Shadow Empire
Skip · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $15.99.
- Reviews
- 84% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 8MB video memory, 1280x768 or higher resolution, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical RPG game (about 8 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $15.99. That was September 2024. It has been discounted 45 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 45 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 35 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Old World ($39.99, scores 53) beats it on value, while it beats Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ ($39.99, scores 9).
Of the 548 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 16 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2020 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 3,162 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 307 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 51 percent of the 107 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
Players
63 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 08:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Shadow Empire scores 38/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is estimated at 8 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1154840/shadow-empireReviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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