Unique asymmetric AI and guerrilla premise
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I love the asymmetric design, rather than trying to have the AI pretend to be human.”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
AI War: Fleet Command
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Arcen Games2009RTS · 4X · Strategy
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A deep, asymmetric, endlessly replayable space RTS with a brilliant AI, but dated visuals, a cluttered UI and a brutal learning curve. Skip it if you want something casual or polished.
Great for
Hardcore strategy fans who like steep learning curves, turtling, co-op and tweaking huge custom setups
Main risk
Cluttered UI, tiny text and a steep learning curve can make it feel unplayable before it clicks
What players love
Huge depth and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Given the crazy amount of options in the game as well as all of its expansions it has almost unlimited replayability.”
Steam review · 356.5 h played ↗
Massive fleets and many unit types
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Huge amount of ships and technology for massive fleet capital battles”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
Great co-op and developer support
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The developers maintain awesome forums and listen to the people that play the games and treat their customers right.”
Steam review · 356.5 h played ↗
Rewarding challenge with scalable difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the first time you see a YOU WIN! screen on a difficulty of 7 or higher? It's euphoric.”
Steam review · 331.2 h played ↗
Good soundtrack and expansions
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“each dlc is worth it, expanding both new AI's, new ships, new options, new victory types and new music too”
Steam review · 107 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overwhelming complexity and poor tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Insane learning curve with some of the worst tutorials I've ever seen.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Cluttered, unintuitive UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the UI is like piloting an excel spreadsheet”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Dated, ugly 2D graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“All ships are pixely cardboard cutout 2D sprites with NO animation.”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗
Punishing design and tedious late game
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Its so frustrating to be punished for success.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Tiny text with no UI scaling
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“They didn't bother with UI scaling so if you own a PC made, well, any time since the game launched, really, the text is impossibly small”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Dead multiplayer and hard to find games
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“it lacks any reasonable means to actually find players for your multiplayer game.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable300 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP2 or later
Processor1.6Ghz CPU (2.4 Ghz recommended, Dual Core strongly recommended for Host)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card must support 1024x1024 textures (most 32MB and up graphics cards do), 1024x768 or greater (32 bit color recommended)
Storage300MB
OSWindows XP SP2 or later
Processor1.6Ghz CPU (2.4 Ghz recommended, Dual Core strongly recommended for Host)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card must support 1024x1024 textures (most 32MB and up graphics cards do), 1024x768 or greater (32 bit color recommended)
Storage300MB
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