Early Access Games

Doodle Empires has been in Early Access on Steam for 18 months, since May 30, 2025. The last update to Doodle Empires was posted 24 days ago (Oct 21, 2026), one of 6 in the past 90 days. Updates to Doodle Empires arrive about every 10 days over the past year. Doodle Empires peaked at 95 players in the last 24 hours.

In early access18 monthssince May 30, 2025
Last update24 days agoOct 21, 2026
Updates, 90 days6about every 10 days
Players, 24-hour peak95
Positive reviews92%of 1,349
Price$6.99

Update activity, past year

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A year ago24 updates in the past yearThis week

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Is Doodle Empires still being updated?

Yes. The last update to Doodle Empires was posted 24 days ago, on Oct 21, 2026. Over the past year updates to Doodle Empires have come about every 10 days.

  1. PatchScrolling Patch
  2. PatchScrolling and Mande Update
  3. PatchLeadership Update
  4. PatchFort/Marker Name Addition
  5. PatchLeaderboard Update
  6. PatchLeaderboard Update
  7. PatchNorth America Update
  8. PatchBorders Update
  9. PatchFree Draw Patch 2
  10. PatchFree Draw Patch

How long has Doodle Empires been in early access?

Doodle Empires entered Early Access on Steam on May 30, 2025 and has been in it for 18 months.

How many people are playing Doodle Empires?

Doodle Empires peaked at 95 players on Steam in the last 24 hours.

What is Doodle Empires?

Steam users tag Doodle Empires as Simulation, Strategy, Alternate History, Sandbox and Historical. Doodle Empires is single-player only and priced at $6.99, and 92% of its 1,349 Steam reviews are positive.

Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.

How Turtle Stack Games describes it on its Steam store page, which also has the developer's own answer on how long it expects to stay in early access.

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Steam tags: Simulation, Strategy, Alternate History, Sandbox, Historical, God Game, Indie, 2D, Turn-Based Strategy, Wargame.

StatusActive
Early access sinceMay 30, 2025
Last updateOct 21, 2026
Typical gap10 days between updates
Playing now85 (Nov 14, 23:49 UTC)
7-day peak95
Steam reviews92% positive of 1,349
Price$6.99
PlaySingle-player
Steam DeckPlayable
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
DeveloperTurtle Stack Games
PublisherTurtle Stack Games
DemoAvailable on Steam

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