Dune: Spice Wars
Real-time 4X strategy mixing spice economics, politics, espionage, and war
Shiro Games · Published by Funcom, Shiro Games · Released Sep 14, 2023
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 14K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 65% of 32 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 128
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Jul 9, 2025
What is Dune: Spice Wars?
A real-time 4X strategy game on Arrakis, where rival factions compete to control the planet and its spice. In solo or multiplayer matches, you scout regions, capture villages, construct buildings, harvest spice, command troops, assign agents, and vote on Landsraad resolutions.
For you if...
- +you prefer macro planning over fast unit micromanagement
- +you enjoy controlling territory across slow real-time matches
- +you want solo, competitive, and cooperative play options
Not for you if...
- −you want fast, micro-heavy combat like a traditional RTS
- −you dislike slow expansion and layered strategic systems
What players say
79% of 13,571 reviews are positive · 65% of 32 in the last 30 days
Players praise the distinct faction playstyles and the range of economic, political, covert, and military victory paths. The most common complaints concern weak AI and repetitive, story-light Conquest scenarios; others report crashes, save corruption, and severe frame-rate drops after zooming between map layers.
Screenshots and trailer
Dune: Spice Wars system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 and Windows 11
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5
- Graphics
- NVidia GTX 1050 / AMD RX550
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 and Windows 11
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 2.8GHz / AMD Ryzen 7
- Graphics
- NVidia GTX 1080 / AMD 6600
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 102
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian.
Tags
- Management
- Singleplayer
- Sci-fi
- RTS
- Strategy
- 4X
- Grand Strategy
- Simulation
- Real Time Tactics
- Building
- Tactical
- Economy
- War
- Diplomacy
- Multiplayer
- Base Building
Recent updates
- Jul 9, 2025 · Patch notes for 09/07/2025
- Dec 12, 2024 · Patch notes for 12/12/2024
- Dec 10, 2024 · Patch Notes for 10/12/2024
- Dec 4, 2024 · Patch Notes for 04/12/2024
- Nov 26, 2024 · Patch Notes for 26/11/2024
1 DLC available.
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