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Silica
Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Highly misleading game when looking at the pretty screenshots from the Store Page. The game might look good, but simple stuff like a proper reloading mechanic for SMG's are lacking, and the soldier isn't even animated…”
“First off, the good: The graphics look incredible. The few planets I've played matches on have dynamic temporal environments, as in, the day/night cycle plays out with the sun rising and setting, followed by the orbit…”
“I love this game and love the updates. Yes, some stuff is not operational yet, but it is in EA! Optimization has been getting better. The ballistics system is excellent and makes the game more fun. I hope he keeps going…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I love this game and love the updates. Yes, some stuff is not operational yet, but it is in EA! Optimization has been getting better. The ballistics system is excellent and makes the game more fun. I hope he keeps going…”
“Such a fun, novel concept of a really physics driven RTS. I'm in love with this concept and really hope the dev doesn't burn out from criticism.”
“I find this game very fun, the devs really care about the game too which makes it even better knowing how much care they put into it. 100% recommend”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“First off, the good: The graphics look incredible. The few planets I've played matches on have dynamic temporal environments, as in, the day/night cycle plays out with the sun rising and setting, followed by the orbit…”
“As other reviewers have said, the pathfinding is ass. I'm also a little disappointed in the unit variety, though I haven't really played much yet. The maps are huge and it's very pretty, but optimization is a pretty…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“First off, the good: The graphics look incredible. The few planets I've played matches on have dynamic temporal environments, as in, the day/night cycle plays out with the sun rising and setting, followed by the orbit…”
“Its fun right now and probaly worth 20 dollars but its potential is so much more. Its pretty well optimized with minimal lag when switching between RTS and FPS mode. The Alien Units are pretty cool and as a multiplayer…”
“Runs great on a Lenovo Legion GO. I'm impressed. Fighters and Intercwptors, pretty much all air units need AI combat re work. They just float there and shoot at each other. No epic dogfights. Lame. Ground units stop…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Extremely fun concept, best with full servers. Please for the love of all that is good in the world, fix the bloody AI harvester pathfinding. This one issue is utterly gamebreaking.”
“As other reviewers have said, the pathfinding is ass. I'm also a little disappointed in the unit variety, though I haven't really played much yet. The maps are huge and it's very pretty, but optimization is a pretty…”
33 of the 104 reviews raise this · 23 of them still recommend the game.
“The reason why I don't recommend this game is mostly to do with how the AI works in the main game mode. Strategy. To start with, the AI knows where your base is. As soon as the game starts, instantly knows. And if your…”
“as of march of 2026 this game lacks several important basic things. There is no tutorial for the RTS portion, the tutorial for the fps portion is selected through a hand crafted scenario that's actually quite cool and…”
“Dedicated Servers are the worst I've ever seen, causing a lot of lag and breaking AI to the core (e. g. harvestors). My Swiss friend created his own server, with the best ping I could ever experience, and all the issues…”
26 of the 104 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Highly misleading game when looking at the pretty screenshots from the Store Page. The game might look good, but simple stuff like a proper reloading mechanic for SMG's are lacking, and the soldier isn't even animated…”
“The reason why I don't recommend this game is mostly to do with how the AI works in the main game mode. Strategy. To start with, the AI knows where your base is. As soon as the game starts, instantly knows. And if your…”
“Dedicated Servers are the worst I've ever seen, causing a lot of lag and breaking AI to the core (e. g. harvestors). My Swiss friend created his own server, with the best ping I could ever experience, and all the issues…”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I wish the devs would optimize this game”
“First off, the good: The graphics look incredible. The few planets I've played matches on have dynamic temporal environments, as in, the day/night cycle plays out with the sun rising and setting, followed by the orbit…”
“Ryzen 9 7900X3D, Radeon RX 6900 XT, 64 GB of RAM, PCIe 5.0 SSD. Lowest graphical settings possible, 25% resolution scale. "Tutorial" scenario averages 30-40 FPS. After spending 20 minutes hail-marying a fix for a black…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“as of march of 2026 this game lacks several important basic things. There is no tutorial for the RTS portion, the tutorial for the fps portion is selected through a hand crafted scenario that's actually quite cool and…”
“Dedicated Servers are the worst I've ever seen, causing a lot of lag and breaking AI to the core (e. g. harvestors). My Swiss friend created his own server, with the best ping I could ever experience, and all the issues…”
“Great Concept. Friendly community. Ok game for $20. ⭐⭐⭐/5 Really shines when you have 30 people in a 1v1 match. Has a mix between the feel of Command and Conquer and Star Wars Battlefront. Would really like for this…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“ok can be fun but and this is a massive but commander role sucks complete ass simply put the AI instantly knows where you are if you play skirmish vs people its not as bad However it lacks the most basic of rts features…”
“Again Re: General FAQ on the discussion board from 2023 needs updating as 2025 launch date has gone. Also No update yet in early March 2026 since December 25 is one due please?”
“I d also say that this is misleading to fancy to hold long made promisses - after such long time one can see far more progress with singel dev studios - it is a waste of money and time”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“2026.4.7 I really love this game, which is exactly why I want to point out its issues and share what I hope to see in future updates. Some features are urgently needed, some are easy to implement (just a few hours), and others can come later. My feedback covers three areas:…”
— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played“Really fun, review earlier was a little delusional. PLEASE ADD A BUTTON TO MAKE UNITS MOVE IN SPEED WITH THE SLOWEST UNIT THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL THANK YOU.”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“The game has great potential, but the dev seems to have quite misguided priorities. The game is gorgeous to look at and the models are sick and get more and more beautiful and cool the longer the development progresses. The one issue that prevents this game from being good, or…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Cooperative Strategy Game Mode, Repairs & New RTS Tools Are Here!
Hello everyone! A new update has landed, bringing one of the most requested additions to Silica: Cooperative Strategy game mode , alongside a major overhaul of the Commander AI and a whole set of new
Devblog #05 – Tactical Battles & Performance Boosts
Commanders , Welcome back to another Silica Development Blog ! We've been busy improving some of the systems that sit at the heart of Silica's large-scale battles. This update focuses on smarter AI co
Hotfix 0.9.42
Commanders, We've just launched a hotfix, focusing on the crash that appeared recently for some players. Until next time! Change Log: Removed framegen plugin that caused crashes on some machines Join
Hotfix 0.9.39
Commanders, We've just launched a hotfix for the crash that was happening on startup with certain hardware configurations. Until next time! Join our Discord to get the latest updates Or join us on our
Devblog #04 – Smarter AI, Better Battles & More Improvements Ahead
Commanders, Welcome back to another Silica Development Blog ! Over the past few weeks, we've been focusing on something that influences every match you play: AI behavior, battlefield responsiveness, a
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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 | Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | RTS · Multiplayer · FPS · Strategy · Shooter · PvP · Vehicular Combat · Sci-fi · 3D · Action · Aliens · Early Access (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://www.silicagame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 3GHz or AMD equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 570 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 24 GB available space Additional Notes: Hardware requirements are subject to change during Early Access.