Fit check
Is Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Science-fiction strategy fans who want multiple playable alien civilizations
- Players who prefer research and ship construction over simpler strategy systems
- Groups seeking space strategy with up to eight-player LAN or online matches
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short, focused campaign may find the collection's six races and three expansions broad in scope
- Players who prefer a simple strategy structure may find research, ship construction, and distinct travel systems demanding to manage
- Players looking for a World War II strategy game rather than science-fiction interstellar conflict
Our take on Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
The collection trades simplicity for breadth: six races, multiple expansions, extensive research, and ship construction create a large strategic framework, but require more time to learn and manage than a focused space strategy game.
What is Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection?
Command a spacefaring civilization in the year 2405 after faster-than-light travel changes interstellar conflict.
The collection includes the original game and three expansions, with six playable races across the full set: Humans, Hivers, Tarkas, Liir, Zuul, and Morrigi. Each race uses a distinct method of traveling between star systems. Research more than 150 technologies, select from over 40 weapons, and design Destroyer, Cruiser, and Dreadnought ships. The expansions add technologies, weapons, ship sections, scenarios, maps, encounters, orbital facilities, and systems such as trade routes and diplomatic communications. Games support solo play, AI opponents, LAN or online multiplayer for up to eight players, and cooperative scenario maps.
How Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection plays
- 01Six Playable Races
- The collection adds Zuul and Morrigi to the four factions in the original game, with each race using its own interstellar travel method.
- 02Technology Research
- The original game includes more than 150 technologies, while the expansions add further research options and technology trees.
- 03Custom Ship Design
- Ships can be built in Destroyer, Cruiser, and Dreadnought sizes using weapons and added sections.
- 04Multiplayer Support
- Up to eight participants can play against AI opponents or each other through LAN or online matches.
- 05Expansion Content
- Three expansions add scenarios, maps, encounters, weapons, ship sections, technologies, and new strategic systems.
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection compared to similar games
Xenonauts focuses on defending Earth through a multinational organization, persistent soldiers, squad operations, and turn-based combat, while Sword of the Stars centers on interstellar civilizations, technology research, ship design, and galactic campaigns. Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II battles with direct control of individual units, rather than spacefaring races and fleet construction.
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection: platforms & release
Is Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection worth it?
It is worth it if: science-fiction strategy fans who want multiple playable alien civilizations. Skip it if: players seeking a short, focused campaign may find the collection's six races and three expansions broad in scope.
Where can I download Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection on?
Windows only.
