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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.
Dune: Spice Wars is a management, singleplayer and sci-fi game
developed by Shiro Games
and published by Shiro Games and Funcom.
Released on September 14th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Italian.
It has received 12,520 reviews of which 9,973 were positive and 2,547 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 34.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 10.21€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 and Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTX 1050 / AMD RX550
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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I really enjoyed this game as a casual RTS. If you're into the universe and hoping it captures the Dune feel - it does. It's just like settlers of catan the board game but much deeper and with action. All the factions are unique and have their own strengths. My only gripe is I really dislike campaign missions like "eliminate a faction before the timer runs out". There were too many of these types of campaign missions when I was playing insane difficulty - it adds stress to the game and diminishes the fun. At least give me an option to play a standard campaign level to choose! At the end of the day I play Dune spice wars to relax :D
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Obviously, I very much enjoy Dune but PLEASE for the love of all that is arrakis, please update this game more regularly, I understand at the time of writing this that Shiro is developing another game but it's been 6 months and not even a word. At least a road map or something would be good. A more in depth tutorial that teaches players the nuances of the game would be good. The only other major concern I have for this game is the annoying bugs and things that happen during gameplay. For example, fix the bug that makes my units hold position when I'm TYPING in the chat box and not actually microing during a fight! Also, please make lobbies more stable. The bug that kicks players out of lobbies is really annoying because you have to guess when it happens and sometimes you find out too late and everyone else is already in another full lobby and they've already started a match that you were supposed to be a part of. A matchmaking system (it doesn't have to be rated) would help fix the issue of wait times for games because the community is smaller than other games but functional. PLEASE punish leavers! Fix the bug that notifies me about combat (it stays there, can't delete it) even after the combat has ended. Please give us a replay feature! Please give a better tutorial, explain the ways to win. Those are just my complaints. There are so many positives! 1. Engaging gameplay 2. So many ways to win/play 3. The game rewards creativity beyond just armies fighting 4. There is usually always something you can do for counterplay 5. All factions are unique and interesting with their own identity, can't wait for more factions 6. Many different map types so you never get bored, although competitive is dune medium 7. There are many things I can't think of atm that are awesome about dune Go pick up Dune right now if you like RTSes and aren't necessarily the AOE type, this game has gameplay elements from 4x and RTS so there's something for everyone. The game is challenging at first but once you get over the difficulty hump it's amazing! This is an impassioned review because this game was recommended to me by my buddy and I now play it more than he does; I fell in love with dune. Go buy dune, Arrakis needs you!
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I stayed away from this for awhile based on the mediocre reviews, but within the first 20 minutes it was pretty obvious what the problem was...and it has nothing to do with the game. It was really mis-marketed, because well, there's really no way to market this game. They're selling it as an RTS, and people are expecting SC2 on Arrakis, but it is most definitely not that. It's best described as a very complex pausable real-time board game...and it was marketed wrong because it's difficult to market things that haven't existed before. "The mechanics suck" ...no, the mechanics are not what you expected, because you didn't bother to play the tutorials or read any guides. "The pacing is too slow and I can only speed up time 2x" ...yeah, unless you've got like 20+ hours under your belt, and understand every mechanic and every subtle minutiae of every individual territory on the map, you should be in pause mode most of the time. If you're thinking about build lists and clicks per minute, you are miles off from ever winning a match. This is a watershed game, and one of the very few truly fresh ideas I have seen in video gaming in decades. Don't sleep on this one, just understand it is NOT Starcraft on Arrakis.
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Once upon a time, when I was a kid, I played an RTS called "Dune 2000" and I thought it was awesome. This game feels like a spiritual successor, but it's as if it has grown up and matured along with myself. It's fair to say the two don't really have much in common, aside from being the same IP and both being RTS games, I know I'm just getting that nostalgia hit - because Dune: Spice Wars is superior in every way. For fans of Frank Herbert's Dune, or even just more casual sci-fi fans, this game really inhabits the setting; I love that there are multiple ways to win; politics, economics or just plain old violence. The Imperial Tax on Spice (one of the, if not the most, crucial resources in the game), the ability to buy shares in CHOAM (the company that controls all galactic trade), the Landsraad (political body), the diplomacy system, assassination, intelligence operations - the game has an incredibly immersive amount of complexity that enables you to develop your own play style. If you want, you can win without firing a shot. I actually played it on Gamepass Ultimate on Xbox Series X for most of a campaign and liked it so much I bought it on Steam.
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Dune: Spice Wars is exactly what you'd want out of a Dune video game: Chaos, secret plans within plans, and radically asymmetrical factions that grab you by the face and force you to pay attention to what other people are doing. You, too, can live your dream of assassinating the head of House Atreides because they're just too strong to face head-on in a military contest and their political standing is untouchable. Fair warning: Everything requires planning. This is a strategy game, NOT a tactics game. If you go in head empty hoping to respond to things as they appear, you will be outmaneuvered and outclassed. That said, multiplayer is ABSOLUTELY worth doing. Everything you thought you were good at? Nope, you were only good at doing it while everyone while politely stopped and waited for you to go. Now do it all in real-time. DELICIOUS.
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Dune: Spice Wars is currently priced at 34.99€ on Steam.
Dune: Spice Wars is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 34.99€ on Steam.
Dune: Spice Wars received 9,973 positive votes out of a total of 12,520 achieving a rating of 7.79.
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Dune: Spice Wars was developed by Shiro Games and published by Shiro Games and Funcom.
Dune: Spice Wars is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Dune: Spice Wars is not playable on MacOS.
Dune: Spice Wars is not playable on Linux.
Dune: Spice Wars offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Dune: Spice Wars offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There is a DLC available for Dune: Spice Wars. Explore additional content available for Dune: Spice Wars on Steam.
Dune: Spice Wars does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Dune: Spice Wars does not support Steam Remote Play.
Dune: Spice Wars is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
292
Developer
Shiro Games
Publisher
Shiro Games,
Funcom
Release
14 Sep 2023
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