Alcohol Empire

Alcohol Empire

99.9% · May 21, 2022 · Strategy, City Builder, Strategy RPG, RTS, Card Battler

Alcohol Empire is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Alcohol Empire price

Alcohol Empire is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Alcohol Empire

✦ AI summary

Alcohol Empire is a fast-paced hybrid of real-time strategy and card battling where you deploy buildings and cards to outmaneuver opponents in quick, intense matches. With three ready-made decks, dynamic card theft mechanics, and rapid-fire decision-making as your core challenge, every game rewards both tactical cunning and lightning-fast reflexes.

Alcohol Empire - unusual mixture of real-time strategy and card game. Use a variety of cards and a range of buildings you can buy or build to gain an advantage and defeat your opponents! However, do not forget about time - the huge pace of the game will not allow you to think through your moves for a long time in advance, you will have to act quickly in order to keep up with your opponents.

Game Features:
  • Access to three characters with already prepared decks of cards. Let's skip the tedious part of deck building and jump right into the fight. We're here for fun!
  • Buy buildings belonging to other players, steal cards from them, strengthen your buildings or weaken enemy ones - everyone can find a strategy for themselves.
  • The high pace of the game will not let you get bored, and the victory will depend not only on the quality, but also on the speed of decision-making.
  • The original visual and sound design gives the game a unique charm.

Alcohol Empire — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Online PvP
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Alcohol Empire is a free-to-play strategy game blending card mechanics with RTS-style gameplay set during Prohibition, but players are divided on its execution. While some find the concept of building an alcohol empire entertaining and appreciate the lack of pay-to-win mechanics, others criticize the clunky combination of game systems, low-quality visuals, and lack of an active playerbase, describing it as poorly executed shovelware. Most reviews suggest it's only worth trying if you're curious about the concept, since it's free, though the sparse population may limit multiplayer experience.

Recommended Sep 24, 2024
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6 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 30, 2023
[h1]Before I played Alcohol Empire, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 25, 2025
"Alcohol Empire" is some weird, failed Russian shovelware. It's hard to describe the game, but it's basically about a bunch of alcoholic furries as the developer made a game about his fursona and his imaginary furry friends. What do you do in the game? It's a bizarre blend of card handling and RTS mechanics (more like clicker/idler/Galcon mechanics than true RTS) that didn't work together, resulting in this flopping extremely hard. Although, let's face it, there's not a lot of demand for games about alcoholic furries. The game features really lacklustre low poly visuals, but it's just a backdrop for what's effectively a 2D game. This is "free" enough, at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 6 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Not this time. T…
2 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 9, 2024
has potential, but where is the playerbase?
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 2, 2025
No lobbies
Recommended Dec 10, 2024
A Boozy Brew of Strategy with a Few Flat Notes Alcohol Empire might not win any awards for originality, but it offers a surprisingly fun blend of real-time strategy and card game mechanics. While not perfect, it's a decent option for aspiring (virtual) bootleggers or those who crave a strategic challenge with a bit of historical flair. **Building Your Booze Business: From Moonshine to Maybe-Not-Millionaire Mansions** The game throws you headfirst into the Prohibition Era, tasking you with building a successful alcohol empire. You'll start small, brewing bathtub gin in a ramshackle hideout. The goal is to expand your operation, but unlike some of history's most notorious bootleggers, you can choose a more legitimate path, focusing on high-quality spirits. This adds some moral flexibility to the gameplay. **Cards are the Currency: A Deck-Building Double-Edged Sword** The game's heart lies in its card-based system. Each card represents an action, resource, or upgrade. Building your deck allows you to tailor your strategy. This is where the game shines – the variety of cards lets you pursue different tactics, from mass-producing cheap swill to crafting premium brands. However…

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