Fit check
Is Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want to manage fleets and grow a galactic empire
- Science-fiction fans interested in alien factions and technology research
- Players who prefer campaigns combining turn-based planning with real-time battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short, focused strategy game rather than a large empire-management campaign
- Players who prefer one combat format instead of switching between turn-based planning and real-time skirmishes
- Players looking for a historical military setting rather than science-fiction factions and alien technologies
Our take on Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
The defining mechanic is the Loa fleet's ability to change shape, turning ship forms into the vessels needed for different situations.
What is Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition?
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition combines the base game, the End of Flesh expansion, and previous race and content DLCs.
Players customize starships, build fleets, explore the galaxy, expand an empire, research alien technologies, and use them in battles that mix turn-based strategy with real-time skirmishes. The Loa are a playable artificial-intelligence faction with more than 120 ship sections and a Neutrino Pulse Gate drive system. Their fleets can change form, while their colonies can occupy rocky planets. The edition also adds more than 25 technologies, 10 weapons and attacks, new sections for the original six factions, two independent races, random encounters, star maps, missions, and a Grand Menace.
How Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition plays
- 01Loa faction
- This artificial-intelligence faction uses metamorphosis to change fleet forms and can establish colonies on rocky planets.
- 02Mixed battle structure
- Empire management uses turn-based strategy, while encounters include real-time skirmishes.
- 03Expanded technology
- The End of Flesh expansion adds more than 25 technologies, including a Cybernetic research tree.
- 04Fleet customization
- Players can assemble starships from over 120 new Loa sections and additional sections for the original factions.
- 05Additional scenarios
- The edition adds independent races, random encounters, new maps, a Grand Menace, and an Evacuation Mission.
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II battles with direct control of individual units, while Sword of the Stars II centers on galactic exploration, empire expansion, research, and fleet customization. Sword of the Stars II also combines turn-based strategy with real-time skirmishes, rather than focusing on hands-on combat within a historical setting.
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition: platforms & release
Is Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to manage fleets and grow a galactic empire. Skip it if: players seeking a short, focused strategy game rather than a large empire-management campaign.
Where can I download Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on?
Windows only.
