Space Wars: Interstellar Empires

Space Wars: Interstellar Empires is a turn-based tactical strategy game about a war for control of the galaxy. You choose a faction and starting ship, then travel across a sprawling map of regions, locales, tactical advantage points and enemy worlds. Fight to conquer territories, complete missions and gain experience to upgrade your crew and ship or acquire more spacecraft. You can fight alongside your faction and allies to claim systems planet by planet, form friendships and clans, or venture out alone. Battles may involve attacking enemy space or defending your own, and when an invading force conquers a region, that area is added to its faction’s map.

Factions

Each faction has its own fleet and play style. The Sol Imperial Worlds and Genari United Empires are currently playable; the Ma’Alaketh Confederation and the Hive are also described.

• Sol Imperial Worlds: Representing humanity, their sturdy, balanced utilitarian warships focus on plasma weapons and strong force fields. Their ion drives surpass the Genari’s fusion drives, and their officers specialize in defensive skills.
• Genari United Empire: Their ships are more maneuverable and have advanced armor, despite falling behind in technology. Marine pods let them board enemy ships, causing crew casualties or capturing ships outright; their officers specialize in offensive skills.
• Ma’Alaketh Confederation: Their technology is centuries ahead of Sol and Genari, though they have little interest in the conflict between the warring races. They use distinctive long-range weapons and dampening fields that make them harder to hit, and their officers specialize in technology-based skills.
• The Hive: These sentient creatures live and die in space. They begin as spores and grow by absorbing solar radiation and organic matter from captured enemy ships. Their defensive needs produce lethal mechanisms that develop as they advance; they have no crew and improve by growing and absorbing defeated races.

Ships and combat

You can choose from more than 100 spaceships, with distinct designs and capabilities. Turn-based combat calls for tactical decisions, while captain and crew skill trees let you develop your ships’ personnel. Hundreds of battles can be underway across the universe at once.