Galactic Ruler Enlightenment

Galactic Ruler Enlightenment is a real-time strategy game played both on planetary surfaces and in space. Across two campaigns, each with an aggressive or peaceful path to victory, you lead one of two new playable races. Starting with a single homeworld and limited military forces, you explore a procedurally generated galaxy, expand your territory, develop planets and resources, and build an empire through diplomacy or conquest.

Campaigns and factions

Each campaign has its own story-driven elements. You encounter the galaxy’s other races, each with their own goals and agenda, and decide which factions to ally with and which to use as a stepping stone to greater influence. You can negotiate treaties, form alliances and trade for goods and weapons your empire needs.

Expand your empire

Each playthrough generates a different galaxy, with systems and planets that may hold hostile forces or valuable resources. You can customize galaxy size and density, with games spanning dozens of star systems and hundreds of planets to explore and exploit. Develop planets to secure resources, then use them to grow your empire of colonies under your direct control.

Research and command

You begin with access only to your home system. Research unlocks improvements to your military, social and economic capabilities, including FTL travel, beam weapons and shields that you can equip on new ship designs. Build a fleet to protect your people, and use revised energy commodity balance and new unit-management functions to manage your forces.

You can choose how much control to take: make all decisions yourself or use AI assistance. The game includes strategic and tactical real-time control of your forces, with large-scale battles on planetary surfaces and conflicts in space taking place simultaneously.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer supports up to 15 players.