SEV is the fifth generation of the popular Space Empires 4x strategy game created by Malfador Machinations.

Before I start waffling I must say this game isn’t free! I have found it so good on the demo that I had to buy it.

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.

This is a great game if you like this sort of thing. It is not a flashy sit in the cockpit shoot them up but is extremely complicated. It will take you probably a few hours or even an afternoon to learn it (like me). A lot of budding dictators play this but it can take up a lot of time, beware.

space empires 5

  • 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”).

Space Empires V (PC)