Riftborne is a classic terminal based, real time, grand strategy game. Construct space ships. Take part in factional warfare. Hire galactic hit-men on your rivals. Raid neighbors for rare resources. Train spies to infiltrate enemy bases for key intel. Grow your empire to dominate the galaxy.

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About This Game

Riftborne is a slow, long-form sci-fi strategy game built around patience, planning, and scale.

The enemies adapt to your play style over time, and even across new game saves.

You begin with a single base. That grows into a network of colonies, fleets, supply lines, defenses, contracts, and political influence. Early progress is small and deliberate. Later, the game opens into logistics, faction conflict, economic pressure, territorial control, and rival powers that have had time to grow into serious threats.

This is not a fast campaign game. It is meant to be lived in for a while. A run can unfold over weeks or months as your empire develops and the galaxy around it changes shape. This is the single player foundation for what is planned to become a much larger multiplayer world with real time strategy mechanics and long term planning.

Riftborne is aimed at players who enjoy learning a dense system, building momentum slowly, and seeing small decisions matter much later.

If you want constant action, rapid unlocks, or a campaign built to be finished in a weekend, this probably will not be your kind of game.

Key Features

  • Slow-burn empire building across long campaigns

  • Deep logistics, economy, production, and storage management

  • Terminal-style HUD built for dense strategic information

  • Procedural galaxy generation with meaningful geography

  • Faction politics, diplomacy, and military pressure at galactic scale

  • Contracts, markets, and economic systems that support different playstyles

  • Campaign history, rankings, medals, and long-run progression tracking

System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel/AMD dual‑core 2.0 GHz (or equivalent)
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics OK (DirectX 11-capable recommended for compatibility)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • VR Support: None
    • Additional Notes: NET 10 Desktop Runtime is Required
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel/AMD quad‑core 3.0 GHz (or equivalent)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics OK
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • VR Support: None
    • Additional Notes: NET 10 Desktop Runtime is Required
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 20.04+ (64-bit) / SteamOS 3.x (64-bit); glibc 2.28+
    • Processor: Intel/AMD dual‑core 2.0 GHz (or equivalent)
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics OK
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • VR Support: None
    • Additional Notes: You need to launch it from the terminal/install folder directly instead of via steam
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 22.04+ / SteamOS 3.x
    • Processor: Intel/AMD quad‑core 3.0 GHz (or equivalent)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics OK
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • VR Support: None
    • Additional Notes: You need to launch it from the terminal/install folder directly instead of via steam

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