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Space Wars: Interstellar Empires

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App ID 574070
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher ToHeroes Game Studios LLC
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29199378
Last Record Update 26 May 2025 – 20:55:00 UTC ()
Release Date 8 December 2017 – 17:03:02 UTC ()
❓ 62.80%
240 reviews
6
In-Game

Helm your own ship, battle for supremacy in a multi-faction war, and conquer the cosmos in this science fiction turn-based strategy game. Select from more than 100+ diverse star ships and fight for territory across a 2D hex-based grid.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Desert Owl Games LLC
metacritic_name Space Wars
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher ToHeroes Game Studios LLC
IsFreeApp Yes
eulas
0 ↴
id574070_eula_0
nameSpace Wars EULA
urlhttp://store.steampowered.com//eula/574070_eula_0
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 8 December 2017 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Free to Play (37), Massively Multiplayer (29), Strategy (2), Early Access (70)
Steam Release Date 8 December 2017 – 17:03:02 UTC ()
Original Release Date 8 December 2017 – 08:00:00 UTC () (1512720000)
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2019 – 20:55:09 UTC () (1572382509)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct31.19777238690591
height_pct26.915799432355712
osextended macos64,macosapplesilicon
Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 5
review_percentage 65
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK, cURL SDK
restricted_countries DE
Germany
First seen on SteamDB 21 December 2016 – 23:24:03 UTC (), in changelist #2561796

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

🐤 Early Access 🆓 Free to Play 🫶 Massively Multiplayer 💡 Strategy 🤔 Tactical 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🛑 Hex Grid 🌱 Indie 🌠 Space

Categories

MMO Online PvP Online Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards In-App Purchases Early Access Multi-player PvP Co-op

Assets

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clienticon 8428504f646bf2d50a14d27c70a0321f8af1a949
clienttga 1de836777128a350902846569d6bf3858f9c9b62
icon d3024f68845d391279da5c3d61104140bdf4bc19
logo 76e73779917fbe7e785549c171e0815d7f37b568
logo_small 76e73779917fbe7e785549c171e0815d7f37b568_thumb
small_capsule
englishcapsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
englishheader.jpg
library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
image/englishlibrary_600x900.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/englishlogo.png
logo_position/pinned_positionBottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct31.19777238690591
logo_position/height_pct26.915799432355712
Assets
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headerheader.jpg
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library_capsulelibrary_600x900.jpg
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library_herolibrary_hero.jpg
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community_icond3024f68845d391279da5c3d61104140bdf4bc19.jpg
page_background_pathapp/574070
raw_page_backgroundpage_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp29 October 2019 – 20:57:24 UTC
Trailers
256702817 ↴
trailer_nameOfficial Gameplay Trailer
trailer_category0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4256702817/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4256702817/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm256702817/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4256702817/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium256702817/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full256702817/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id136483
all_agestrue
is_highlighttrue
timestamp1512449221
256702923 ↴
trailer_nameShips of the Line Trailer
trailer_category0
trailer_480p/video/webm256702923/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4256702923/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm256702923/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4256702923/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm256702923/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4256702923/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium256702923/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full256702923/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id136654
all_agestrue
is_highlighttrue
timestamp1512508434

Launch Options

1. Dev Server (OpenGL Core)
Executable Spacewars.exe
Arguments -force-glcore -host dev.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url http://dev.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Dev Server (OpenGL Core)
Operating System   windows
Beta Branch Devel
2. Dev Server (OpenGL Core)
Executable Spacewars.app\Contents\MacOS\Space Wars
Arguments -foce-glcore -host dev.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url http://dev.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Dev Server (OpenGL Core)
Operating System   macos
Beta Branch Devel
4. Live Server (OpenGL Core)
Executable Spacewars.exe
Arguments -force-glcore -host game-1.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url https://web.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Live Server (OpenGL Core)
Operating System   windows
5. Live Server (OpenGL Core)
Executable Spacewars.app\Contents\MacOS\Space Wars
Arguments -force-glcore -host game-1.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url https://web.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Live Server (OpenGL Core)
Operating System   macos
6. Dev Server (DirectX 11)
Executable Spacewars.exe
Arguments -force-d3d11 -host dev.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url http://dev.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option2)
Description Dev Server (DirectX 11)
Operating System   windows
Beta Branch Devel
7. Dev Server (Vulkan)
Executable Spacewars.exe
Arguments -force-vulkan -host dev.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url http://dev.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option3)
Description Dev Server (Vulkan)
Operating System   windows
Beta Branch Devel
8. Live Server (DirectX 11)
Executable Spacewars.exe
Arguments -force-d3d11 -host game-1.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url https://web.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option2)
Description Live Server (DirectX 11)
Operating System   windows
9. Live Server (Vulkan)
Executable Spacewars.exe
Arguments -force-vulkan -host game-1.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url https://web.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option3)
Description Live Server (Vulkan)
Operating System   windows
10. Dev Server (Metal)
Executable Spacewars.app\Contents\MacOS\Space Wars
Arguments -foce-gfx-metal-host dev.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url http://dev.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option2)
Description Dev Server (Metal)
Operating System   macos
Beta Branch Devel
11. Live Server (Metal)
Executable Spacewars.app\Contents\MacOS\Space Wars
Arguments -force-gfx-metal -host game-1.spacewars.com -port 7000 -url https://web.spacewars.com/
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option2)
Description Live Server (Metal)
Operating System   macos

Configuration

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