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Ancient Space

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Strategy Space RTS Sci-fi Singleplayer
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Venture deep into space to uncover secrets and find a lost expedition!

Ancient Space features real time strategic starship battles that encourages tactical maneuvering. In time honored RTS tradition, you build and upgrade your fleet as you complete mission objectives and gather resources which allow you to progress further into the game. Chart your approach – from defense to offense and everything in between such as escort and stealth missions.

Embark and explore the darkest recesses of space in this tale of strategic resource management and engrossing interstellar warfare.

Main features:
A stellar cast: The game is voiced by fan-favorites from much loved sci-fi movies and television shows such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.
Deep space exploration: Each mission advances the plot further and introduces a new area of space being explored with secrets to discover and dangers to react to.
Command your fleet: Build, maintain and strategically use a multitude of ship types to deploy into battle, each with distinct tactical uses during grand strategic space warfare as you square off against notorious pirates and mysterious aliens.
Upgradeable progression: Your units can be upgraded. Various upgrades to player ships are applied throughout the campaign. You decide what to enhance and what to leave behind.
Choose your crew: Before each mission, choose up to three officers with special abilities that aid your progress through the missions. Recruit more crew members along your journey.
An engrossing campaign: The single player campaign comes with a pulsating story that follows epic battles and tackles philosophical questions about humanity and science whilst posing the question – what lies beyond?

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System requirements Windows · macOS

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Vista 64 bit/Win 7/Win 8
  • Processor: 3.10GHz Intel Core i3-2100
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent
  • Storage: 20 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS *: Vista 64 bit/Win 7/Win 8
  • Processor: 3GHz Intel i5 quad core or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 or equivalent
  • Storage: 20 GB available space

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: MAC OS Mavericks
  • Processor: 3.10GHz Intel Core i3-2100
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent
  • Storage: 20 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: MAC OS Mavericks
  • Processor: 3GHz Intel i5 quad core or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 or equivalent
  • Storage: 20 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Brazilian rating
10
Steam Germany rating
12
Achievements
30
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Languages
English*, French, German, Polish, Russian
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (5)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
FrenchYesNoYes
GermanYesNoYes
PolishYesNoYes
RussianYesNoYes

Third-party requirements shown by Steam

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Ancient Space EULA
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Value Score

Fair Value — 53th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 53th percentile. Priced as Market at $19.99.

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 57%
Value Ratio Top 47%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ancient Space worth buying right now?
Wait — $19.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Ancient Space go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is Ancient Space free to play?
Ancient Space costs $19.99 on Steam.
What genre is Ancient Space?
Ancient Space is a Strategy game.
Who developed Ancient Space?
Ancient Space was developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Paradox Interactive.
What platforms does Ancient Space support?
Available on Steam for Windows, macOS.

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