Steam app 742700 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:49 UTC
Empire Deluxe Combined Edition is the latest in the classic Empire Series of games, which has spanned almost five decades. Empire Deluxe is a game about taking cities. Starting with just one, the city enables a commander to produce units. These units in turn can directly attack or support the attack of more cities.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
107 months, November 2017 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, 435 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, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Empire Deluxe Combined Edition was released on 1 Jun, 2018.
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50 developer announcements, Dec 2017 to Feb 2025 · times in UTC
It Lives! This build addresses the issues with losing the file-share server's capability.
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31081533/55e9631fc2dea1992973a6139dd911c3bc5ae539.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31081533/b2644de75e248428ad831b6e1278b07f891dfc86.png One of the things that drew me to Empire and Empire Deluxe way back when was the capability to…
Patch notes.and with that the holiday brings out Santa Sarge! Killer Bee Software's carefully crafted marketing tool. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31081533/abcbcf0ee2fd24b15ef44d64a89d25cdf52f00f1.jpg I continue to maintain a fairly low profile. My time is…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31081533/854406a7785ac78b094d08e5fbdd2b48637960cb.png It has been a while since I have been able to muster up enough time to get a build going. This addresses a lot of issues. One of the key ones is the “Classic AI” is…
CPWillyGood news! I am now moving towards build 18 of Empire Deluxe Combined Edition. I now have a new build environment and am working on several things that have been out standing and then a couple of extra things I have been meaning to put back…
Patch notesJust wanted to give a heads up to those fans that like to stroll down memory lane with the kinder, gentler vibes of games gone by. Today Xeen Music has released remastered recordings of the MIDI sounds of Empire Deluxe from 1993. These…
CPWillyIt has been a very busy year for me. I don't like to put personal issues out there and want to say I am fine, but there were multiple personal life changing events that have occurred over the course of this year that caused a re-alignment…
CPWillyAt some point in your life you recognize that you are Made. For Sarge, that moment has finally been obtained with the introduction of the Empire Deluxe T-Shirt series, produced by The Mandala Girl.…
CPWillyhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/abcbcf0ee2fd24b15ef44d64a89d25cdf52f00f1.jpg With the New Year time here, my expertly crafted and designed marketing tool, Santa Sarge, makes another appearance.…
CPWillyBuild #017 has been released. This is a small fix addressing an email issue that came up after the Unity 2017 upgrade. The collection of maps is getting larger. If you have not browsed them in game for a while, you should take a peek. This…
CPWillyhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/be314a76b60d74ea1493a41c6f0bd4dd1ce298e6.png Build 16 is now out and it is very exciting. It contains a major addition. First, for me the most important aspect of…
CPWillyToday I will treat you to my action-packed, superbly narrated and obviously well prepared demo of sending fileshare turns. https://youtu.be/tB1mSJJSXUw Be aware that I play BOTH sides of the game in the demo, but I wanted to make sure you…
CPWillySo late last month I wanted to announce that “Fileshare Play” was going to be introduced in build 16. Since that time it has been undergoing testing both internally with me and with a couple of 3 player games (which include a mod) with an…
CPWillyI am happy to announce that the next version of Empire Deluxe will have a new Multi-player option, and that will be what I am calling “Fileshare Play”. This will be very similar to email play, except the game will automatically be sent and…
CPWillyWas working On Europe. Liked this screen shot: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/d3fdc62893c1d4c31809625195430bc01942103c.png If you have a screen shot you like, please share. --Mark
CPWillyToday is the release of build15, which is actually a small patch up to fix a few issues that have been uncovered since the production release. The most notable of this fixes is a network error arising from the use of map labels in Network…
CPWillyWell, I guess it is officially a game. Build 14 marks version P 5.0.14 where the P stands for “Production”. Just what does this mean? It means my belief is the game has reach a high level of stability/quality, which was the primary goal of…
CPWillyhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/665aae5c40ed3b74cbbbf315ad2cf4219976f903.png (Screen Grab of You Tube Video of WWII Mod) I do not have a great deal to report at this time, which is a good thing.…
CPWillyhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/6ac5dca931603437e4f4b35541685b012a72aa9f.png Build #013 is now out of the oven and ready for consumption. This build has dealt with some network play issues and…
CPWillyhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/da072074d73424234af04675ea6f5f57bc700884.png Them! I have build 13 in the oven, but I suspect my schedule is going to get the best of me and I will not get the…
CPWillyhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/da072074d73424234af04675ea6f5f57bc700884.png Them! I have build 13 in the oven, but I suspect my schedule is going to get the best of me and I will not get the…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/b738743248b1ceabca800e9a0f1cf1344f76f203.png This is just a short update to say that today I submitted a map of the Philippines made by Thoba that a fan of his…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/b738743248b1ceabca800e9a0f1cf1344f76f203.png This is just a short update to say that today I submitted a map of the Philippines made by Thoba that a fan of his…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/aacbd3659ce823fe782665f14e3d61ff8e4ce3db.png A new release is out today – this will be build twelve. This is the follow-up build to some issues that surfaced with…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/aacbd3659ce823fe782665f14e3d61ff8e4ce3db.png A new release is out today – this will be build twelve. This is the follow-up build to some issues that surfaced with…
CPWillySo now with Empire Deluxe we are turning the dial to eleven! Actually, this is quite a quiet release (hopefully) with some serious under the hood work. Some more work went into trying to make the game less cpu intensive. However, this…
CPWillySo now with Empire Deluxe we are turning the dial to eleven! Actually, this is quite a quiet release (hopefully) with some serious under the hood work. Some more work went into trying to make the game less cpu intensive. However, this…
CPWillyBuild #10 is out. This build has some under the hood work on making it more efficient. As well as a few feature adds. The work on optimization is slow to avoid risk of it being broken. With this build, there has been effort in reducing the…
CPWillyBuild #10 is out. This build has some under the hood work on making it more efficient. As well as a few feature adds. The work on optimization is slow to avoid risk of it being broken. With this build, there has been effort in reducing the…
CPWillyAs you may know, Empire Deluxe Combined Edition allows you to change the graphics of the game. Instructions on how to do this are included in the manual. Here are some player made graphics that have recently come out: There is Daron Ryan's…
CPWillyAs you may know, Empire Deluxe Combined Edition allows you to change the graphics of the game. Instructions on how to do this are included in the manual. Here are some player made graphics that have recently come out: There is Daron Ryan's…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/b181fbd24871c7aaacfe4ebedbff9131df75ace7.png I have uploaded three more maps from the old Empire Deluxe map collection. Most of these were originally created a…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/b181fbd24871c7aaacfe4ebedbff9131df75ace7.png I have uploaded three more maps from the old Empire Deluxe map collection. Most of these were originally created a…
CPWillyBuild #09 is now live. For me this is a great build, as it not only fixes several odd issues and bugs, but it has the two big feature additions that I think are going to be awesome: A central location for unit set modification assets and…
CPWillyBuild #09 is now live. For me this is a great build, as it not only fixes several odd issues and bugs, but it has the two big feature additions that I think are going to be awesome: A central location for unit set modification assets and…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/f946ebdcdc86aa33b544cea34a9fe75cc81c9894.png I am moving closer to Build 009, but we are not there yet. However, I wanted to bring out a couple of feature adds…
CPWillyhttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31081533/f946ebdcdc86aa33b544cea34a9fe75cc81c9894.png I am moving closer to Build 009, but we are not there yet. However, I wanted to bring out a couple of feature adds…
CPWillyBuild #08 is now live. This build addresses a bunch of things, both some bug fixes and some slight changes. Many of the fixes apply to modification situations as I am now interacting with several modders and making adjustments as they…
CPWillyBuild #08 is now live. This build addresses a bunch of things, both some bug fixes and some slight changes. Many of the fixes apply to modification situations as I am now interacting with several modders and making adjustments as they…
CPWillyAt Killer Bee's website, there are two map files of the Earth. These maps were previously made by fans of the game. From Empire Deluxe Internet Edition, there is Big Earth (author unknown to me)…
CPWillyAt Killer Bee's website, there are two map files of the Earth. These maps were previously made by fans of the game. From Empire Deluxe Internet Edition, there is Big Earth (author unknown to me)…
CPWillyBuild #07 is now live. This is not a very large set of changes, and it is addressing some minor issues that have surfaced. Patch notes here: http://killerbeesoftware.com/edce/dev/ With this build, I believe a good level of stability has…
CPWillyBuild #07 is now live. This is not a very large set of changes, and it is addressing some minor issues that have surfaced. Patch notes here: http://killerbeesoftware.com/edce/dev/ With this build, I believe a good level of stability has…
CPWillyBuild 06 is released with some more fixes. Two You-Tubers have posted some let's play series. First is Time And Tactics, who is playing an interesting game with some very low point cities. I think his situation may become desperate soon.…
CPWillyBuild 06 is released with some more fixes. Two You-Tubers have posted some let's play series. First is Time And Tactics, who is playing an interesting game with some very low point cities. I think his situation may become desperate soon.…
CPWillyBuild 05 has been released. This is a quick release mainly due to client display errors in games that have the Enhanced AI player and do not use the stacking rule. The entire patch list is available here…
CPWillyBuild 05 has been released. This is a quick release mainly due to client display errors in games that have the Enhanced AI player and do not use the stacking rule. The entire patch list is available here…
CPWillyBuild 04 has been released. This is another stability build, mainly addressing trouble issues with the game, though one new option, the “Friendly Move Time” has been added to the options dialog. I have gotten a few archives this week, and I…
CPWillyBuild 04 has been released. This is another stability build, mainly addressing trouble issues with the game, though one new option, the “Friendly Move Time” has been added to the options dialog. I have gotten a few archives this week, and I…
CPWillyTime And Tactics Has Begun To Post A Walkthrough Of the Game. He takes a good amount of time in two videos on setup and the first turns. If you are finding confusion there, this may be a good watch.…
CPWillyWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | EmpireCombined.exe | windows 32 | ||
| Launch | EmpireCombined.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | EmpireCombined.app/Contents/MacOS/EmpireCombined | macos | ||
| Launch | EmpireCombined.x86 | linux 32 | ||
| Launch | EmpireCombined.x86_64 | linux 64 |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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