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Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are al
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
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— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“This game series had great promise but apparently greed from the Publisher killed any chance of this series seeing its full greatness.”
— a player, Steam review · 229 hrs played“Unfinished and abandoned”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:38 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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Changelog v2.0.25092.4
Just in time for the Thanksgiving long weekend (for some of you), the latest update to the game. Have a good weekend, everyone! Critical Fixes Fixed fleet transfer CTD while in the mission select mode
Changelog v2.0.25092.4
Just in time for the Thanksgiving long weekend (for some of you), the latest update to the game. Have a good weekend, everyone! Critical Fixes Fixed fleet transfer CTD while in the mission select mode
SotS2 changelog 2.0.25003.9
Critical Fixes: - FIxed end turn CTD from Suulka getting destroyed by encounter - Fixed node line end turn CTD - Fixed destroyed node line end turn CTD - Fixed CTD when trying to build a bore ship for
SotS2 changelog 2.0.25003.9
Critical Fixes: - FIxed end turn CTD from Suulka getting destroyed by encounter - Fixed node line end turn CTD - Fixed destroyed node line end turn CTD - Fixed CTD when trying to build a bore ship for
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · 4X · Space · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · Lore-Rich · Turn-Based · Tactical · Grand Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.swordofthestars.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 - 64 bit Processor: Core2 Duo or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512-MB DirectX 10, Integrated graphics (laptops) are not supported DirectX®: 10 Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space Sound: Any Windows Vista compatible sound device, stereo speakers or head phones Additional: , DirectX February 2010 or newer (DX10). 3-button mouse and keyboard. Internet required for online play. LAN required for local multiplayer