Released Jul 28, 2008 Free Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Empires Mod

By Empires

FPS RTS PvP Shooter Strategy Base Building First-Person Action RTS Top-Down3DTanksTeam-Based

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Reviews 1,069 Very Positive

Players yesterday 3 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Empires Mod is a game tagged FPS, RTS and PvP by Empires, released Jul 28, 2008. It has 1,069 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Command Base Assault, Zoomers Versus Boomers and UnderRed.

Unique strategy/first person shooter mix: One commander on each team plays from above, choosing research, placing buildings and giving orders. The rest fill the role of soldiers on the ground, with four distinct classes to choose from and customizable vehicles to drive.

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Command Base Assault 71% match · RTS, PvP, Strategy
Zoomers Versus Boomers 67% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter
UnderRed 65% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter
Inequalis 64% match · FPS, RTS, PvP
Bullet Rain 63% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter
Novus 63% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter
Mirror Shoot 62% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter
Code Zero 61% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter
World War Next 61% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter
Ghost Merc: Frontlines 60% match · FPS, PvP, Shooter

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Everything Steam lists for Empires Mod · record updated 22 hours ago

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Overview

App ID17740

Release dateJul 28, 2008

Last change number40213659

Last record update22 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Empires
Publisher: Empires
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies: Source detected
Website: empiresmod.com

Windows Linux

Steam Deck: Playable

Multi-playerIncludes level editorIncludes Source SDKSteam CloudCross-platform multiplayerSteam AchievementsPvPOnline PvPLAN PvP

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
23949003	beta	Jun 27, 2026
22034754	public	Feb 21, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
17741	—	All	6.18 GB	2.24 GB	8200649675342336596
17742	—	Windows	13.7 MB	5.5 MB	8735563120639697929
17743	—	All	123.9 KB	32.2 KB	287223044150100952
17744	—	Windows	2.96 GB	1.70 GB	1500819903177722972
17745	—	Linux	2.92 GB	1.46 GB	4268538152915639819
17746	—	Linux	26.7 MB	7.8 MB	1242673485168551382

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	22034754	Feb 21, 2026	Open
beta Empires Beta Test	23949003	Jun 27, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Empires

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
hl2.exe	-game ./empires -steam -nobreakpad -forceallmips +r_hunkalloclightmaps 0	Windows
hl2.sh	-game ./empires -steam -nobreakpad -forceallmips +r_hunkalloclightmaps 0	Linux
empires_win64.exe	-game ./empires -steam -nobreakpad -forceallmips +r_hunkalloclightmaps 0	Windows · 64-bit	Empires (2025 TF2 SDK)
empires.sh	-game ./empires -steam -nobreakpad -forceallmips +r_hunkalloclightmaps 0	Linux · 64-bit	Empires (2025 TF2 SDK)

Space per player10.00 GB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations0

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Empires Mod

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