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Space Reign
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.
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 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
52 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“after 60+ hours into this game, and very much awaiting 1.0 update.. can i recommend this game?... kinda.. i'm a person who has come from the Homeworld series and after the bismal homeworld 3, this game is a gem.. very…”
“development build and it shows. dont buy till they fix it more. alot of bugs. with that said fun gameplay loop. def need more research. AI is of the erpaderp level. and not being able to cap/jump drive when things are…”
“So as an armchair admiral I have to say this game is pretty fantastic. Setting up your ships weapon loadouts to fulfill combat rolls and tailoring your fleet to complete various mission tasks feels great. I have seen…”
13 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“I love the concept of this game and have completed everything that can be done so far. I look forward to a DLC and/or a big update to add more stuff to do.”
“the game has come so far. last time i played there were only fighters and no weapons loadouts. not sure if i am allowed to say but the ui and command screen remind me a lot of nebulous and hooded horses in general”
“Have played Space Reign during early access and it seemed to have improved overall after the 1.0 update, there are still stuttering found throughout the game. Generally the game is good and is less repetitive than early…”
12 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Fun beautiful indie space game. None of the issues were a deal breaker for me. Very few games like this.”
“Sadly it is a no After many hours it has to be a no, the game is just a grind out, story might as well not exist, session based boredom. weapons are basic and boring, ship design is nice, combat from fighter to…”
“The game is great and surprisingly ambitious. Fly a fighter or drive a capital ship - your choice. The ships have some pretty good heft to them and the fully 3D battlefields are a blast. Its sorta like Rebel Galaxy but…”
8 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Based on my hour of play and several youtube video watches I'd say this game is very good at what it sets out to do. It doesn't have a massive amount of content, but the combat is very engaging. Think Expanse and…”
“You have a fleet you manage through upgrades and weapon systems and tech alows you to buy better ships. I haven't tried to transfer crew or veterancy but I don't think you can but you can designate the fleet leader.…”
“I actually love this game. I can build my fleet at my own pace, I can redo maps as many times as I want to level and grind tech points and money. I enjoy upgrading my ships and their hardpoints. This is not a game that…”
6 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“You have a fleet you manage through upgrades and weapon systems and tech alows you to buy better ships. I haven't tried to transfer crew or veterancy but I don't think you can but you can designate the fleet leader.…”
“I like where this Game is Going. It seems to be what I have been Looking for a Long Time. I Love to fly with Mouse and Keyboard as much as I like to Fly with my Thrustmaster HOTAS With this Game I will be able to do the…”
“Its a cool game. Piloting a fighter is the most fun way to play - with drifting, countermeasures, locking on with missiles and trying to get in a good position to gun them down with your machine gun type weapons. There…”
25 of the 96 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“after 60+ hours into this game, and very much awaiting 1.0 update.. can i recommend this game?... kinda.. i'm a person who has come from the Homeworld series and after the bismal homeworld 3, this game is a gem.. very…”
“development build and it shows. dont buy till they fix it more. alot of bugs. with that said fun gameplay loop. def need more research. AI is of the erpaderp level. and not being able to cap/jump drive when things are…”
“Was expecting a cool realistic space fleet sim, got a simple arcade instead. It was advertised on X as inspired by the universes like The Expanse, which led me to believe it would be a great realistic game. But the…”
16 of the 96 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“after 60+ hours into this game, and very much awaiting 1.0 update.. can i recommend this game?... kinda.. i'm a person who has come from the Homeworld series and after the bismal homeworld 3, this game is a gem.. very…”
“development build and it shows. dont buy till they fix it more. alot of bugs. with that said fun gameplay loop. def need more research. AI is of the erpaderp level. and not being able to cap/jump drive when things are…”
“I'll tell you what you really need to know. It's 1.0 and the tutorial bugs out: Triggering a screen full of red dev console errors and seemingly failing to spawn enemy groups or correctly apply rewards for them. Then…”
15 of the 96 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“development build and it shows. dont buy till they fix it more. alot of bugs. with that said fun gameplay loop. def need more research. AI is of the erpaderp level. and not being able to cap/jump drive when things are…”
“Based on my hour of play and several youtube video watches I'd say this game is very good at what it sets out to do. It doesn't have a massive amount of content, but the combat is very engaging. Think Expanse and…”
“Bought out of curiosity and got pulled in. Controling a whole fleet, watching bullets fly, enemies explode, missiles flying past and glorious cinematic space combat. Setting the largest ship as the capital and…”
15 of the 96 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“development build and it shows. dont buy till they fix it more. alot of bugs. with that said fun gameplay loop. def need more research. AI is of the erpaderp level. and not being able to cap/jump drive when things are…”
“I'll tell you what you really need to know. It's 1.0 and the tutorial bugs out: Triggering a screen full of red dev console errors and seemingly failing to spawn enemy groups or correctly apply rewards for them. Then…”
“I've only played for a few hours and honestly I can see a lot of potential in the game. However' theses a bunch of silly bugs and issues that are impacting the enjoyment and I could not really recommend this game at the…”
14 of the 96 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Was expecting a cool realistic space fleet sim, got a simple arcade instead. It was advertised on X as inspired by the universes like The Expanse, which led me to believe it would be a great realistic game. But the…”
“Space planes with magic friction. Controls are terrible and not all of them are remappable. The appearance with corny 2000s space font are something I would call "charm" if the game itself was more complete. It has a…”
“I can't stand the jittering. I jumped right into the tutorial, and the jitter was so bad that I had to quit. I'm getting a solid 120 FPS and not a single frame drop, but when you move the mouse, it's as if the map is…”
Counted across 96 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“===TL;DR=== - Scrapes a positive review because the moment to moment combat is genuinely good fun, but there's a lot of caveats. - The progression, game modes and gameplay loop are a bit of a confused mess design-wise. Feels off. - Contracts are VERY repetitive & grindy. As such…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“I like the game for what it is: Basically, a cousin of Battlefleet Gothic (skirmish mode) or Nexus: the Jupiter Incident, with less detailed fleet combat, but the ability to take direct control of any of your ships (including jumping into the cockpit of your fighters): you can…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Not Ready for 1.0 I desperately want to love this game, but I can't recommend it in its current state. Performance The optimization work simply isn't there yet. I started experiencing heavy lag during the tutorial when opening the tac map, and that instability carried…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Hotfix 1.1a
Fixes: Fixed Tyrcorp Cruisers stat-related issue that caused them to have less HP than their Novatech counterparts Fixed S3 Autocannon sometimes colliding with itself, preventing correct aiming Change
Update 1.1
Hello Pilots & Commanders, Update 1.1 is now out with some promised and some unexpected content to arrive for Space Reign! New Playable Ships - Tyrcorp Cruisers As promised, all Tyrcorp Cruisers are n
Hotfix 1.0f
Fixes: Fixed a bug related to max ship limit in Fleet Roster window Changes: Added a Mouse Sensitivity setting for Fighter Controls and Large Ship Camera Added a setting to adjust the screen shaking a
Hotfix 1.0e
Fixes: Fixed some Ultrawide-related UI elements Fixed Outpost Assault contract not completing properly if the player alread has the outposts captured before accepting it Fixed Flak sometimes causing a
Hotfix 1.0d
Fixes: Fixed console errors sometimes triggering when editing a loadout Fixed errors related to weapon preview in the loadout editing mode Fixed camera-related errors when entering a sector Fixed mini
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Early Access · Space Sim · Space · Real Time Tactics · Action · Indie · Sci-fi · Strategy · RTS · Action RTS · 3D · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Official site | https://spacereign.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10, Windows 11 Processor: Intel i5-7600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1050Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space Sound Card: Integrated