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Space Wars: Interstellar Empires
Helm your own ship, battle for supremacy in a multi-faction war, and conquer the cosmos in this science fiction turn-based strategy game. Select from more than 100+ diverse star ships and fight for territory across a 2D hex-based grid.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“You will never find a fight, because way higher tier ships will chase you across the galaxy while lower tier ships warp out as soon as you arrive.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 22:33 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New Server: Mercury II
NEW SERVER: Mercury II Sol Imperial Worlds: The 'jack of all trades' good at all, best at none, always the most popular to new players. Easiest to learn and play. Genari United Empire: Brutishly stron
New Server: Saneth
New Server: Saneth (Genari PvE) Tired of playing Sol, and winning? Well play as Genari with your friends, though they are the easiest race to play in the beginning, they do have weaknesses near endgam
New PvE Server: Omega with updated Story and Avatars
New Sol Intro Story Movie Thanks to the modern advancements of AI animation, we are happy to introduce new lifelike movies/stories to SpaceWars. It brings in more immersion to the game, and gives you
New Server: Chiron with Advanced Attack AI
New PvP Server: Chiron with advanced AI Out of beta testing, attack AI is now active. They essentially act as live players, attacking enemy sectors and trying to capture them. There are two kinds: Bas
New Server: Saneth
New Server: Saneth New five-faction server is now up! The Genari Starkiller arrives in orbit around Earth, with the Sol Imperial defense platform nearby A fierce battle between Sol Imperial Worlds and
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Free To Play, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Free to Play · Massively Multiplayer · Strategy · Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics · Hex Grid · Indie · Space (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 51 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.spacewars.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.4 GHz CPU or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000, GeForce GTX 760M, Radeon HD 7730 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space