''Starpoint Gemini Warlords'' is a blend of

space trading and combat simulator Space flight simulation is a genre of flight simulator video games that lets players experience space flight to varying degrees of realism. Common mechanics include space exploration, space trade and space combat. Overview Some games in the ge ...

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and 4X video game developed by

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n-based Little Green Men Games and published by Iceberg Interactive. ''Starpoint Gemini Warlords'' is a spin-off title to the space sim ''

Starpoint Gemini 2 ''Starpoint Gemini 2'' (abbreviated to SPG2 or SG2) is a space trading and combat simulator developed by the Croatian-based Little Green Men Games (LGM Games) development studio. It is a direct sequel to '' Starpoint Gemini'', which was release ...

'', which was released in 2014.

Development

Little Green Men Games developed ''Starpoint Gemini 2'' based on the community feedback and suggestions in the Steam Early Access program. Although most of the popular suggestions made it in the game, some of the ideas could not be implemented in ''Starpoint Gemini 2''. The feature requests not suitable for ''Starpoint Gemini 2'' were kept on a wishlist and became the base of the new spin-off title ''Starpoint Gemini Warlords''. Just like its predecessor, ''Starpoint Gemini Warlords'' went through Early Access where the developers implemented feature suggestions from their community and changed the game according to their feedback. The game was scheduled to stay approximately 6 to 12 months in Steam Early Access and was finished and released after 11 months. It was released for

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via

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on 23 May 2017 and for

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on 9 February 2018.

Features

''Starpoint Gemini Warlords'' is a

space sim with a 4X layer. Players can captain various space ships ranging from gunships to carriers and give orders to war fleets on the strategy map. The game takes place in the Gemini System and features pre-scripted story missions (Campaign) and a free roam mode (Conquest).

Release

''Starpoint Gemini Warlords'' was released on May 23, 2017, on Steam and GoG in two versions - Standard and Deluxe Edition. Deluxe Edition includes 160 page full color Artbook, Original Game Soundtrack composed by Nikola Nikita Jeremić, selection of wallpapers and Twitch Overlays.

Reception

The game received mixed to positive reviews and currently holds an aggregated score of 73 on

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, based on 11 reviews, and a score of 70% on

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, based on 6 reviews.

Sales

The game sold more than 200,000 copies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Starpoint Gemini Warlords 2017 video games Early access video games Iceberg Interactive games Little Green Men Games games Science fiction video games Single-player video games Space opera video games Space trading and combat simulators Video game sequels Video games developed in Croatia Windows games Windows-only games