Space Empires III 1997
- Strategy, Science fiction, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
StrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)grand strategyspaceshipplanetPC (Microsoft Windows)
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, classical in form and cool.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Released
- October 13, 1997
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
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