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Distant Worlds 2

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App ID 1531540
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Slitherine Ltd.
Franchise Distant Worlds
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Stride Engine
Last Changenumber 31861337
Last Record Update 23 October 2025 – 14:32:05 UTC ()
Release Date 10 March 2022 – 14:02:42 UTC ()
😌 69.51%
3k reviews
119
In-Game
💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🗺️ 4X 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🌠 Space

Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.

Additional Information

Developer CodeForce
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/1531540/
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Slitherine Ltd.
eulas
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nameDistant Worlds 2 EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/1531540_eula_0
version1
Store Release Date 10 March 2022 – 14:02:51 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/Jb36WrJJea
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 10 March 2022 – 14:02:42 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 9 July 2025 – 14:17:12 UTC () (1752070632)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 71
Detected Technologies (?) Stride Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, FreeImage SDK, OpenTK SDK, OpenVR SDK, OpenXR SDK, SDL SDK, Sentry SDK, SharpDX SDK, SteamworksNET SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 28 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8451871
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 21 January 2021 – 10:09:41 UTC (), in changelist #10527309

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🗺️ 4X 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🌠 Space 🚀 Sci-fi 🧊 3D 👤 Singleplayer 🔀 Procedural Generation ⚔️ Combat 🐤 Early Access ⏯ Real-Time with Pause

Categories

Single-player Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

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timestamp9 July 2025 – 14:17:21 UTC

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User File System

Key Value
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Distant Worlds 2/data/SavedGames *.DWGame
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