Fit check
Is Star General worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want battles in both space and planetary environments
- Players who enjoy developing captured planets and managing resources
- Players interested in scenarios involving multiple alien races
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a short strategy game rather than one described as offering well over 100 hours of gameplay
- Players who prefer a single combat setting instead of both space and ground battles
- Players seeking a strategy game without resource management or planetary development
Our take on Star General
Its defining structure is a two-level war: forces fight in space, then move into ground combat on the planets they seek to control.
What is Star General?
Star General is a strategy game with combat in two settings: space and planetary surfaces.
Players command a multi-planetary force, conquer enemy planets, and develop them by expanding cities and building factories, research centers, military complexes, and orbital stations. The game includes more than 90 rendered 3D starship types, over 100 ground units, and multiple planet types. Scenarios involve pairs of races drawn from seven total races, while custom battles can include two to seven computer-controlled players. Diplomacy can influence relations with neutral races or be disabled. Each race has specialized AI and characteristic sound effects. The vendor describes the game as offering well over 100 hours of gameplay.
How Star General plays
- 01Space and surface combat
- Battles include engagements among the stars and fighting on planets.
- 02Planetary development
- Captured worlds can receive cities, factories, research centers, military complexes, and orbital stations.
- 03Custom galactic battles
- Custom battles can include two to seven computer-controlled players, each representing a different race.
- 04Race-specific AI
- Each of the seven races has specialized AI and characteristic sound effects.
- 05Diplomacy options
- Relations with neutral races can be influenced, or diplomacy can be disabled.
Star General compared to similar games
Xenonauts focuses on defending a Cold War-era Earth with small squads of persistent soldiers, while Star General centers on a multi-planetary force and combat in space and on planetary surfaces. Men of War: Assault Squad is framed around World War II battles and direct, hands-on combat; Star General instead combines planet development, multiple alien races, and two combat settings.
Star General: platforms & release
Is Star General worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want battles in both space and planetary environments. Skip it if: players looking for a short strategy game rather than one described as offering well over 100 hours of gameplay.
Where can I download Star General?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Star General's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Star General on?
Windows only.
