About This Game

A Classic Turn-Based Wargame

Foreign Rim is a deep turn-based sci-fi wargame on a grid. Build an economy, produce an army and command hundreds of units across land, air and sea on vast desert battlefields.

The Planet Isn't Dead

Humanity's colony fleet crossed the stars on a one-way trip to a new home: a desert planet with the outlines of ancient cities and not a single radio signal. It looks abandoned. It isn't.

Something on this world has been waiting for a thousand years. It doesn't age, it doesn't need a crew, and it wants what you brought with you. Your colony ships were never built to take off again. There is no retreat, and help is years away.

Can You Trust Your Own AI?

Your greatest asset is the colony's AI, almost a member of the crew. It analyzes every battle, links into your operational network and pushes new factory firmware and turret blueprints to your outposts in real time. But not everyone on the crew understands its decisions, and with every battle the misunderstandings grow.

Machines Against Machines

Your colonists are civilians, not soldiers. What they have is industry: automated factories that 3D-print an army out of mining and industrial hardware. Railguns, guided missiles with plasma thrusters, stealthy submarines and infiltrator drones. Almost no one on the battlefield is human, on either side.

A Wargame You Can Play Anywhere

Challenge other players in asynchronous PvP with full cross-play between Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Make your move at your desk, take the next turn on your phone, and get notified when it's your opponent's turn. No need to be online at the same time.

Key Features

• Turn-based war with real depth - dozens of unit types: ground, air, naval and amphibious, each with a clear role. Range, terrain and positioning decide the battle, not luck.

• Battles at scale - command hundreds of units at once, from scout drones to heavy warships.

• Complex economy - power, production and logistics decide how big your army can grow.

• Story campaign - a colony trapped on a hostile world, a hidden enemy that has waited a thousand years and an AI ally whose decisions not everyone understands.

• Skirmish vs AI - custom battles on any map with your own settings.

• Async cross-platform PvP - play against real opponents on any device, at your own pace.

• Map and scenario editor - build your own maps, scenarios and challenges and share them with others.

Many Ways to Win

Missions aren't puzzles with a single correct answer. Flank, siege, outmaneuver or overwhelm - find your own path to victory.

Easy to Learn, Hard to Master

An interactive tutorial and introductory scenarios teach the basics step by step, so you can start playing in minutes instead of reading a manual.

Built by a Small Indie Team

Foreign Rim is developed by Foreign Software, an independent studio. We're building it together with our community: join the playtest, share your feedback, and help shape the game.

The full campaign is included in the base game.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

I use AI to improve images.