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Malfador Machinations / Feb 7, 2006 / Strategy
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The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
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Very Positive
87% positive, 238 reviews
I have played this game back when it was hard copy only and now steam. If you like turn based space games this game is Amazing lots of depth and replay-ability. Just like most older turn based games it is about the depth of game not the graphics.
3 found this helpful, 2026-08-11
Excellent 4x
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-08
not great
0 found this helpful, 2026-06-19
Space Empires IV is like a truly complex, four course meal. The flavors are nuanced, will challenge the faint of heart, and if you trust the chef and stick with it to the end, is truly satisfying. I spent hundreds of hours on the predecessor to SEIV, and the terrible graphics but amazing gameplay of SEIII will live in my memory forever. Space Empires IV is a worthy successor. Unlike some sequels, SEIV builds on what...
229 found this helpful, 2014-02-09
Fantastic 4x game. I can't tell you the number of hours I've sunk into this title. (I owned this game long before it was available on steam.) Pros: Truly massive empires - On the larger settings you can fight for control of hundreds of star systems, each with potentially a dozen or more planets. Tons of empires - not only can your empires be big, but there can be a LOT of them. I've had games with as many as thirty...
68 found this helpful, 2014-10-06
Micromanagement running wild First two facts to keep in mind. First Space Empires IV is fifteen years old! Second, the game comes with a big package of Mods. The game is a turn based 4X Space conquest game, with a lot of options, a lot of races and special "racial" technologies to discover. Systems can be quite large, since moons and planetoid belt can also be developed. One watched me playing this game and said:...
102 found this helpful, 2015-12-02
There’s something deeply absorbing about diving into a turn-based 4X strategy game where the galaxy unfolds not in explosions, but in spreadsheets, diplomacy tables, and tech trees that go on for light-years. Space Empires IV Deluxe is a love letter to an era when complexity wasn’t a bug—it was the feature. It’s not a game for the faint of heart, but for those who enjoy managing empires with the finesse of a galactic...
30 found this helpful, 2025-05-20
Do you fancy 4x games? Like Civilization series? Go ahead! buy it, its totally worth 10$ or less (if you can find it on sale). I've owned a retail disc since 2004 and probably have clocked more than 2000 hours. Its so re-playable. Even after years of gameplay, It surprises me with new things I've failed to discover earlier. 11/10 will forget engines in their first ship designs. !! Update: For those who can't...
72 found this helpful, 2015-04-01
A classic 4X that runs crashfree out-of-the-box, as long as you turn off autosave and restrain your enthusiasm for generating a large galaxy with 20 players. Included within the game files are several mods, which is super duper helpful. Multiplayer requires elbowgrease to get running, options include direct connection, hotseat or email. Space Empires IV places its emphasis on ship management and design with...
22 found this helpful, 2017-05-31
I got this game when it first came out (release date Nov 6, 2000), I have like a gazillion play hours before Steam. I used to love this game. I've tried to get back into it after not playing it fora few years, and I gotta say, I'm completely bored with it. Sure, you can mod it to death. You can customize your ships. You can have tactical combat. You can do so many things. However every game plays the same pertty...
181 found this helpful, 2014-07-23