Fit check
Is Earth 2160 worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want to choose among four playable parties with different technologies and abilities
- Campaign-focused players seeking four single-player campaigns with 7 missions each
- Multiplayer groups looking for matches that accommodate up to 8 players
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a small, short campaign structure rather than four campaigns with 7 missions each
- Players wanting every faction to use the same base construction model, since the listed parties have different building structures
- Players looking for a game outside the strategy genre
Our take on Earth 2160
Base construction defines the experience: one party forms a large building from smaller parts, while another stacks structures and can move them to a new location. The game applies these different construction concepts across its playable parties.
What is Earth 2160?
Set in 2160, the game follows four playable factions with distinct technologies and abilities as they vie to survive after Earth’s destruction.
Each faction has at least 14 buildings and at least 14 units. Their bases work differently: the Eurasian Dynasty assembles one large structure from changeable components, while Lunar Corporation builds upward and can relocate its structures. Play four single-player campaigns, each with 7 missions, or skirmish across 10 maps. Four multiplayer modes also use 10 maps, with matches for as many as 8 players. Terrain is realistic, sculptable, and varied in texture. Twelve virtual agents have special abilities. An EarthC programming SDK is included for mod teams, along with the Superstorm, Platinum, and Titanium Map Packs.
How Earth 2160 plays
- 01Distinct base structures
- The Eurasian Dynasty builds from smaller sections, while Lunar Corporation places buildings vertically and can relocate them.
- 02Four solo campaigns
- The single-player content is divided into four campaigns, each containing 7 missions.
- 03Large multiplayer matches
- Multiplayer offers four modes and supports matches with as many as 8 players.
- 04Modding SDK
- Mod teams can use the EarthC programming-language SDK.
Earth 2160 compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad centers on World War II combat with direct control of individual units, while Earth 2160 presents four playable parties, faction-specific technologies, and varied base structures. Xenonauts uses turn-based missions with small squads of persistent soldiers defending Earth from alien invasion; Earth 2160 instead combines campaigns, skirmishes, and multiplayer modes.
Earth 2160: platforms & release
Is Earth 2160 worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to choose among four playable parties with different technologies and abilities. Skip it if: players seeking a small, short campaign structure rather than four campaigns with 7 missions each.
Where can I download Earth 2160?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Earth 2160's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Earth 2160 on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
