Crucible of Empires

Turn-based 4X Strategy Sci-Fi Game Fully Mod-able
Explore, conquer, or make allegiances as you journey among foreign stars

EXPLORE, EXPAND, EXPLOIT, EXTERMINATE

Overview

Crucible of Empires (CoE) is a turn based, sci-fi, 4x game that offers players unlimited customization options as they uncover the mysteries of a procedurally-generated pocket galaxy. Play as one of the eight character races vying for domination of the galaxy.

Features

Varied Ways of Movement

The galaxy is massive and there are many ways to traverse the stars and systems on your conquest. Jump drives, reaction drives, inertialess drives, and even wormholes and stargates are just the start of what’s available, and you’ll need to master them all and learn their quirks if you want your people to survive.

Ship Customization

Customize each individual ship in your army with an array of components, equipment, and weapons. You can’t fit everything, so be sure to make the perfect ship that will suit the needs of your military. But, if this process is too overwhelming, you may instead use pre-created blueprints and even utilize ones made by the community to share for all!

Massive Space Battles

Combat will be automatically generated allowing you to watch the battle freely. This allows for 100’s of units to be on screen at once where you have full control of the camera and battle speed. Run battle simulations ahead of time to test different ship and fleet builds and even get a taste of late-game components. Have a particular battle that’s your favorite? Save it for later, and share it with others!

Grid-Based Colony Management

Every colony you create has a grid that varies in size depending on the planet you capture which affects how many facilities can be placed inside. Each facility not only has its own number of hexes it takes up in the grid but also its shape. This colony layout will also play a role when enemies invade, so be sure to protect your most important facilities!

Expanding Narrative

As you build your empire pieces of the story will unlock revealing the true nature of the game’s events. These logs can be unlocked in many ways; from finding certain anomalies to completing game objectives there is always something new to learn around every corner.

In-Depth Race Creator

Launching with 8 starting races you’ll be able to customize your own using the same tools. You’ll have the usual decisions like starting traits, technology, and habitability. But you’ll be able to also pick how they govern themselves along with their type of society and their diplomatic likes/dislikes for when they are used as AI.

Day One Modding Tool Kit

On release, the CoE modding tool kit will be readily available for any who wish to create and upload mods to the Steam Workshop or other sources. We know how important customization is and want to do right to the 4x community by providing all the tools necessary to ensure every player has their preferred style of game.
Kra'hn Race - Crucible of Empires

KRA’HN

Refugees from yet another different universe, the Kra'hn have innate abilities over space and bend the weave of space at will, allowing them to teleport as easily as walking.
Deep Race - Crucible of Empires

DEEP

Inscrutable and coldly logical, the Deep are aquatic nitrogen-based life who dwell under thick layers of ice in the depths of numbingly cold oceans.
R.O.B.O.S. Race - Crucible of Empires

R.O.B.O.S.

The R.O.B.O.S. are sentient AI robotic beings that have glimpsed something in the universe that made them believe that life can have a connection to something beyond their universe.
Nova Race - Crucible of Empires

NOVA

The Nova are beings composed of plasma and pure energy who dwell on the surface of stars.
Ooze Race - Crucible of Empires

OOZE

Function over form is the primary tenet of the Ooze and their insight and instinctive control over matter allows them to change their shape at will to practically any form they can imagine.
Moosh Race - Crucible of Empires

MOOSH

Giant jellyfish-like beings who spend their lives floating peacefully in the atmospheres of gas giants, the Moosh are transplants to this universe with a complex understanding of reality.
Studs Race - Crucible of Empires

STUD

The silicon-based Studs view time differently and are incredibly long-lived. They revere nature and are natural preservationists, but if angered, can be powerful enemies.
Human Race - Crucible of Empires

HUMAN

Having mastered their mental abilities and united themselves, Humans now turn those powers on others, giving them tremendous advantages in war, espionage, and diplomacy.

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK + MORE

SOUNDTRACK

Crucible of Empires features originally composed music for each race as well handpicked licensed music for epic playlists as you grow your empire.