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A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
54 months, April 2022 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Dune: Spice Wars was released on 14 Sep, 2023.
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Dune: Spice Wars | 1.0 Release Date Announcement
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50 developer announcements, Jul 2022 to Jul 2025 · times in UTC
v2.2.7.32974The ongoing loading of a nuke silo is automatically cancelled without refund when the village is liberated or abandoned.The bug allowing to load multiple nukes at the same time has been fixed, in all known cases.Devastated…
Patch notesv2.2.5.32923 Changes Fremen - Fremen "Mobile Turret" can hold position without deploying Conquest - Secondary objective "Defender of the Law" will spawn renegade bases at the start of the mission, making the objective possible in every…
Shiro_Stevenv2.2.4.32914 Changes Voting Phases During voting, it’s no longer possible to see changes in influence, solari, or CHOAM ownership in other factions. It’s no longer possible to buy CHOAM Shares during voting Selling CHOAM Shares during…
Patch notesv2.2.3.32893 BalancingCommon Resolution “Portfolio Scrutiny” (apply to all) rework : Cannot buy CHOAM Shares and Selling CHOAM Shares gives 3 Hegemony per Shares instead of Solaris Resolution “CHOAM Dilution” (apply to all) rework : 20% of…
Shiro_Stevenv.2.2.2.32791 Balancing The bonuses for having a completed blue district have been buffed: district 2 gives +2 -> +3 influence and +5 intel production for great houses, district 3 gives +100 -> +150 votes for fremen and smugglers, district…
Patch notesv.2.2.1.32762 Conquest Fremen conquest has been balanced to make the Spice Field liberation objective easier Music on the Smuggler conquest map has been improved Bug fixes Units should properly attack villages once all militia have been…
Patch notesHello everyone! Community Update #4 is now live! This update includes new content and balancing changes all inspired by your feedback and suggestions. Check out the full list of changes below and let us know what you think. We’re excited to…
Dynamov2.1.7.32388 Balancing Vernius Combine Harvester Drone regen cost: 350 -> 100 solari for a full health bar When an ally sietch's raid is liberating a village, you can attack the village to take over the siege. If you cancel the liberation…
Patch notesv2.1.6.32344 Balancing Hammer attack speed 3.3 → 2.5 Spirit power 18 → 16 Spire power 8 → 9 Orbital Strike has 45 → 40 power per missile Admin Burden reduces recruitment and building speed by 80% → 60% Attacking a sietch now betrays truce…
Patch notesv2.1.3.32281 Balancing Gain from being in truce with someone 5 → 4 standing Building cost reduction only affects Plascrete and Solari costs Low Standing no longer prevents you from doing an action that costs standing, instead you will…
Patch notesv2.1.1.32228 Fixed Corrino dropping infinite main bases. Fixed games allowing more than 8 spectators. Fixed Irulan +2 crew in harvester being applied twice when two main bases are adjacent. Fixed truce not providing standing on council…
Patch notesHello everyone! Community Update #3 is now live! This update includes several reworks and balancing changes all inspired by your feedback and suggestions. The standout feature? Our brand-new spectator mode! Check out the full list of…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]Hey everyone! We are part of this year Tacticon, hosted by Hooded Horse and Firesquid! For that occasion, Dune and its DLC are up to 40% off their original prices. For more info, check the sales below... Enjoy the base game! Or invite your…
Shiro_Stevenv.2.0.7.31913 Fixed tutorials 1 & 5 not starting Fixed detect stealth alert triggering with your own units Fixed Skirmisher and Infiltrator Gear "Camouflage Fabric" giving free supply for no reason Fixed icon of the "Assassin gear" trait
Patch notesv2.0.6.31902 Balancing Added Annexation costs per ongoing Annexation, that are equals to cost of owning more region, but do not benefit from cost reduction and is never refunded. Atreides Peaceful Annexation takes 10 -> 5 days. Detection of…
Patch notesv2.0.5.31873 Balancing Overkill damage is now applied to Executionner with "Meat Armor" gear Executionner "Meat Armor": heal 50 -> 40 hp per stack Bug Fix Fixed Atreides Sustainable Spying not working on the second traits from Thuffir Hawat…
Patch notesv.2.0.4.31850 Balancing Harkonnen Councillor Umman Kudu gives +3 -> +2 manpower prod Corrino development "Administrative Consolidation" gives -15% -> -20% upkeep on villages with 4 buildings of the same type Landsraad charter support: the…
Patch notesv.2.0.3.31764 Balancing House Atreides - Development “Political Entente” gives 5 -> 4 guards on betrayal - Warden’s Gear “Cover Tactics” gives +20% -> +30% speed House Harkonnen - Councillor Cron Vatia gives +2 manpower per empty building…
Patch notesv2.0.1.31677 Known Issues Vernius’s harvester in range of the Experimental Alloy Furnace will get a trait with texts in english, even if it’s not the chosen game language. Bug Fixes Fixed Fremen AoE damage factor issues Fixed AoE issues for…
Patch notesHeroes The characters of Dune now walk the sands of Arrakis. After reaching 10k Hegemony, each faction can choose between 2 heroes to recruit as an unit that will influence their whole military strategy: House Atreides: Duncan Idaho or…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]https://store.steampowered.com/app/2807090/Dune_Spice_Wars__House_Vernius_of_Ix/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38656/Dune_Spice_Wars__The_Ixian_Edition/ House Vernius of the Ixian confederacy is the main provider of spacefolding…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]Heroes The main purpose of Heroes of Dune is to introduce even more of the Dune universe into the game. We already had a healthy amount of Dune characters in the game (31 characters in total), but they were only present in interfaces.…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]https://store.steampowered.com/app/2807090/Dune_Spice_Wars__House_Vernius_of_Ix/ Who are House Vernius of Ix? House Vernius of Ix positions themselves at the heart of the Ixian Confederacy. This faction of scientists and engineers pushes…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]Hello everyone! We're extremely happy to finally share with you that the first DLC for Dune: Spice Wars, House Vernius of Ix, will be available for purchase on March 7th. A Steam news article providing a brief overview of the new faction…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]Dune: Spice Wars has been honoured with the title of Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year at the 27th DICE Awards! Congratulations to the team here at Shiro Games who have poured their passion into creating an exceptional gaming experience…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]Hey Everyone! Community Update #2 has arrived on Arrakis! As usual, the changes are based on community feedback/sentiments, read on to find out more... Conquest Faction specific councilors with text dialogs & voiceover have been added. They…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]v1.1.0.29441 Bug fixes Fixed a crash caused by some usernames Fixed a crash when hovering over some keywords Fixed a crash when recruiting specific units Fixed an issue where some buttons could vanish after clicking them Fixed an issue…
Patch notesHey Everyone! We’re proud to announce that Dune: Spice Wars is available now on the Xbox Series X/S! You can check out the release trailer below.
Dynamo [Shiro CM]Hey Everyone! Community Update #1 is now live! With this update, we have made a number of changes based entirely on the feedback and suggestions of our players since our launch out of early access! Check out the full list of changes below……
Dynamo [Shiro CM]Hello everyone! Nominations for the 2023 Steam Awards are open, and we would love it if you would vote for Dune: Spice Wars in the ‘Outstanding visual style’ category. Navigating the challenges of a revered universe like Dune, we embarked…
Dynamo [Shiro CM]v1.0.3.28195 Ecaz Can no longer build improvement office Knights can be executed (not Champions and Heroes) Knights consume 5 → 6 Command points Drone has 15 → 20 Solari upkeep and use 3 → 4 fuel cell and 3 → 4 Command point Development…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/2c0a0f4a067a9cd5ffc7ef14ef5560c884ce9773.png The Dune: Spice Wars 1.0 update has finally landed on Arrakis, and with it has come an absolute plethora of new content, reworks, fixes and more! The last year and a…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]It's been a long year and a half for Dune: Spice Wars, with Early Access seeing the arrival of numerous updates bringing new factions, multiplayer battles, system overhauls, new biomes, systems, features and so much more to the game before…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/9fd421f16ce4848181b361bb133555b46eddc150.png Hello Everyone! First up, thank you all for all the feedback following the announcement of House Ecaz. We're very happy with how the faction is coming together and we…
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JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/d92b05c144c95153cadd58ae8af24a8873854500.jpg After over a year and a half in Early Access, and following countless amounts of incredible feedback and support from our players, we are thrilled to announce that…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/06199bdce094f1cafefe851b34c1e52d6cc50dd8.png Hello everyone! With the highly anticipated conquest update now out and in the hands of players, it seems like a great time to update you all once again on what lies…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]v0.5.6.26014 Nukes now break truce with all factions, damage all factions (even allies) and their outer area now damages buildings Added feedback when automatic buy or sell are used in CHOAM menu Conquest map now takes into account the…
Patch notesv0.5.5.25868 Increased conquest generation speed Assassination missions are now visible from the start New Rabban skill FX Removed hegemony threshold from tooltip when Hegemony victory condition is disabled Atreides can no longer get the…
Patch notesHello Everyone! The Update you've all been waiting for has finally arrived, as Conquest mode is now available in Dune Spice Wars! Choose your house, chart your course, prepare your strategy and don't underestimate the countless perilous…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/77907744941e4cfdf2f08b0d4c59a0f261fa66a6.png Hello everyone! It's now been a year since we released into Early Access and a while since we drew back the curtains on how Spice Wars' development is coming along, so…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/fb44be6bdb7424a84873a50c8d38b026be28655a.png Hey Everyone! The Line In The Sand update is available now for Dune: Spice Wars! This update introduces a number of changes, additions and balancing work based around…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/1f19533317f20feb5ddf68eddf6a404f3f5e78d7.jpg Hello everyone! We’re hard at work here at the Shiro Games HQ as we begin to approach to our full release out of Early Access next year, and as such, it seem like now…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/e1a09c875758ac8259d87a3971cea7a0f597b620.png In light of the recent events upon Arrakis, the Spacing guild have granted access to the planet and reinforcements are arriving en masse. In the Air & Sand update…
Paul{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/25e7724f746f1b1a22483a4be20acedc27f98ecf.png Since Dune: Spice Wars released into Early Access earlier this year we have seen an incredible amount of feedback from players around the world that have helped us to…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/c7cc8fb21231ed446bdddbc9382d76e5625725e5.png Make way for the royal person! Emperor Shaddam IV and his loyal House Corrino have arrived on Arrakis and are available to play in Dune: Spice Wars now! HOUSE CORRINO…
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JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]Hello everybody! We're extremely happy to finally share with you all of the incredible stuff we’ve been preparing for Gamescom over the last few months! We hope that you will be as excited about this news as we have been throughout…
Paul{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/47e8a336900aeced6d819e27f5331399f8c20b8f.png Hey Everyone! Community Update #2 is now live! This update brings a lot of changes to balancing following the various feedback and suggestions provided by the…
Paul{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41624136/ddaa7001b3f2a058872823687cc446bb248dc5bd.png With the release of Multiplayer a few weeks back, it's time to look to the next major update and promised 5th faction to come to the game during Early Access, which we…
JayTwoPointOh [Shiro]Everything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Dune: Spice Wars - House Vernius of Ix | Windows | 07 Mar 2024 |
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| Dune: Spice Wars | D4X.exe | windows |
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gameinstall | save | *.sav and below |
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