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Dune: Spice Wars

Take command of a faction competing for control of Arrakis. Each match is a real-time strategy contest in which you must manage your House while contending with rival factions and the planet’s harsh desert conditions. Explore regions with ornithopters, then send troops to capture villages and claim their resources. Build facilities, harvest spice, and manage supplies as you expand; open desert, storms, and sandworms can put troops and harvesters at risk. Balance military action with economic planning, secret agents, and votes in the Landsraad. Factions have distinct abilities, and councilors can customize their strengths. Pursue several victory routes, including military, political, economic, hegemony, and assassination; play skirmishes, Conquest scenarios, or multiplayer matches.

Lead a House on Arrakis, expanding territory and balancing spice, warfare, espionage and politics to secure one of several victories.

Released 14 Sep 2023

79%positive of
13k player reviews
$34.99
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Harvest and Tax Spice

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Scout with Ornithopters

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Vote on Imperial Laws

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.

Developed by Shiro Games · Published by Funcom, Shiro Games

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Unclear Tutorials
  2. Slow Match Pacing
  3. Repetitive Late Game
  4. Weak AI Behavior
79%
positive of 13k player reviews

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Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Achievements 102
Age ratings
  • ClassInd (Brazil) L — Violência fantasiosa
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 13 — Kekerasan Interaksi Daring
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Fantasy-Gewalt
Players 1–4
Play modes
  • Online co-op
  • Online PvP
Other modes
  • 2v2 team matches
  • Free-for-all up to 4 players
  • Head-to-head
  • PvE matches with AI
  • Custom multiplayer with adjustable AI difficulty, map size, victory conditions, sandworm aggression, storms, and number of Sietches
Multiplayer The game supports online multiplayer in PvP and co-op. The provided text explicitly states 2v2 matches and free-for-all matches of up to 4 players, with customizable match parameters such as AI difficulty, map size, victory conditions, sandworm aggression, storms, and number of Sietches. Reviews also describe head-to-head play, co-op with friends, and FFA-focused multiplayer.
Multiplayer & mods No information provided about mods affecting multiplayer.
Controller support Xbox
Controller required No
DLC / extras 1 listed on Steam
Content notices
  • Online interactivity
Website Official website

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