- 15+players
- PC
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Who can play
Store (how we check facts)- Split-screen is not confirmed.
- Online on PC. Steam lists 15-player online.
- Whether one copy is enough is not confirmed.
How it plays
Is it good
80%
Very positive on Steam
- 74MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 67Top criticsOpenCritic · Nov 2017 (OpenCritic top critic average, 17 reviews, as of Nov 2017; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 35%RecommendOpenCritic · Nov 2017 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 17 reviews, as of Nov 2017; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
Steam Deck Playable
Every way to play together
Steam lists online co-op for PC. Player counts are not confirmed yet. 80% positive of 2,600 Steam reviews.
- 15+
Quick facts
- Developer
- Shining Pixel Studios
- Publisher
- Iceberg Interactive
- Platforms
- PC
- Released
- 14 Sep 2017 on PC
- Languages
- Text in 6 languages
- Age rating
- Teen (ESRB): Violence
In these lists
Answers
- Does Oriental Empires have couch co-op?
- No same-screen play is confirmed. The Steam listing does not include it on PC. Online play is the way to play it together.
- Do you need two copies of Oriental Empires?
- No one-copy option is listed, so expect each player online to need their own copy.
- Does Oriental Empires work on Steam Deck?
- Yes, with some extra steps: Steam rates it Playable for Steam Deck.
- Is Oriental Empires free?
- No, it's a paid game.
