Fit check
Is Deadlock: Planetary Conquest worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want to manage colonies and planetary resources
- Science-fiction fans who prefer competing alien factions
- Players seeking solo or network empire-building matches
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a focused tactical combat game rather than colony management and multiple routes to victory
- Those who prefer short, tightly scripted sessions over extended planetary development
- Players looking for a character-driven RPG or a small-squad military campaign
Our take on Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Rather than treating conquest as purely military, the game makes economic and cultural control valid routes to victory. Its empire-building structure also places colony growth, resource use, faction selection, and network competition alongside futuristic warfare.
What is Deadlock: Planetary Conquest?
Build and manage a space colony while exploring a new planet and using its resources.
The game supports solo play and network matches with up to 6 other players. Players compete against six alien species and can choose humans or an alien race, with each faction offering different strengths, weaknesses, and special abilities. Victory can come through economic control, cultural influence, or futuristic warfare. An introductory tutorial and on-screen guidance support new players. The overhead 3-D planetary view can zoom toward buildings, vehicles, and inhabitants, while alien commanders appear in rendered animated scenes.
How Deadlock: Planetary Conquest plays
- 01Multiple victory paths
- Control of the planet can be pursued through economic, cultural, or military means.
- 02Seven playable races
- Humanity and six alien species have distinct advantages, drawbacks, and special abilities.
- 03Network multiplayer
- Matches support up to 6 other players alongside solo play.
- 04Zoomable planet view
- The overhead map moves from a broad planetary view toward individual structures, vehicles, and inhabitants.
- 05New-player guidance
- A tutorial and on-screen assistance introduce the game's systems.
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest compared to similar games
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest centers on developing a space colony, exploiting planetary resources, and winning through economic, cultural, or military control. Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on direct command of units in large-scale World War II battles, while Xenonauts follows a military organization defending Earth through turn-based squad operations and technology recovery.
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest: platforms & release
Is Deadlock: Planetary Conquest worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to manage colonies and planetary resources. Skip it if: players seeking a focused tactical combat game rather than colony management and multiple routes to victory.
Where can I download Deadlock: Planetary Conquest?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Deadlock: Planetary Conquest's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Deadlock: Planetary Conquest on?
Windows only.
