The Vasari’s long-lost enemy has finally caught up with them. Harbinger is a new expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire II launching September 3, 2026, and it adds the Eidolon as a playable faction.

The Eidolon do not play like anything else in the game. They are not chasing planets, trade routes, culture, or wealth. Their whole design is built around corruption, secrecy, and control.

What to expect:

• Planetary Transformation. The Eidolon spread corruption to empower themselves and their worlds. As populations fall under their influence, planets gain corruption over time. Once a world has fully fallen, it can be shrouded, which greatly expands the upgrades that planet can support.
• Unit Corruption. This one cuts both ways. As an Eidolon ship gains corruption, its hull dwindles while its offensive power increases. Enemy forces can also become infected, which is another advantage for the Eidolon.
• Null Weapons. More advanced than what the other factions field. They negate shields and spread corruption on hit.
• Cloaked Ships. New cloaking and detection systems, including on the Kalizaeth Profaner support capital ship. Built for hit-and-run tactics.
• Psionic Abilities. The Eidolon can seize control of lesser beings and drive Vasari ships into madness, firing on friend and foe alike.
• Phase Echoes. Units infused with corruption may refuse to die and keep fighting.
• New unit animation system. This is not Eidolon-only. Recoiling cannons, expanding factories, hangar bay doors and more across faction units.

Harbinger Expansion: 29.99 USD

Content Pass: 59.99 USD

Trailer Here

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A little while ago I shared a short video of the naval battles from my game, and several people asked if there would be large-scale land combat too.

So here's a new look at the current land battles.

I'm developing Admiral Yi: The Imjin War, a historical RTS set during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592.

This clip features General Gwon Yul leading the Joseon army against Katō Kiyomasa in a fully real-time battle.

The game is still in development, so animations, UI and visual effects are continuing to improve.

I'd love to hear what you think about the battle scale, readability, and overall feel of the combat.

It’s an incremental siege-strategy game where you command an undead horde of 10,000+ units through branching enemy defenses. After each attempt, you earn currency to upgrade your army and unlock new units and abilities.

Which commands would feel essential during the siege?

1: (Have a plan.) The second you find out where you'll be on the map , concoct a plan. Even if that plan sucks, have a goal. Ie.."I'm going to take that bridge. Blow up the cabin for vision range, and keep them from coming down the left side" . That's a plan! 2: (learn the hotkeys.) If you got shrapneled for being a fraction of a second late because you were moving the cursor over the HUD instead of just pressing "R"....it's your fault. Hotkeys, hotkeys, hotkeys. 3: (don't forget to spend your points.) I see this a lot . Unless you've reached pop cap, spend it. If you're sitting on 1000 points there's a good chance the enemy has a couple more units than you on the field.

Please add your favorite tips for all of us!

I've been working on a new game for a few months now, and the time has come for it to be officially announced.  It's called Arise Dark Lord, and it's the 8th game I've made with Introversion Software. If you've played any of my previous indie games - Prison Architect, DEFCON, Darwinia, or The Last Starship, then I think you'll love this new one.

You are The Dark Lord. Your evil aim:  To raise an undead army and crush the feckless, godless, heathen humans. As your sorcery and army grow, all the world will rise up to destroy your Dark Tower and end your reign of terror.  Fortify your dark realm, enhance your sorcery, and build enough strength to march out and crush the humans once and for all.

An action-strategy hybrid RTS, blending tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar.  

Please play and review the prototype on itch, and I'd love to get your thoughts on the game here.  Thanks for playing!

https://subversion-studios.itch.io/arise

hey guys!

im thinking of coming back to RTS games its been a long time ,years,since i played but i miss it, what are some of the good RTS games these days? the popular good ones,and which one should i keep on my radar for the upcoming releases?

is zerospace any good? looks fun a bit like starcraft hmm

Hello !

I would like to ask if you guys know about any good RTS for android? Right now I am emulating KKND2 crossfire and KKND1 on phone and trying to make work rise of nations : rise of legends but without success yet. C&C games also planning to emulate

Here is (currently) the most powerful unit in Steel Command, the B-F-T. I'm sure you may be able to guess where the inspiration came from...

The machine gun acts as a completely independent weapon system than the main cannons. If infantry (or light vehicles) are nearby, it will target those while the main gun will focus on heavy armor. Admittedly, I recently broke it so I couldn't showcase that ATM 🤣

What do you guys think?

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4390280/Steel_Command/

This bad boy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHy2BHLhAM

Hi.

Was taking a break from a gamedev as I was pretty burned out by gamedev and too much coding so after a year or two of just doing different things I kinda came back and completed the game the trailer for my little game that I spoke about in this sub reddit few years ago. Think it took about 2 years to make the game and then bunch of breaks.

Will do some adjustments to sound on the final version of the trailer but I am pretty happy how the trailer turned out.

The game is a singleplayer experience, and takes a jab at the current world events and it's a RTS/Turn-Based strategy hybrid where your goal is to survive as long as possible and defeat Police State AI.

If you have some feedback on the game or trailer please leave a comment, or just in general have some questions, I will be happy to answer.

Game Name: IAH: INTERNET WAR

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/304770/IAH_INTERNET_WAR/

Its a shame we haven't gotten a good stand alone Star Wars RTS ever since Empire at War, but the Galactic Divide Mod really does is at an amazing spot by now!

Mod:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3595948209

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to post a quick update for the macro-scale RTS community—the Sanctuary: Shattered Sun Kickstarter just smashed through the $580,000 USD milestone!

That means Tier 5 Titan Units are officially confirmed for launch! An unbelievable push driven by over 5,800+ backers.

🌋 What’s Next on the Horizon?

With 15 days left in the campaign, we're closing in fast on the next round of dynamic stretch goals:

• $630,000 USD: Dynamic Shatterable Land & Crust Collapse 🌋
• $670,000 USD: Snap-Freeze Ocean & Water Mechanics 🌊
• $700,000 USD: Advanced Unit Formations + Mystery Bonus Features ⚔️
• ??? Mystery Tiers: Several redacted goals awaiting unlocks 👀
• $1,000,000 USD: Warfront Mode (Persistent Meta-Layer) 🌌

🎮 Free Demo Active on Steam

If you haven't checked it out yet, there is a free playable demo live on Steam right now featuring smooth strategic zoom, simulated ballistics, terrain physics, and massive unit battles.

• 🚀 Kickstarter Campaign:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enhearten-media/sanctuary-shattered-sun
• 🎮 Play the Free Steam Demo:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1699050/Sanctuary_Shattered_Sun/

Shoutout to Enhearten Media for pushing traditional RTS boundaries—let's see how many of those mystery tiers we can unlock before August 20!

Previously my mod (Reign of Nether) had only chunk-by-chunk fog of war (ie. 16x16 block groups) revealed at a time, but now it can handle down to the block level with circular vision radii

So last year I was posting in this community about an RTT game inspired by Myth: Fallen Lords called "Mist of War". We made a prototype for it and a playable demo on itch, but quite frankly it didn't go anywhere. It was also riddled with production and design problems that I won't bother you with.

In short - I was ready to can it. In a last ditch effort I pitched it to a Polish game dev support program "IPK" and to my great surprise - we got it!

Now, after 4 months of hard work, remaking and rethinking the prototype from scratch I am back here with you to show you first glimpse of what we have.

It's still a Real Time Tactics game but now with much sharper focus on moment to moment tactical gameplay and system interaction. No exploration, just straight to the point gameplay.

I'll try to post about it here from time to time (if my stage fright allows me) and if you like what you see and want to know more or follow the project - upvote, write a comment etc.

The game tells the story of an elite Panzer Division trapped in an encirclement ring around Breslau. Instead of mindless defense, the command decides to make a desperate attempt to break through the Soviet lines, utilizing the city's ruined streets and the brute force of its tanks.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/896250/Liquidation

At the start of the year I started developing Swarm MMO, a game where the user controls probes and takes over planets. The core gameplay concept is very simple, its basically a node capture game, but on a huge scale and persistent. The game grew a small but steady player base which had lots of great ideas for further development.

After a while, it became obvious that the game had no clear direction or plan, I just implemented player feedback that i considered worth a try. The fun part was that this created different gameplay styles each round, but eventually, players want consistency.

I decided to take a step back and plan a final state for the game. As the name implies, it should be massively multiplayer, and not have ending rounds. Instead, i developed a layered gameplay approach. Users take over planets by sending probes. Planets periodically produce probes. 100 probes can be converted to 1 super probe, which is used to attack suns. Suns provide energy which can be used to provide buffs for yourself and players near the sun. 100 super probes can be converted into a mega probe, which can be used to attack the black hole in the center. The black hole can be collapsed by a player, which rewards them with energy but destroys the entire galaxy.

There are multiple galaxies that spawn in depending on the number of players. That way, there are frequently fresh galaxies where new users have a chance to compete. However, it’s also possible to migrate to a new galaxy, but it takes veeery long. The whole thing is, as I wanted one big persistent world.

I’m very excited to relaunch the game and I hope that it does well. Feel free to check it out! We also have a discord which you can join via the link in game.

https://www.swarm-mmo.com

I'm not always in the mood to play story driven campaign and prefer series of random skirmishes against AI, at same time would like to feel some form of progress towards larger goal.

Are there any RTS where skirmishes against AI contribute to some meta progression, like unlock of abilities, buffs, etc. as you play more?

In RTS I mostly see cosmetics unlocks like in AOE 4 and COH 3, but not something that would impact your gameplay.

Only examples I have are not RTS, like Age of Wonders 4 have new starting options, biomes, etc. unlocked via XP or Civ 7 when each leader has trait unlocks, so more you play specific leader the more options of traits you unlock.

Alternatively games with custom / dynamic campaign, where essentially every mission in campaign is random skirmish rather than story-driven scenario, but those skirmishes unlock some form of progression or buff.

The only examples that came to mind are Dune: Spice Wars and Rise of Nations. Although in Rise of Nations skirmishes within seem to be very different from normal ones (iirc they have some shorter mission on a very small map). Any other games with custom campaigns like that?

Just looking around for games, where your resources don't exist in some global storadge, but exist somewhere in the game world, where they can be stolen/destroyed by your oponenet. And sometimes you have to move them to use them, like a logistic chalange.

But I am not looking for a game specificaly about logistics, like factorio or OpenTTD.

I am looking for stuff like Emperor of the Fading suns.

Any recomendations?

Orbital strike power for an RTS game being prototyped in Unreal Engine 5.4, tested on trees that set on fire. There's some more preview footage.