Gameplay Overview
A streamlined 4X experience built for shorter, more social games.
Choose a Faction
Choose one of ten unique factions in Star Imperium, each with their own quirks and play styles.
Explore
Discover new worlds.
Expand
Absorb planets into your empire.
Build a Fleet
Customize your ships to try to counter your opponents. Maybe you'll overwhelm them with missile frigates, but maybe your opponent will build carriers with point defence systems and deploy fighters to destroy your frigates. Perhaps you'll foresee this and equip some of your frigates with flak cannons, and take those carriers out with a cruiser sporting a rail gun; the tactical one-upsmanship never ends…
Trade
A simple trade agreement system lets you and other players set up a mutually beneficial deal, and discourages war.
Diplomacy
Make deals with other factions.
Politics
Vote in the council on laws and actions that will change the state of the game.
War
Out-wit your opponents in battle.
Victory
Achieve objectives, gain victory points, win the game.
