Space Empires V

a.k.a. Space Empires 5

published by Strategy First in 2006-10-16, developed by Malfador Machinations, running on Windows

type: strategy, turn-based
genre: Science Fiction, 4X
series: Space Empires
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng

3.3/5

Official description

Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy. New features abound with political alliances between multiple empires, a top-down ship design system, a hexagonal movement grid, and many more. Due to player demand, the game is completely 'moddable' and even adds a scriptable AI system to the mix. Space Empires V boldly takes the next step in the genre of space strategy

* 24 bit 3D real-time rendered graphics.
* Detailed Tactical Combat (and a combat simulator to test your designs!).
* New vehicle types and sizes: Ships, Bases, Freighters, Fighters, Mines, Satellites, Troops, Drones, and Weapons Platforms.
* Ability to completely design and customize all of your vehicles.
* Large Galaxy: 100 solar systems with 15 planets each.
* Huge Technology Tree: Thousands of tech levels with hundreds of components and facilities.
* Completely customizable game graphics: Create your own planets, stars, vehicles, etc.
* Completely customizable AI players: Create your own AI players with unique traits, styles, and speech.
* 14 unique races to play or customize (or just create your own!)
* Randomly generated map for every game (or load an existing map).
* Complete game customization allowed by players ("mods").