Dune: Spice Wars

Buy79%

Mostly Positive · 14k player reviews · High confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Shiro Games · Management · Sep 14, 2023

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Price
$13.99−60%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
102
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio1 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy Dune: Spice Wars?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 33 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 14k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise8% are divided50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
97 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The unique mechanics some factions receive are also entertaining and very fitting - looking at you Harkonnen.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Many of the mechanics can feel overwhelming at first, and the learning curve is steep.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art design, environment, visuals, aesthetics, model design, sounds, OST etc are excellent and really bring it all to life.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Strong ambient sound and fitting music, but minimal voice acting and storytelling.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I wish some new DLCs arrive with well rounded clans and coop capture campaign - that'd be just awesome!

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay97 reviews
Difficulty29 reviews
Graphics24 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Co-op9 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
50% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
64% still recommend
Story
46% still recommend
Multiplayer
63% still recommend
Crashes
43% still recommend
Bugs
50% still recommend
Performance
56% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$13.99$34.99−60%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $13.99

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