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2014PC71 % positive28.99 €

A vast 4X space strategy game in pausable real time where you build an empire across a whole galaxy. Extensive automation lets you manage enormous realms, and the simulation runs remarkably deep.

  • Deep systems to master
  • Economy and management
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Distant Worlds: Universe special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Imperium Galactica II: Alliances

95 %Match

1999PC88 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Distant Worlds: Universe: complex systems to tinker with, economy and management as well as a sci-fi setting.

In Imperium Galactica II: Alliances you grow an empire across the stars, exploring systems, managing resources and commanding fleets in real-time battles. It blends 4X expansion with a storyline built around shifting alliances.

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