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Stellar Warfare
Developer Tense Games
Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense! From the Steam store page
201 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 29, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
81
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156 positive · 36 negative
95% range 75–86%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
357 of 434 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 201 · most liked firstI really appreciate the effort, here, honest. The game looks good. It takes a bit to start up, but once I get to the menu it runs well. There's just something off with the gameplay, though, that makes it so I'm not enjoying it. This has taken some thought, but in short Stellar Warfare has so much going on mechanically that it seems to devolve into a MOBA instead of an RTS. On paper it's neat to be able to customize your forces. In theory it should allow you to tailor your fleet options to fit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, I am kind of Speechless. I went in not expecting much. Played the Tutorial and was able to easily grasp how to play the game. I enjoy space games and RTS games and this was actually Really good. Pros: Easy to Learn Can Customize Ships Reminds me of a Classic Command and Conquer Style in Space Base Building Is Great I got really focused in the game for a few hours, lost track of time Has a Small Campaign (Have not played yet but will update when I play it.) *It has Loot Boxes, BUT WAIT!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of good things about this game - I'd give it a mixed rating if it were possible - but the question is "would I recommend" and for the moment, the answer is no. Things I like: + Customisable fleet and ships You can equip any ship with any weapon(s) and equipment, and compose your fleet build-list how you please. There seems to be a huge variety in weapons and ships, which are discovered through gameplay - adding an element of long-term progression. + Physical Projectiles Cannon and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't mean to trash this game, as it's beautiful to watch and has a lot to room to grow. Sadly it doesn't cut it for me. Gameplay is to simplistic, there's a bunch of unlocks and some rock-paper-scissors gameplay to it, but basically it's just blob a large enough force and shove it at the enemy. Your ships will travel to firing distance and then just sit there, not taking any evasive actions and with more or less senseless formations, were all ships will just sit on a grid, not trying to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game gets a bad review for being so restrictive. Game has like 50+ ships for you to use which is awesome, but then the game for absolutely no reason says "sorry, you can only use 10 of these units in a game". Wow. So incredibly stupid and a giant slap in the face. I should be able to use all the ships if I want, and not be restricted to use just 10. Also building more of the same building for some dumb reason increases the amount of money it costs to produce, making the economy a complete chore…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The dev answered my questions 3 on an obscure meme site. 11/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a fresh take on the RTS Genre with true three dimensional space combat, ship customization and high replay value. Multi-player modes and single-player options. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I play Skirmish, bot 45, and if I haven't taken out the enemy outpost in the first 10 minutes of the game, (Which is me rushing Habitats and throwing a large wave of corvettes at the base) I'm overwhelmed with infinite destroyers spewing fourth from the bot. It's a little absurd that my opponent seems to have infinity resources at all times, even when I have more resource structures. Other then the bugged bots, the game seems fine.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having a blast so far! Helping to mend a heart broken by the abomination that is HW3.. This game has sooo much potential & deserves way more promotion. The comparison to Warzone 2100 (ah the fuzzy mems) is completely apt. Super jazzed to see where this goes. Would be willing to buy cosmetic ship build sets to support devs... & that is something i do not say often.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first I was going to rate this game low; the game is pretty jank in many ways. Buildings dont construct sometimes because future buildings intersect with their location. The UI is pretty odd. The controls are sometimes a bit wack. I was even thinking about refunding the game. But then I started getting into the ship combat, and this is where the game truly shines. It's just pure fun to build ships and watch the space battles take place in real time. It's cool seeing all of the different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty cool space combat!! The colors make my monkey brain go OOOHH and AAAHH.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The tutorial SUUUUUUCKS! Not enough explanation of commands. The control definition screen in the main menu seems to missing some basic command key combos. GUI is far from intuitive. The game would profit from a good help file or even the ability to review in game messages to catch the text you missed.. The camera controls are clunky. The game goes out of its way to ask you play the tutorial and then presents one that I found to be hard to navigate, frustrating and not very informative. I found…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The core combat system works. It's basically Off-brand Homeworld + ship customization (which I like). But the rest of the game is built around tedious gating mechanics. Resource production and resource storage buildings increase in cost, so you spend a lot of time waiting for resources. Ship hulls, weapons, and modules are locked behind random loot drops. It feels like something that will get very repetitive very quickly if the devs don't reconsider this approach. I want the devs to take it as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game while amazing. is a HOT mess when it comes to the graphical settings. You can choose 5120x1440 but there is no way to apply it. You cannot skip the tutorial despite the option being available it doesn't work. The intro is ear F**king ....
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello! This must be my 5th review in 10 years maybe? This is a great game I had in wishlist for long time, but I was doubtful to buy it. And I'm glad I finally bought it! The dev is very nice and open to both criticism and new ideas, which is a bonus point for any game! Now to the game itself, to be honest, I went back to my childhood with HomeWorld series games when playing this, might be a bit simpler or easier, but it takes the spirit very well. It has epic cinematic battles and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game isn't bad by any means, however, I feel like the video's need to better show off how the combat and general scale of the game actually looks. For a time before trying the game I had thought the game was more or less like Stellaris, or something akin to Sins of a Solar Empire. But was rather disappointed by the general map size/scale. The game seems much smaller than I had anticipated. That's by no means a bad thing, but I will say I personally prefer a larger scale scenario. Overall,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is brilliant for an early access. You can tell that the dev’s both love space strategy game and have built a game they love to play. It has elements from many brilliant strategy games of the same type with some nice, new and interesting mechanics. This game has a LOT of potential, it is very much worth the investment now as I would expect the price to go up. The wave defence mode is also a nice touch, very fun. It reminds me of a mix between Sins of a solar Empire, Star…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DESPERATELY NEEDS SCALABLE UI
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the core of the game but absolutely needs to be more fleshed out. I'd recommend waitin' and seein' what comes of things
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Greetings Again! I’ve been looking at “Stellar Warfare” for quite a while as I love RTS and Space RTSs even more. I did have some concerns; development seems slow but consistent, being done by a single person. The game also seems to promise the exact game that many of us have been hoping for. So what did I think? Let’s discuss! World where the Home is: Are we returning to the glory days of the RTS? I’m seeing more and more RTS being announced and by great fans of the genre no less.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Unlocking stuff feels rewarding. Combat is neat. Basebuilding and resource management are a struggle, which makes it more fun. The only issue I have is...no allies in skirmish?! Only you vs AI.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all I want to say something about the Reviews here, because for me and maybe others, those are really important to get some more details beside the "Marketing Text" and shiny pictures and videos from the shop page AND about early access related to those reviews. So basically I start to play a game some time before I even think about writing a review. Only exception is when a game is a total mess, like crashing, not running at all or the content is way beyond what was promised for the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels like the way Stellaris combat should be played. Has surprising amount of depth despite it being easy to learn. Also has verticality in space, which a lot of games don't employ. Good touch.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing for sometimes. i am changing my recommendationt to avoid for now. a few things they need to urgently address NOW 1) skirmish is 1 VS 1/2/3 only 2) AI just spam with infinate resources there is really no balance. 3) huge imbalance to unit and type. 4) need a map design selector not just random name 5) loadout limit need to increase at least 20? it gets really really boring after sometime 6) the AI in skirmish is like wave attack it spawns bigger stuff overtime is not a True…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very Very Underrated game and quite frankly insanely impressive from a basically 1 man dev squad. Regular updates, amazing graphics great game play. Money well spent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Homeworld 3 joke In all seriousness, this is a very good space RTS, you can really feel the early access at some points, but it's fun and it's got a solid core, would reccomend even in it's current state as a rough diamond.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to admit my first impression of this game was that it held promise but was worried it would wind up being just another disappointment. I followed the development and even joined the discord server to keep an eye on it. I signed up on the list to get a free key and forgot about it -- fast forward several months later (of busy life and whatnot) and i discovered in my absence I'd won. So I gave it a shot. I do really like the direction everything is headed! I find the UI to be a bit clunky…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finally feel comfortable leaving a review for this game after having owned it since it's launch into EA. It started out pretty rough but I loved the look and concept. Controls and camera just felt janky and off, things were hard to control and while it looked pretty it just wasn't very refined at the time. Kudos to the developer though for listening and trying to help me when I mentioned having a hard time with the camera controls. I shelved it for months and would check in every now and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its like Homeworld but with proper basebuilding, try it out its a good game :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’re itching for an X4-like co-op space RTS with a touch of pew-pew, Stellar Warfare might just scratch that itch. This indie gem offers a mix of space strategy and combat, with deep customization for your fleets. The game has some UI quirks, and the tutorial could be clearer, but if you’ve played a couple of RTS games, you’ll catch on quickly. Being an indie game, it shows the passion and effort of its developers. If you love RTS and enjoy a chill space setting, give Stellar Warfare a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A selection of all your favourite RTS games have all got together and joined into one, it feels like you're playing a mix of; Star Wars - Empire at War (Combat / Ship Feel) Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (Economy) Sins of a Solar Empire (Combat) Command and Conquer (Voice lines + UI) Homeworld (Scale / Visuals) But also you're watching a movie at the same time, and you get to spend time crafting up devious ship combos and loadouts. It's a really interesting and fun choice to allow you to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that sticks out from the crowd in its genre. absolutely worth playing if youve ever enjoyed any 3d space rts. and possibly a good starting point to those who are new as the game can be set to a very easy difficulty in each mode. game is still being actively developed, the devs on thier discord are reasonably active and available. The game has multiple modes available. these include: Wave Survival hectic onslaught of chaos. i still have more to do in this mode but it was replayable and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it was fun one, game broke after i made a loadout and refused to let me build ships other than the harvester in a co-op wave game where my partner crashed and i played with nothing but defenses and won
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Indie Homeworld -Loot System is fun -Battles look fantastic -Passion Project Only thing i dont like is the fact that the bigger ships dont really have weight to them. They should use the turrents and dont turn to the enemy in a split second give me some broadside capital ship action
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game's an absolute blast; being able to design your own ships is so much fun, and I think unique to the RTS genre right now. The full 3d space maneuverability is excellent and implemented really well; it's easy to send ships where you want them, and the ship-to-shop and ship-to-building combat is very satisfying. The dev is super active and invested in the project and community feedback as well, so it's a win all around!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like RTS wave tower defense with scaling costs for deployable assets this is for you. I found it to be a mixed bag. I love the graphics and the gameplay isnt bad. My issue is not really being a fan of wave based content. 2nd mission in the campaign has you fight 10 waves of progressively harder enemies after only taking out 2 turrets prior and its not my preferred way to play. Im a build it and unleash it kind of RTS player. I much prefer 4x games, so the gameplay for me isnt my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Perhaps this is just me, but it is just my opinion. I can not recommend this title. The campaign feels very unbalanced and notfun. The 3D space controls feel "off", and getting oriented is just jank. The title feels like it wants to be in a 3D space, but was built with a 2D flat plane. You can see the Home World inspiration in here, but Home World is it not. Being early access means that there is room for growth and adjustment. This game does have a LOT of potential. There is some legit fun to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far I'd definitely recommend it. Just be aware that you're buying a passion project from (what I've read) a single developer, so it's a bit rough around the edges in certain areas, such as unbeatable missions if you get too confident in pumping up a missions' difficulty. Otherwise I love just how many different ship hulls and weapon types there are to unlock, even if it's difficult to really be sure what works better than other weapons of the same 'damage-types'. I've made it sound a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can customize your ships - in an RTS game! That's awesome!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stellar Warfare is FUN AF. I get caught up in base building and setting up all of the defenses for it. The design style is really dope with a hard-tech, yet soft blooming look & feel. I very much appreciate the high level of attention this small but mighty team is putting into it. I am extremely happy the game got off the ground. It has come along very well with a price that is surprising, feels like I managed to purloin a copy of this fine space RTS! Early Access Caveat: You will see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As long time RTS enjoyer and space fan I love this game and the take that the devs have on the genre. However the camera gets a tad annoying and with the default settings its a little hard to move the camera and command ships to go to different heights. I'm saying this after playing through the tutorial and after playing a couple single player skirmishes. I sorta wish that by default the game would display a small number next to all objects in space and that object would be its height, along…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have re-written the review, as you can see below in comments, developers are actually interactive and checking the reviews. Originally my review was negative due menu and some other bugs, but they fixed it quite fast. I think this alone is worth mentioning, because it's hard to find developers who actually care for their game. So to move on to the game, I haven't gotten around to making a video on it yet, but it's quite nice concept. There are couple different modes and multiplayer (which I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stellar Warfare delivers a strategy experience built around the foundations that defined classic real-time strategy games while introducing modern ideas that expand tactical freedom and replayability. Inspired by legendary RTS titles that emphasized large-scale battles, economic management, and careful planning, the game takes familiar mechanics and places them within a fully three-dimensional science-fiction setting where players command fleets of customizable ships across open space…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →im a noob when it comes to these games. I plan to play more and will update asap. The tutorial was pretty insightful and helped me understand the game. I know that's what they should do but every time i try one of these space RTS type games i always end up leaving confused. Glad this game is straight forward and at minimum noob friendly. I recommend this game if you want to get intio the genre cause sometimes you need the right game to get you into a genre before you dive into the mainstream…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really cool game. Each match plays like old homeworld ship combat and has a deckbuilder/shipbuilder metagame setup outside of matches that you use for all game modes. Destroying any ships unlocks new weapons and ship types and its play to unlock stuff and quick unlocks Bases are static but built in 3d space so can get creative with layouts and building up economy and teching up has good pace in this game I think so multiplayer pvp should be quite fun. Map control is important so you get more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool passion project. Should be intuitive to anyone familiar with homeworld. The ship AI does okay at taking care of itself, never really saw a ship sitting there sucking its thumb while being shot without reacting by moving away and "Engaging" with the enemy. I like how the shields are implemented. Thinking about your fleet composition is rewarded with your fleet functioning pretty good on its own with your job mostly being economy and ordering new stuff instead of micro.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game - still in early access with some features to come yet, but the foundation and current gameplay is solid. The level of potential customization with ship classes, weapons, and leveling produces a pretty decent replay appeal. Excited to see what other features/modes the dev adds to this one. Definitely a great buy at the price. Also seems to be very easy to run (my CPU and GPU basically remain at idle through the entire game).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short: Great Game! 🤩 Long: You like to build massive Defense? a large Base? Or a massive Space Fleet? > then you should buy this Game! The Dev. is quite active and you can see & feel that he put a lot work and love in that Game! You can also find some Mods - like a Star Trek Mod, which allow you to build a massive Borg Cube and/or Ships from the Federation/ Star Fleet! One of this Games which you start to play - you think that you just played some Minutes & then are some Hours over..😁
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reviewing what the dev was going for was a definite eye opener to people that enjoy playing Home World and Supreme Commander. Combining the two to make Home World Space game with Supreme Commander building is actually pretty exciting and not a bad build so far. Definitely worth the $20. Graphics are not bad at all and was done really great. Screen shots and Video are definitely accurate on how cool space battles are. Ship designs are not bad, definitely Home World ships. You do have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game sucks, ship models are all the same and the AI is horrible. Just play Homeworld if you want a space game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has potential but needs polish. Reading through the reviews gave me hope that this would fill the Homeworld fix, but this is not Homeworld. It is more Diet Command and Conquer in space. The strategy aspect needs work. Unit formations need work. The tutorial needs to be more in-depth. Base building needs to be more refined. Again, it has potential, but isn't my cup of tea yet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For now due to Early Access this will be an early first impression, but its a really solid game so far, ive played some co op and single player and had a lot of fun in both cases, a video of my exploits is available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49dK3VYCIKk
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, after having this on 'wish-list' for quite a long time, I took the plunge a little while ago and picked this up. First impressions are good, the game looks rather decent, it runs well, its nice and smooth with no real frame-rate issues regardless of what is happening on screen. I think this is a REALLY good foundation and I hope the developer/s keep expanding on their excellent base game. Its fun, can feel a little basic at times but there's enough to keep prospective casuals content. Would…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels like controlling space trade routes while beefing up your economy into empire mode.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great fun game in general even though some game modes have difficulties that seem to be way to difficult to be completed currently but that hopefully will be changed in time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game gives a different approach to a lot of RTS starship simulators. It's honestly too bad that this game did not become as popular as Stellaris or Battlefleet Gothic Armata. This game deserves to be up there. This game is actually 3D, so actual space combat. This game also has good mechanics. The only thing I don't like about this game is a lot of customization and different classes, which I found redundant, but if you like highly customizable contents, this one is for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This gem keeps getting polish.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Singleplayer Not played much Skyrimish The mode is fun I just miss the possibility to play against or with AI and friends at the same time, hopefully it will be added soo. If you could raise the unit limit that would also be great for larger battles, 40 is a bit too little. there Wave Defense Is currently more or less the balance to the missing AI also makes good fun with friends. Battle Royal Not played…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →S-Tier 3rd person RTS. Definitely a challenge and a bit of a learning curve but 10/10 Recommendation
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Game keeps getting better and better and better, soon it may grow to something much bigger. Suggestion, add some way to buid up and grow the basic base into a fortress - super-fortress - starfortress - etc.
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