Star Traders: 4X Empires
Release date: Dec 16, 2014
Developers: Trese Brothers
Publishers: Trese Brothers
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire among the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you must lead the refugees of the great Exodus to a new home in hostile space and build a new galaxy-spanning civilization. To survive in the dark reaches of space, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology. This challenging civilization-building game expands upon the universe of the original Star Traders RPG. As the leader of a splinter group who have fallen behind the main fleet, you have no choice but to settle nearby habitable worlds, stake your claim and try to prosper. Your forces will face hostile aliens at every turn and your fleets will do battle in a challenging tactical conflicts across the solar systems. As the waves of stellar conflict wash across your empire, you’ll face invasions, devastating planetary bombardments and need to exact the same on alien infestations to expand your empire. Within your own imperium, you must manage your economy, political realm, and technological research. The squabbling factions vie for power, unable to lay old rivalries to rest. Only your deft political maneuvering can build treaties and harmony over discord and war. From the helm, you must also construct a mighty economy, one capable of surviving the devastation of war and the attacks of political adversaries. A sprawling technology tree lies before you and your choice of technologies will determine the strategy of your galactic civilization. To survive, you’ll need to overcome some of these challenges, to succeed you must master them all. Grow a ragtag band of survivors into a new galactic empire. Protect your colonies of galactic refugees from alien attack. Employ devious political and economic machinations to expand your domain. Use spies and espionage to get the upperhand on your enemies. Research and build incredible new ships, weapons and technologies. Trade with a vast universe full of rich, dynamic characters. Explore the galaxy and uncover its many secrets. Multiple difficulty levels and customizable map sizes. Risk everything to rescue refugees and keep them safe. Take control through the strategic use of spies, economics, politics, technology and advanced weaponry in the most engaging, expansive and intense turn-based sci-fi title. Rebuild the human civilization from the ashes of interstellar war to become the galaxy’s ultimate leader in Star Trader 4X Empires. Snag a Two Pack The Star Traders Two Pack includes two copies of the game - one for you and one to gift to a friend. The second copy is at 50%! Share your strategies and epic war against the alien with a friend today! What's in the Box? Star Traders: 4X Empires includes the full tech tree, and both the Alta Mesa and Hyperion Ship Skin Packs. This games has no chargeable DLC - all present and future content is included in the price. Entire Tech tree All game maps All 6 classic Factions Additional 3 Great Clan Factions (Alta Mesa, Moklumne, Zenrin) All 9 ship design types 

Press reviews: “This game is underrated. [..] I do not think I've seen or heard about any other strategy games where you have to manage multiple factions at once.” prime_resistor, 75 hours played. “I have been a 4X lover since the old Space Empire games... FINALLY someone who 'gets' it!” pete.hollyer, 103 hours played. “Fantastic Space-Opera-themed 4X with hints of the Dune lore abound. It is fairly simple to learn, and the unexpected depth you'll find in what can admittedly come-off as graphically unimpressive is astonishing.” Pantherhawk3000, 180 hours played.