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Sins of a Solar Empire

Sins of a Solar Empire is a 2008 science fiction real-time strategy computer game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is a real-time…

91 4 February 2008

Sins of a Solar Empire is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Ironclad Games, released 4 February 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sins of a Solar Empire is

Sins of a Solar Empire is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Ironclad Games and released in 2008. It was published by Stardock. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Iron Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sins of a Solar Empire is a 2008 science fiction real-time strategy 4X video game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that incorporates some elements from 4X games; its makers describe it as "RT4X". Players are given control of a spacefaring empire in the distant future, and are tasked with conquering star systems using military, economic and diplomatic means.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Sins of a Solar Empire holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 26 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Sins of a Solar Empire launched on 4 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.

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When did Sins of a Solar Empire come out?
Sins of a Solar Empire was released on 4 February 2008 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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