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Empire Earth Gold Edition

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4.3/5

( 1069 Reviews )

4.3

1069 Reviews

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Empire Earth Gold Edition
Description
Control the destiny of a fledgling civilization through as many as 500,000 years of human history. From meagre beginnings you must exploit the natural resources around you to build an empire capable of dominating the Earth. But your rise to supremacy will not go unchallenged. As was the case through...
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Classic, Historical, Real-Time, Building, show 5 more... War, Base Building, RTS, Military, Good Old Game
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4.3/5

( 1069 Reviews )

4.3

1069 Reviews

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Product details
2001, Stainless Steel Studios, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows (10, 11), 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, DirectX 9.0c...
Time to beat
23.5 hMain
56 h Main + Sides
133 h Completionist
35.5 h All Styles

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Description
Control the destiny of a fledgling civilization through as many as 500,000 years of human history. From meagre beginnings you must exploit the natural resources around you to build an empire capable of dominating the Earth. But your rise to supremacy will not go unchallenged. As was the case throughout history, rival civilizations are certain to oppose you every step of the way.

New technologies, buildings and weapons become available as your civilization progresses through history. But bear in mind that advancement does not necessarily mean success. Your civilization might flourish during one Epoch only to be crushed in the next...

© and TM Rebellion. All Rights Reserved.

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manuals (253 pages) HD wallpapers avatars technology trees
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
23.5 hMain
56 h Main + Sides
133 h Completionist
35.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Classic, Historical, Real-Time, Building, show 5 more... War, Base Building, RTS, Military, Good Old Game
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2001-11-13T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Stainless Steel Studios / Rebellion
Size:
636 MB
Links:
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Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Violence, Blood)
Game features
Cloud saves
Multi-player
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (11 December 2024)
  • Fixed multiplayer lobby window being unresponsive and offset
Update (28 November 2024)
  • Updated GOG.com DirectX wrapper.
  • Fixed launch crashes.
  • Validated stability.
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11.
  • Verified Cloud Saves support.
Internal Update (29 November 2018)
  • Improved game compatibility with newer systems
  • Added some misc files to help NeoEE mod recognize the game version properly (2.0.0 instead of 1.0.0)

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User reviews

Posted on: May 26, 2025

playapan

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Games: 9 Reviews: 3

best RTS game

One of the best RTS games that pioneered the modern strategic games.

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Posted on: June 1, 2025

terrycorb

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Games: 10 Reviews: 1

Empire Eartyh

even tho an old game it is one of the most interesting to play plus it can be hard to win if set up right i really enjoy it THX GOG for having it in your library

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Posted on: June 4, 2025

Dathorius

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Games: 73 Reviews: 1

Great game, great incompatibility...

I love the game for a lot of reasons, all well known in the community: from stone age to nano age, with good balance, interesting technologies and so on. But alas GOG failed at maintenance, so nowadays it crashes at the start...

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Posted on: June 6, 2025

PraiseTheMangology

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Games: 26 Reviews: 1

great classic

Amazing that i found this old classic on GOG

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Posted on: June 7, 2025

TkachukVitalik

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Games: 1 Reviews: 1

empire earth

good old game/////....................

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