About the Game
Eight-Minute Empire, by Ryan Laukat, is a quick Civilization/Exploration game using card-driven area control.
In Eight-Minute Empire, 2-5 players take turns selecting a card from the six displayed. This card gives the player a resource and also has an action that the player takes immediately. Actions help players take over the map, but the resources are worth points at the end of the game, so players have to balance the two aspects. Players spread across the map in order to collect points at the end of the game by having majority control in regions and continents.
Eight-Minute Empire is a super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes.
- ⚔️ Recruit troops to strengthen your army
- 🏞️ Command your forces to acquire new provinces
- 🌎 Challenge your friends all over the world
- ⛵ Sail across the seas & build castles to expand your empire
- 🤺 Eliminate enemy troops to weaken your adversaries
- 👑 Collect goods to increase your advantage
AWARDS & HONORS
Our digital adaptation:🏆 2017 Golden Geek Best Board Game App Nominee
🏆 2017 Golden Geek Best Mobile/Handheld Nominee
The board game:
🏆 2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
🏆 2013 Golden Geek Best Print & Play Board Game Nominee
🏆 2014 Gioco dell’Anno Nominee
🏆 2014 Gra Roku Nominee
Features
- official Eight-Minute Empire game
- great artwork
- in-game interactive tutorial
- languages: English, German, Dutch, Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese Traditional and Simplified, Russian
- optimized for PC, smartphones, and tablets
- play with AI, with friends, or with both
- pass and play mode
- online multiplayer with synchronous and asynchronous modes
- opponents' last moves replay
- 3 levels of difficulty AIs with individual strategies
- different maps
- climate sounds and music
- official rules plus extra additions
- unique, original board game feel on your electronic device
- colorblind mode
- over 70 achievements
Screenshots
6 images
Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 10442666
Up to date
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Long story short - we're streamlining our operation, legally speaking, from our end and we had to add Acram Digital Sp. z o.o. (which would translate to Acram Digital Ltd.) to our privacy policy.
Once you launch the game, once the update goes through that is, you'll be faced with a pop-up message about just that. If you continue past that message you will have conceded to our new updated Privacy Policy.
But as I have mentioned, nothing apart from this addition has changed in it, so do not worry!
Should you be interested, you can read our Privacy Policy HERE.
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Long story short - we're streamlining our operation, legally speaking, from our end and we had to add Acram Digital Sp. z o.o. (which would translate to Acram Digital Ltd.) to our privacy policy.
Once you launch the game, once the update goes through that is, you'll be faced with a pop-up message about just that. If you continue past that message you will have conceded to our new updated Privacy Policy.
But as I have mentioned, nothing apart from this addition has changed in it, so do not worry!
Should you be interested, you can read our Privacy Policy HERE.
Following the big multiplayer overhaul of the patch 1.2.5 we introduce following, smaller fixes:
- A rare issue of the game crashing during bidding stage in Online play was fixed.
- A rare issue of the open rooms list incorrectly displaying rooms having zero players was fixed.
- A fix to the loading of the saved online games. The game will load on the correct tab and with no visual issues.
- Small fixes to the German translation.
- Players who left the game will be marked as such in players panel (greyed out icon).
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- A rare issue of the game crashing during bidding stage in Online play was fixed.
- A rare issue of the open rooms list incorrectly displaying rooms having zero players was fixed.
- A fix to the loading of the saved online games. The game will load on the correct tab and with no visual issues.
- Small fixes to the German translation.
- Players who left the game will be marked as such in players panel (greyed out icon).
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Good news! Per popular demand, we introduce a rework to the Online Play in Eight-Minute Empire! Its goal is to improve the quality of life during online play by adding some much asked for features and functionalities.
The changes are as follows:
- Asynchronous play - an inactive player will be removed by the server after 48 hours without making a move. No more unfinished games limbo!
- When creating a room a maximum amount of players can be set.
- The games will start automatically once the maximum amount of players is reached. The creator of a room no longer has to manually start the game.
- Synchronous play - the timer has been reworked. Now a player will be removed from the game only if they go offline (willingly or due to a disconnect) for three minutes.
- Fixed a bug that caused some players not seeing certain rooms from the Open Rooms list.
- Soon - possible cross-platform online play with the Nintendo Switch players (27.08.2019).
View on Steam
Good news! Per popular demand, we introduce a rework to the Online Play in Eight-Minute Empire! Its goal is to improve the quality of life during online play by adding some much asked for features and functionalities.
The changes are as follows:
- Asynchronous play - an inactive player will be removed by the server after 48 hours without making a move. No more unfinished games limbo!
- When creating a room a maximum amount of players can be set.
- The games will start automatically once the maximum amount of players is reached. The creator of a room no longer has to manually start the game.
- Synchronous play - the timer has been reworked. Now a player will be removed from the game only if they go offline (willingly or due to a disconnect) for three minutes.
- Fixed a bug that caused some players not seeing certain rooms from the Open Rooms list.
- Soon - possible cross-platform online play with the Nintendo Switch players (27.08.2019).
Current Release
Build 10442666
Uploaded Aug 27, 2026
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ZIP file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run Eight-Minute Empire.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Archive password
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
CRC32
F559D86C
SHA-256
0551b1b47d11d1767869420fe0f136324884757c0777dd96514f625af5e3005a
How: Right-click the downloaded file → 7-Zip / WinRAR → CRC SHA → compare with the values above.
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