Dune: Spice Wars

About this game

This is your desert, your Dune.

Lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis. Spice is the most valuable resource in the universe. The spice extends life, expands consciousness, and makes interstellar travel possible. Found only on Arrakis, it is sought by the most influential forces in the Imperium…

Scan the landscape for wormsign or risk losing your troops and spice harvesters to colossal sandworms who will burst through the dunes to devour them whole. Crush your opponents in combat, best them through political intrigue, and undermine them with your network of illusive spies.






Experience the unique Dune universe, one of the most influential sci-fi settings ever created. Lead your faction to victory with iconic characters, such as Duke Leto Atreides, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, Esmar Tuek, and Liet Kynes. Stay alert as opposing factions seek to gain the upper hand and the planet itself threatens with vast deserts, huge storms, and the dreaded sandworms.






4X in real time.

Balance open warfare, subterfuge, political influence, and economic supremacy to prevail and gain control over the most important planet in the universe. Use secretive agents to sabotage the plans of your opponents. Vote on political resolutions in the Landsraad to further your strategy. Or dominate your opponents by overwhelming them with an all out assault.

Explore Arrakis with ornithopters to discover resources, villages, and points of interest. Expand with your troops to take control of regions. Exploit the resources through buildings and spice harvesters to dominate the economy. Deploy your spaceships and aircrafts to exterminate your enemies but beware as outright aggression can have high political repercussions.






Embark on a strategic journey where you can choose the path of honor and politics or embrace violence and deceit. Choose from various factions with unique abilities and playstyles. Each faction can be customized by selecting councilors who enhance their strengths and mitigate weaknesses.

Whether you choose survival tactics, shady dealings, military might, or dominating the spice trade, there is a faction and councilor combination for every player's preference. Explore the possibilities and shape your own destiny on Arrakis.






Conquest mode.

Take control of one of the major houses and fight through a number of unique scenarios and situations. Personalize your starting house with a variety of perks and upgrades to tackle the many challenging objectives of the Conquest mode, ensuring you a unique experience every time you play.






Band together in 2v2 matches or face each other in a free-for-all of up to four players. Tailor the parameters of your multiplayer match to your preferences, including AI difficulty, map size, victory conditions, sandworm aggression, storms, and number of Sietches. Team up and try different faction combinations to identify synergies and dominate Arrakis.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·9 Jul 2025Official

  Patch notes for 09/07/2025

  v2.2.7.32974The ongoing loading of a nuke silo is automatically cancelled without refund when the village is liberated or abandoned.The bug allowing to load multiple nukes at the same time has been fixed, in all known cases.Devastated villages' buildings can no longer be targeted by military units.Assassins can no longer attack a village as a regular military unit would.Assassins cannot reset an assassination progression from an infiltration cell in siege or in combat.Fixed heroes' range fx expanding and vibrating wildly after a while.Atreides Support drones now properly pick up dying units, even when they are under an effect that makes them uncontrollable.Peaceful annex is now interrupted and refunded by nuclear devastation (as if the village had been sieged).Fremen major building Research Station now has the same benefits as other factions'.Fremen units that should be stealthed for any reason when exiting a worm are no longer visible for a few frames before becoming stealthed.The bonus trait given by Chani's ambush skill no longer disappear when leaving stealth.The Contraband supply quest given by the Smugglers Main Base Underworld Headquarter Extension now gives the Fremen rewards that are useful to them.Removed hidden Sanya bonus '+2 solari prod on military masterpieces', leftover from her old effect.The Vernius treaty Harmless Gadget now properly does not break when entering conflict with Vernius.A player that got disconnected is now able to join the lobby of a save file made after they were replaced by an AI.Added a popup warning in case of unexpected disconnections during the lobby.The 'no fog' setting bug in Spectator mode has been fixed in all known cases.Add the word 'assassin' and all derivatives to the white list of the profanity filter.
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• Patch Notes·12 Dec 2024Official

  Patch notes for 12/12/2024

  v2.2.5.32923 Changes Fremen - Fremen "Mobile Turret" can hold position without deploying Conquest - Secondary objective "Defender of the Law" will spawn renegade bases at the start of the mission, making the objective possible in every case. Bugfixes Fixed "assault" conquest mission timer discrepancy Fixed a common crash happening in spectator mode Various optimisations
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• Patch Notes·10 Dec 2024Official

  Patch Notes for 10/12/2024

  v2.2.4.32914 Changes Voting Phases During voting, it’s no longer possible to see changes in influence, solari, or CHOAM ownership in other factions. It’s no longer possible to buy CHOAM Shares during voting Selling CHOAM Shares during voting no longer reduces the price instantly. All such reductions are then applied all at once at the end of the council. Insider Trading gives +2 -> +1 influence per share sold With the development “insider trading”, selling CHOAM shares during voting gives 50% less solari. Bug Fixes Fix “incursion” conquest mission timer discrepancy (the same issue might still appear in “assault” mission, it should be fixed soon) Fremen warrior gear “Dry Training” no longer reduces max health with negative Water
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• Patch Notes·4 Dec 2024Official

  Patch Notes for 04/12/2024

  v2.2.3.32893 BalancingCommon Resolution “Portfolio Scrutiny” (apply to all) rework : Cannot buy CHOAM Shares and Selling CHOAM Shares gives 3 Hegemony per Shares instead of Solaris Resolution “CHOAM Dilution” (apply to all) rework : 20% of owned CHOAM Shares are destroyed Resolution “Sale Incentive” (targeted) rework : 10% and 30% CHOAM ownership bonus are blocked for the duration, and at the start of next council, lost 20 solari per shares owned Resolution “Labor Right” (apply to all) rework : +100% military unit upkeep Resolution “Imperial Intelligence”, which allows to use Cell Search outside of an assassination attempt, now also block the installation of new Infiltration Cell for the duration. the immediate effect on price of selling or buying a shares is 50% stronger sietches now have an integrated missile battery that will only target flying units engaged in combat with their militia flying units can no longer trigger the attack on a sietch Factions Atreides Duncan Idaho has been reworked: for each bonus given by an ally unit, gains heroism (+2 power ; +1 armor) upon death, all future Duncans gains +3 power and +150 health “Duncan’s Last Stand” skill is now a toggle with the following effects: enemy ground units in melee suffer -50% speed +100% speed +100% attack speed keep all your heroism stacks cannot be controlled cannot be turned off while duncan is still engaged in melee Trooper gear “Offensive Mindset” has been reworked. It now gives +2 power and increase damage received by +15% Heavy Weapon Squad gear “Distracting Flashes” reduces damage received by ally around the target by 20% -> 10%, but no longer removes any power The Heavy Weapon Squad “Distorsion Umbrella” gear has been replaced by “Whistling Ammo” Support Drone gear “Kraken Protocol” removes 2 -> 1 armor when the drone is empty. Support Drone gear “Evasion Booster” no longer requires +1 fuel cell Warden gear “Cover Tactics” gives +2 -> +5 armor to ally with no target, at short range. Smugglers L...
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• Patch Notes·26 Nov 2024Official

  Patch Notes for 26/11/2024

  v.2.2.2.32791 Balancing The bonuses for having a completed blue district have been buffed: district 2 gives +2 -> +3 influence and +5 intel production for great houses, district 3 gives +100 -> +150 votes for fremen and smugglers, district 3 gives +100 -> +150 max influence and +4 -> +6 influence production The “Water Seller” charter eligibility condition is to have 50 -> 70 Water production The conquest secondary objective “Guild Commission” and its Fremen counterpart “Recycling Spree” have been made slightly more difficult Minor Changes Added “Random” map type, that will choose a map type for you from all available ones. Added an option to remove the version number that appears in-game on the bottom right of the screen, in the accessibility menu. Please note that when sending screenshots of potential bugs, the version number is crucial information that we need to know. The voice actors for Staban and Stilgar have been added in the credits. Bug Fixes Iakin Nefud skill Cannon Fodder doesn’t apply to units that cannot gain experience Fixed statistics menu sometimes not showing data from finished games Fixed statistics menu recording spectated games as if you had actually played in them The secondary objective of “Spice Heist” has been fixed Fixed development given at the start of a conquest mission not working properly when the effect is instant Fixed lobby disconnect issue Some memory leaks have been plugged
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