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Dune: Spice Wars

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Dune: Spice Wars
Dune: Spice Wars cover
Developers
Shiro Games
Publishers
Funcom
Shiro Games
Engines
Heaps
Release dates
Windows September 14, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres 4X, RTS, Strategy
Art styles Stylized
Themes Sci-fi
Series Dune
Dune: Spice Wars on HowLongToBeat
Dune: Spice Wars guide on StrategyWiki
Dune: Spice Wars on MobyGames
Dune: Spice Wars on Wikipedia
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Dune: Spice Wars is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view 4X, RTS and strategy game in the Dune series.

The game was released in early access on April 26, 2022, with frequent content updates. The full release was published on September 14, 2023. A day prior to the release on Xbox Series X|S, on November 28, 2023, the PC version received controller support and cross-play with that platform.[1]

General information

Official Discord server
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Version differences

The Ixian Edition includes the base game and the House Vernius of Ix DLC.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The game's DLC introduces a new playable faction.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
House Vernius of Ix
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\D4X\options.ini
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1605220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\D4X\save
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1605220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
No option to disable.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Select from 60, 85, 100, 120 or 144 in-game.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode
Added on 25 October 2022; protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Audio

Sound settings
Sound settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Environment, Music, UI & Voices.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Cross-play between Steam and Microsoft Store versions (including Xbox[1]) is enabled.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op, Versus
Lobbies are split to geographical regions; the player's region can be changed at will in the game's settings, and can optionally be ignored when browsing the lobby list.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Available as a region setting.
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Private rooms in the online lobby are possible to use, however.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11.4
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL, WWise
Input SDL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10, 11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
AMD Radeon RX 550
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1605220/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1605220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References