Star Ruler

Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction. Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves) is a target of opportunity. Utilize your silver tongue to twist other Empires into submitting under your galaxy-class wit with a complex and full-featured diplomacy system or wheel-and-deal your way to supremacy. Research deadly new weapons, new engines, shields, and more with a research web whose contents are shuffled with every game. Explore vast interstellar phenomena such as black holes and asteroid belts and exploit them for yourself or destroy them to deny your foes. Match your wits with up to 10 online or LAN-linked opponents, save the game when dawn breaks, and boot it back up at dusk. It isn't over until you say it is! Mod the game to suit your playstyle! Your weapons, your ships, your rules. Almost the entire game can be modified entirely through an editor as simple as notepad. Easily add new models and particle effects to the game with a robust set of out-of-the-box developer tools. * Vast, Procedurally Generated Galaxies: Choose however many systems you desire - limited only by the speed of your CPU. Rich, diverse planets whose type, size, number of moons and other characteristics vary makes every game unique. * Intricate Ship Design and Exciting Combat: Massive ship battles fought in real-time with particle effects and directional damage with full simulated Newtonian physics. Individual ship components can be compromised, destroyed, disabled, repaired and renovated. * Unique Research System: Explore a web-like research system with unexpected discovereies around every turn. Choose between a structured, static web or a highly varied web each game.