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Gates of Horizon

Gates of Horizon

Gates of Horizon is a space conquest online game.During your space journey you will gain power over the universe leading fleets, improving and managing crew and assets, taking control of entire sectors with your corporation and fighting the alien menace that threatens the human race.

Released Dec 18, 2014 Developer Hex Keep Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyMassively MultiplayerIndieSimulationSci-fi
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

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64.6%positive99 reviews
Recommended · 45 found this helpful

“I've been playing GoH for the last day or so, and thought I'd compile my thoughts for anyone considering dropping a tenner on this little game. Let's start with the cons, I always want to know the bad thing about a game first so they don't surprise me. CONS: -Graphics: Not a lot…”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“I really like this game. For a beginner the game could be difficult to understand and it explains some of the negative reviews but I definitely recommend to have some patience and play a couple of hours to get into the game and appreciate it. In few words, you manage a space…”

— a player, Steam review · 150 hrs played
Not recommended · 183 found this helpful

“Initital thoughts: Ok. This is my opinion of the game as of this very early stage. Pro: No sub fees Fleets of ships on one account. Cons: Poorly balanced. Horrible sound / depth of music Horrible UI. Nearly impossible to actually play the game and participate in chat. The…”

— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Jun 04, 2017
Client and Server Update 1.1.28

We are happy to announce a new client and server update. This time the list is very brief, mainly because we focused on bringing you one single, long-deserved update: Base Station Conquering. Here's t

Feb 10, 2016
Client Update 1.1.23

We are happy to announce a new client update. This is mostly a maintenance release. Here's the list of changes and bug fixes: Added some details to Agent Status Gate animation was changed to prevent u

Dec 25, 2015
Client and Server Update 1.1.21

We want to wish everyone a merry Christmas, and announce a new client and server update. And we have a big present for everyone: Hunting is here!!! You can finally send your ships around the galaxy, s

Nov 19, 2015
Client and Server Update 1.1.19

We're happy to announce a new client and server update. This is mainly a maintenance release, solving bugs and adding small features. We also worked on the server engine to add some "backstage" featur

Aug 23, 2015
Client and Server Update 1.1.12

We're happy to announce a new client and server update. In this release we again focused on fixing some annoying bugs and implementing some small features that have been sitting in our todo list for t

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Facts & details

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GenresIndie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Massively Multiplayer · Indie · Simulation · Sci-fi · Exploration · 4X · Space (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMMO · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Official sitehttp://www.gatesofhorizon.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT / ATI Radeon X1300 XT DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 350 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible