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Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[b]Amazing worldbuilding, amazing gameplay[/b] But, since there are other reviews detailing the gameplay, I'll mostly focus about how Sword of the Stars engages [b]my imagination[/b]. For a game with no up-front campaign mode (OK, there are story missions that form short…”
— a player, Steam review · 82 hrs played“it is a good offline space game to pass the time with, not fancy but well built and entertaining.”
— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs played“Awesome 4x/rts game. The unique FTL drives for each race and randomized tech tree give this game a lot of replay ability. Runs fine for me in windows 10, haven't tried win 11, and could not get it to run in proton, but I believe there's a patch for that somewhere. Would love it…”
— a player, Steam review · 93 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · 4X · Space · Sci-fi · Turn-Based · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Turn-Based Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.swordofthestars.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/Vista Processor: 1.5 Ghz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista) Hard Disk Space: 3 GB Available Video Card: DirectX® 9 compliant video card with 128MB RAM Sound Card: DirectX® 8.1 or better compatible DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9c Internet Connection: at least 56k modem Multiplayer Requirement: Gamespy key (provided by publisher)