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Horizon
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Horizon is an imperfect product. It's better than many of the generic half-baked 4X games which are flooding the market as disposal-ware, but there are some very real drawbacks which limit the enjoyability of the game. For newcomers to the 4X genre who are looking to sink their…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Horizon is a nice mid-core 4X space game. Is it worth the price? For me, definitely. For you, quite possibly. Why? In short, because under the simple interface there's a quite deep and engaging gameplay. Not MOO2-level deep, but, please, it's almost twenty years old, let's try…”
— a player, Steam review · 249 hrs played“From the screenshots and video, I was excited to see another entry into the 4x genre, however, after playing for 20+ hours I have come to the conclusion that this game is not really ready for "non-beta" release. There are just so many things that are not ready, not implemented,…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs playedLatest official news
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Horizon [1.0.2.156] release notes
January 25, 2024 v1.0.2.156 We have a small update to refine a couple of things based on feedback and also shed some light on how the game difficulty settings affect the game, which we hope will help
Horizon [1.0.2.155] Winter Notes
Wishing everyone peace and happy holidays! We have a small update for Horizon (notes below). Also if you haven't already got the Horizon Deluxe DLC and interested you can view it here DLC Page . Decem
Help Nominate Horizon for the Steam Awards in the "Labor of Love" category!
Open frequencies... Hailing all Commanders! The Autumn Seasonal Sale is here and along with it the year's Steam Awards nominations. Horizon is eligible for the "Labor of Love" award this year for our
Horizon [1.0.2.154] release notes
October 15, 2023 v1.0.2.154 This update optimizes the game textures footprint in system and video memory, reducing usage by up to 30%. Tactical Combat (QOL) * A selected ship's weapons status are now
Horizon [1.0.2.153] Hotfix
October 8, 2023 v1.0.2.153 This Hotfix should address a crash when viewing/engaging certain quest mobs in tactical. Our apologies, this bug was inadvertently introduced with yesterday's optimization u
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Strategy · Grand Strategy · Space · 4X · Simulation · Sci-fi · Exploration · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * , Polish * , Spanish - Spain, French, Russian * |
| Achievements | 42 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.HorizonGame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 10 GB HD free space Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible