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Solar Wave
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I'm leaving positive as I hope it'll motivate devs to continue working on the game. So far I enjoy it, I really love the lore here, overall gameplay is fun and engaging. BUT. Balancing is top tier awful. I'm not talking about the 1st mission like others, I'm talking about the…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Great game, easy to learn and not too bad by throwing you a challenge. Pros! - Clearly made with a elegant balance of resource building, contructing the right stations and ensuring you have a steady and peaceful back yard while expanding. - Stations use resources to manage…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Balancing is awful, beyond (and even at) the first level you enemies will absolutely ravage you. Very difficult game. No way to expand to collect extra science in the maps to make the next levels a little easier. You're very confined to set areas of expansion. This game needs…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedLatest official news
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0.8.2 patch 10
Hi everyone! Here is a small update to improve game stability. Fixed a rare crash that occurred when Coven admirals were researching anomalies. Fixed an issue that triggered an error when the game att
Solar Wave’s upcoming development plans!
The dust has finally settled, and now I can share some details about what lies ahead. Skirmish Mode: One of the most frequent requests from players was to add a skirmish mode separate from the main ca
0.8.2 Patch 9
Hi everyone! Another Friday, another update for Solar Wave! Just like last time, this is a minor update focused on Quality of Life (QoL) improvements and a couple of important bug fixes. Production &
0.8.2 Patch 8
While working on the next patch—which is definitely no longer "atomic"—I've accumulated a number of quality-of-life improvements that will make the game noticeably smoother. There is no point in delay
0.8.2 Patch 7
A new batch of improvements and fixes for the game is live today, and we have quite a lot updates: Fixed a periodic game crash that occurred when merchant fleets used the "Emergency Jump" ability. Fix
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Strategy · Space · Grand Strategy · 4X · Simulation · Sci-fi · RTS · Wargame · Management · Economy · Building (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3210 3,2 GHz / AMD Athlon™ II X2 245 2,9 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Screen resolution: 1920:1080 or above