 players at 22 September 2026 - 10:41:27 UTC, a tracked peak of 866, and 81% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategySimulationIndieHistoricalTurn-Based4XMilitarySandboxGrand StrategyPvPWarAdventureTurn-Based StrategyEarly AccessTactical

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