Imperium Galactica

Digital Reality

Rank: #6 / 6
Released: 1997
Studio: Digital Reality
Genre: 4X, space opera video game, real-time tactics

At a glance

Imperium Galactica is a single-player strategy game from Digital Reality, set in a galaxy-spanning human empire facing unrest and invasion. Players manage colonies and research and develop spaceships, satellites, weapons and buildings. The setting includes seven alien races and two renegade human empires. Diplomacy is also part of the game: players can make alliances, trade technology and treaties, or go to war. Conflict spans real-time battles on the ground and in space. Imperium Galactica is listed for Windows and DOS, with Steam Family Sharing available. Its mix of colony management, research, diplomacy and warfare gives players several strands of empire-building to manage within the same space-strategy setting.

Who it is for

It suits solo strategy players interested in colony management, technological development and diplomacy alongside real-time ground and space warfare.

What is good

Detailed colony management
Seven alien races
Technology trading and treaties
Real-time ground and space warfare

What to know first

Single-player only
Listed for Windows and DOS

Verdict

Imperium Galactica brings colony management, diplomacy and real-time warfare into a single-player space strategy game. Its listed platforms are Windows and DOS.