• 4 distinct races - Human, Hiver, Tarkas and Liir
  • A powerful state of the art engine delivers breathtaking graphics and robust game play
  • Each race has a unique mode of transport between star systems, creating very different styles of play
  • Over 150 distinct technologies to research on a dynamic tech tree
  • Over 40 weapons from six different weapon classes
  • Players can design and build ships from three size classes - Destroyer, Cruiser, and Dreadnought
  • Up to 8 players can play against the AI and one another over LAN or online
  • Choose from a variety of scenario campaigns to play alone or with friends
  • Born of Blood:
    A Murder of Crows:
    Argos Naval Yard:
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  • 4 distinct races - Human, Hiver, Tarkas and Liir
  • A powerful state of the art engine delivers breathtaking graphics and robust game play
  • Each race has a unique mode of transport between star systems, creating very different styles of play
  • Over 150 distinct technologies to research on a dynamic tech tree
  • Over 40 weapons from six different weapon classes
  • Players can design and build ships from three size classes - Destroyer, Cruiser, and Dreadnought
  • Up to 8 players can play against the AI and one another over LAN or online
  • Choose from a variety of scenario campaigns to play alone or with friends
  • Born of Blood:
    A Murder of Crows:
    Argos Naval Yard:
    ">
  • 4 distinct races - Human, Hiver, Tarkas and Liir
  • A powerful state of the art engine delivers breathtaking graphics and robust game play
  • Each race has a unique mode of transport between star systems, creating very different styles of play
  • Over 150 distinct technologies to research on a dynamic tech tree
  • Over 40 weapons from six different weapon classes
  • Players can design and build ships from three size classes - Destroyer, Cruiser, and Dreadnought
  • Up to 8 players can play against the AI and one another over LAN or online
  • Choose from a variety of scenario campaigns to play alone or with friends
  • Born of Blood:
    A Murder of Crows:
    Argos Naval Yard:
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    Über das Spiel

    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. But tragedy strikes, as Earth is ravaged by an alien force. The dawning of a new era was stymied by a grim, new reality...
    Sword of the Stars:
    • 4 distinct races - Human, Hiver, Tarkas and Liir
    • A powerful state of the art engine delivers breathtaking graphics and robust game play
    • Each race has a unique mode of transport between star systems, creating very different styles of play
    • Over 150 distinct technologies to research on a dynamic tech tree
    • Over 40 weapons from six different weapon classes
    • Players can design and build ships from three size classes - Destroyer, Cruiser, and Dreadnought
    • Up to 8 players can play against the AI and one another over LAN or online
    • Choose from a variety of scenario campaigns to play alone or with friends
    Born of Blood:
    • Play as the merciless Zuul Slavers with over 90 brand-new ship sections and their unique drive system ? the Tunnel Drive
    • Over 25 additional technologies
    • 15 more weapons you can add to your ship designs
    • New ship sections for the original four races, including: War, Projector, Boarding, and a new type of defense satellite ? the Torpedo Defense Platform
    • 4 additional galactic encounters, a new grand menace, plus 3 unique scenarios and 6 original maps
    • New game features, including Slavery, Trade Routes, and Diplomatic Communications
    A Murder of Crows:
    • A New Sixth race ? The Morrigi
    • New Ship Sections - Over a dozen new ship sections
    • Unique ?Grav Flock? Drive System for Morrigi
    • 15 new weapons
    • 27 new technologies and the new Xeno-Cultural and Drones tech tree
    • Drone carrying ships in all three size classes
    • Construction ships, a variety of orbital stations, spy ships, police cutters, and more
    • A whole new set of GUI enhancements and additions
    Argos Naval Yard:
    • 19 new technologies
    • Over 75 new ship section to build
    • 10 new weapons / 3 New Scenarios
    • Single Player / Multi-player with co-op scenario maps

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    Verfasst: 28.03.18 22:08
    Paradox hat sich entschieden Basis Elemente ihrer Spiele nachträglich rauszulöschen, daher eine Warnung an alle Käufer, ihr könnt nachträglich auf einmal nur noch ein halbes oder anders Spiel haben.
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    Verfasst: 04.01.16 00:56
    Actually this sin t review, its a warning : if you Purchased the Sword of the Stars Complete Collection and it shows you a window at launch with this :

    Invalid CD Key

    - request a refound !
    Theres NO Support of the creators anymore !!!
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    Verfasst: 11.09.15 09:07
    Immer noch eines der besten Weltraum Strategiespiele, auch nach 9 Jahren. Ich kann den ersten Teil viel mehr empfehlen als den 2. Teil.
    Jedes Volk spielt sich fast komplett unterschiedlich, die Geschichte der völker ist sehr liebevoll geschrieben, und jedes Event wird mit netten Zeichnungen begleitet.
    Es gibt auch viele Zufallsereignisse, der Forschungsbaum ist auch zufällig, so ist jedes Spiel immer etwas anders.

    Leider hat Kerberos sich selber an die Wand gefahren mit dem vermurksten Sots 2. Aber Sots 1 zählt für mich zu den Weltraum Klassikern, auch wenn es seiner Zeit sehr unbekannt war, und nur wenige es gespielt haben.
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    Verfasst: 01.01.12 22:01
    Ein gutes Spiel, sofern man 4x-Games mag. Es ist in meinen Augen ein Moo2 mit aufgemotzter kampfengine und Stromlinienförmigen Strategieteil.
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    Verfasst: 17.04.22 10:41
    Gameplay: 6/10
    Graphics: 6/10
    Sound: 6/10
    Story: 6/10
    Replay/Value: 7/10

    Overall: 6.2/10
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    Verfasst: 05.02.22 16:19
    Still a classic in streamlined 4x. No messy planet management. No worrying about having to collect rare alloys or who will be elected chancellor. Just galactic armchair admiralty and some surprisingly deep backstory.
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    Verfasst: 09.11.21 07:04
    It may say 66 hours for me at the time of typing this, but Sword of the Stars has been a favorite game since my childhood. This is one of those games where you look at its age and not expect much, but then you get to playing it and you realize it has so much in the way of features and content. It wasn't until many many years later that I played the DLCs, and I must say that while the base game was amazing as is, the Complete Collection which includes Born of Blood, Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard introduces two new races, multiple new features and even a lot of technologies. Each race has their own unique technology, drives, even playstyles and difficulties. The game is split into two different mechanics, first is the management which is turn based. Manage your worlds, research, and fleets during your turn while also working on diplomacy. The other is real time combat between turns. What is especially fun is First Contact Protocol, where not firing first when first encountering AI players effects initial standing. In addition to other empires to contend with, there are other, more horrifying things out there....from a resource stealing entity that will get more aggressive the more you defy their attempts to feed off the galaxy to a giant weapon that destroys entire worlds and even some ship that seeks to keep the peace by any means necessary....There is a lot out there for you to discover, fight, fear, learn, and salvage. Just know that in a universe where weakness is extinction, in order to survive you must learn to wield The Sword of the Stars!

    PS Fuck Kerberos for abandoning the sequel to focus on The Pit and other things. If you try this and think of getting the sequel, dont. It does not work at all.
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    Verfasst: 09.10.21 02:25
    for those discovering it late, it is the eminent precursor to much more popular Stellaris. I currently enjoy it more than Stellaris which is far more micromanagement heavy and I've sunk a chunk of hours into both. I suck at both too lol
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    Verfasst: 05.09.21 22:30
    Space management game. You are one of a number of empires that are vying for dominance of the stars. Six races to choose from, including humans. Decent enough. Recommend, though you will likely lose track of time.
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    Verfasst: 15.08.21 21:50
    First off, I really wanted to like this game. As a big fan of 4X, especially Masters of Orion, I viewed this as a possible successor. On the surface, it has all the elements for a great MOO successor - a galaxy of planets to explore and exploits, a deep and interesting tech tree, the ability to construct specialized ships, a (seemingly) great tactical combat system, etc.

    Unfortunately, it all fell apart in the details - the game experience. Including:

    1) A clunky viewing system. As far as I can tell, there is no way to pan through your view, either in star view or tactical view. Maybe I just never figured it out, but then again that would be the fault of the game, because I sure tried a lot of different ways. You can zoom and rotate, but not pan. This is disconcerting and sometime maddening.
    2) Odd, unexplained behavior. Refueling is not intuitive, as is the whole 'how far can I go and which route will it take'. Again, maybe me, but I never got the hang of it.
    3) Techs. Figuring the exact impact of a tech requires some experience with it, not very user friendly.
    4) Tactical combat. This was my big frustration. In some ways, it is great, much better than older games like MOO and more like modern games, allowing RT targeting of individual ships and even individual weapons on a ship. But you never really know what is going on. How damaged are your ships? How damaged are THEIR ships? How effective are your weapons? Yeah, in real life, you don't have damage meters, especially on the enemy, but this is a game. How are you supposed to figure out the effectiveness of your ships without such feedback?
    5) The annoying voices. Hearing just the human scientist over and over is enough to chuck the game (figuratively) out the window.

    There were other small things that just added up to an annoying game experience. It's like hearing the plot of a movie and getting really excited, then watching the movie and hating it. Though I didn't hate the game itself, I hated that it could have been so much better.
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    Verfasst: 31.07.21 20:49
    You know, I really wanted to like this game - I really did. I really like the 3D map display, the depth of detail, and the strong 4X foundations. However, even with all of those virtues, the game still feels clunky to me. Perhaps it is a consequence of its age, but it seems confusing to me. Ships need to be micro-managed, combat (early combat, at least) seems enigmatic (Ex: what kinds of weapons does the enemy use? Where is the enemy?). I was ultimately disappointed in a game I really wanted to enjoy.
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    Verfasst: 17.07.21 21:00
    Well, today this game does not really stand the competition from Endless Space 2 and other games like that but in early 2000s(blessed times) it was the real stuff. I played it back in the times.

    My biggest problem with the game is that it does not try to entertain with you with anything. Not like I want to read novellas like in Stellaris or Endless Legends but you may be playing for hours and have no events, no challenges to deal with. Of course, eventually, you will have massive armies fight in space like no other game has but then is it really worth it today?

    I am not giving this game a negative review because it was a great game for its time which contributed to cosmic 4x genre but today it is very dull and empty. It has one of the best technology trees, different races, interesting lore, great spaceship constructor.

    If you did not play it, and consider buying it, be prepared for very primitive empire management( the game is combat oriented really) and emptiness in all senses.

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    Verfasst: 26.06.21 16:20
    This is one of the few 4x games that seems to scale into silly scope easily. I can crank galaxy size to maximum and my potato laptop can still process AI turns in under ten seconds.
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    Verfasst: 16.04.21 06:59
    Still one of the best 4x style games I have played. Better with friends.
    Pros:
    Up to 8 player games (AI or player controlled)
    Team games (2v2, 4v4, or any combination of teams with up to 8 players)
    six very different races (they all play a little differently, especially toward the mid game)
    Expansive tech tree; easy to play, hard to master
    absolutely baffling amount of Lore for each race
    Many different ways to play, with styles of play changing with each race

    Cons:
    The menuing shows its age, though for it's time they were pretty good.
    Expansive tech tree that doesn't tell you what you'd be unlocking other than the research you have, meaning memorization of the tech is a bit of a must, especially with a couple of the races.
    Ship management gets pretty difficult later on, unless you are really good at that kind of thing.
    A lot of the techs don't give you numbers. For example, the tree that gives you increased missle damage doesn't say by how much or how it interacts with other damage buffs.
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    Beware the Enforcer...
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    Verfasst: 30.10.20 17:04
    Bruh this thing is a god damn steal

    PS seth review when?
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    Verfasst: 12.10.20 04:11
    Simple to learn, playing for 10 years and still haven't mastered it. Classic 4X game
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    Verfasst: 07.09.20 11:11
    Classic old school pick up and play space 4x game, can run on modern potatos and has a lot of replay-ability. a for sure pickup.

    I come back to this game 5 or 6 times a year for 12 - 20 hours a pop. Always keeps me wanting more.
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    Verfasst: 23.07.20 20:04
    An excellent strategy game , where strategy is actually worthwhile.
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    Verfasst: 02.06.20 19:16
    I like it
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    Verfasst: 24.05.20 11:26
    Best space 4x game to date. If you're into strategy and real time combat with RNG as far as tech trees and a vast other details in each new game created. Would be nice to do mp with strangers over online.
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    Verfasst: 15.04.20 18:46
    A solid game. not the most modern (it was released 2005), but still good, fun, and replayable. Lots of RNG involved but its a great 4x strategy game that is terms of what you pay for is better than some today (like gal civ 3 or stellaris).
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    Verfasst: 06.11.19 15:23
    I got this game before I got it on Steam on a Disk a long time ago. It is a nice game. I don't like it as much as GalCiv or Stellaris and Part II is way better. Still, it is a nice game and given its time it's really fun and awesome. If you like that kind of space games, that you don't do anything wrong with buying it.
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    Verfasst: 22.07.15 11:38
    I think it's my favorite 4x game by far, and I'm playing it in 2015, the game still holds to modern standards and modding community is still active.
    This game should serve as a reference for the space 4x genre, it gets everything right and does not try to push fancy and poorly made useless innovations like too many games.

    Pros:
    • easy to play, hard to master, has much more depth than it appears at the beginning
    • focusses on what really matters and does not annoy you with useless micromanagement just for the sake of complexity.
    • interesting real time tactical combat phases where both how you command your fleet and how you designed them matters.
    • very well designed UI which allows you to play quickly and efficiently.
    • just enough ship customization, lets you design them for your intended strategy, does not require you to spend hours fine-tuning them.
    • 3D galaxy map which adds real strategic interest and variety to the games.
    • varied and balanced races with very different travelling methods.
    • interesting and challenging research tree, partially randomized for every game and player, with random technologies that you may not be allowed to research at all for this game, but have some chance to steal from an enemy.
    • smart and challenging AI which properly uses diplomacy, however not so good within tactical combat phases.
    • still active modding community, great mods available to enhance visuals and improve game balance (check my Steam guide ;) ).
    • the game seems very polished and you will have many pleasant surprises, few bad ones.
    • straightforward videos + text transcription tutorials, easy to skip parts or quickly read the text if you are in a hurry ...


    Cons:
    • ... but lacks explanations for advanced things, which you need to look up online, such as how planet size, resources and hazard works, how population, industrial output, and income impact each other, detailed game mechanics and weapon damage values, or some useful key bindings (pausing combat, making waypoints in strategic map, speeding up combat, rotating fleet formation, etc.).
    • RNG can be potentially ruin your game (if you activated random events).
    • no ship refitting (but that did not bother me that much)
    • trading system is not great, it requires you to build A LOT of freighters at some point in the game, and when you upgrade the freighter technology you need to rebuild them all. However by becoming at some point the backbone of your economy it becomes of great strategic value and improves the dynamic of the game.


    TL;DR: Best space 4x game without aimless overcomplicated features, way better than recently released ones.
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    10657 Std. insgesamt
    Verfasst: 04.11.14 16:03
    This is one of the most underated 4X games ive played. Ive put way more than 112 hours into it before i had steam. The combat controls take a bit of getting used to but once you have those nailed this game will eat hours of your life.

    Planet management and the tech tree are easy to understand but the tech still retains depth. After an 8 hour long game you will still have lots of tech still to discover.
    Whilst the graphics are a little dated it really doesnt matter once you are playing and you are immersed. Combat is enjoyable to watch especially when you have 3 massive dreadnoughts trying to face off against an entire enemy fleet.



    This is a really solid game one of my favourite random buys ever .Its worth every penny and if you see it in a sale definatly grab it!
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    171 Std. insgesamt
    Verfasst: 21.07.14 18:39
    I had to buy this game again in order to review it. My hours played does not include the older Steam version that isn't sold anymore.

    This is hands down my favourite game of all time. Therefore I am actually going to take time writing this review.

    Ridiculously deep, engaging gameplay that can allow for 250+ hours for a single large game - a game filled with desperate struggles against merciless and highly adaptable AI in long late-night/early morning sessions. A very nice physics engine allows for some interesting RTS battles with completely customised ships bristling with esoteric weaponry - from the humble red laser to giant space revolvers that shoot asteroids that glass planets.

    With a quasi-randomised tech tree system and 6 different races that each play completely differently, it is easy to spend thousands of hours on this game and still not experience everything it has to offer. Multiplayer is just as good - coordinate with a friend or compete against them in 4X/RTT combined gameplay. If you thought multiplayer games of Sins of a Solar Empire or Civ were long, this game is somewhat longer, but rewards you with deep satisfaction during and after play.

    Overall it is similar to the Master of Orion series of games if you remember those, but also feels akin to Total War with the RTT combined with turn-based strategy, and the depth of control available during battles. Most of the time you are trying to expand, tech up and survive in a turn-based 4X type strategic map.

    However, if one of your ships encounters something hostile, you are given the option to fight manually; this is often very rewarding, you are able to visually assess the ships, including tech level and weaponry, and to also destroy them with extreme prejudice (or not if you prefer). The RTT game engine allows polygon targeting, allowing you to aim shots at precise parts of their ships - snipe off their turrets or shoot out their engines so their inertia causes them to crash into a planet. The level of detail simulated allows for incredibly fun and often unpredictable fights. This is not like Sins, where ships have simple health bars and succumb after a set number of hits; exactly what and where you hit things is of great importance - hit a tanker in the fuel tanks hard enough and be rewarded with a satisfying secondary explosion, sometimes disintegrating the ship and everything small within a large radius.

    Visually, it is quite dated now, something that they tried to fix in the sequel, which is somewhat buggy and sometimes broken. However, this original is very well polished, and I would highly recommend this gem of a game to anyone with half a brain and some patience.

    If you do end up enjoying it as much as I have, the sequel may be worth trying, but be prepared for a general feeling of lack of completeness that is absent in this original. I wouldn't fault the devs too much for that, Paradox wanted them to release at an incomplete point and it was do-or-die for the studio. It has come a long way since release but the devs aimed a bit too high and fell short. This does not mean it is terrible, much fun is to be had, with a lot of new things to be tried - if you have the patience and an SSD to cope with the *occasional* CTD - (occasional is a relative term).

    TL;DR: this is a very good and underrated game, buy it (it is also cheap), play it. Don't buy the second one if you are new to the series unless you are a masochist with too much money.
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    Verfasst: 22.04.14 03:38
    +/+ Unique take on research.
    +/+ Simple ship building UI.
    +/+ First encounters with alien species is handled very well.
    +/+ All six species have unique play styles and lore as well as provide unique opponents to fight.
    +/+ Micromanagement decreases with game length.
    +/+ full 3 dimensional star maps (with many choices included a ‘2D’ star map for those who prefer 2D).
    +/+ Games are very customizable.

    +/- Turn-based star map with real-time battles (kind of like Total War in space).
    +/- Economy management is relatively simple.
    +/- Graphics are nothing to write home about (not that important for a 4x strategy game IMO).

    -/- SotS lacks a sufficient tutorial and the UI fails to present all relevant information.
    -/- Sound effects range from average to bad. Some may even find them offensive.
    -/- Lacks steam features.

    Verdict: 8.8/10. SotS is a very impressive and unique take on the 4x genre. The developer managed to create a game design that scales the micromanagement with empire size. The ship design is one of the best I’ve seen in a 4x game (Star Ruler would be my only contender). The game has a steep learning curve and requires some forum reading/let’s plays to gain a moderate understanding of the underlying mechanics. If you are willing to invest the time, you will find a lot to love in Sword of the Stars.
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