Planned Release Date: Mar 5, 2027

About This Game

The Great Galactic Empire fell generations ago. Its scattered, forgotten worlds await someone with the ambition to forge an empire from the ashes and reclaim the stars. In Forge to Stars you lead a people from the industrial age to the conquest of space. But the higher you rise, the clearer it becomes that you are not the first to dream of the stars… nor the only one watching.

Two scales, one empire

• On your planet — manage cities, industry, economy and population on a hex board. Build structures and roads, and research a five-era tech tree, from the steam engine to the singularity.
  
• In the galaxy — explore a 3D galaxy map with more than 90 worlds to colonize and conquer. Forge alliances, subjugate your rivals and gather the great factions under your banner to rebuild the Great Galactic Empire.

Your soldiers are real people

Here an army is not just a number. Every regiment is made up of individual inhabitants, each with their own name and attributes (Strength, Agility, Intelligence, Endurance and Leadership). They are born in your cities, enlist in your troops, and crew your vehicles and ships.

• They fight and die permanently: every casualty is a person who won't come back.
  
• Survivors gain experience and skills; the best become generals… with loyalties of their own. Neglect them and they will desert or rebel with their armies.
  
• Your most capable leaders govern your planets and stabilize your empire.

The depth of a great 4X

• Full diplomacy: opinion, alliances, vassalage, coalitions against the strongest, and minor factions.
  
• Espionage: infiltrate agents to steal technology, sabotage cities, scout territory and hunt enemy spies.
  
• Economy and trade: production, upkeep, trade routes and an imperial economy to sustain.
  
• Gear and loot: equip your units with accessories and strip them from fallen enemies, Fire Emblem style.
  
• Mercenary bands, random events, moral dilemmas and era crises that put your empire to the test.

Tactical combat, on the ground and in space

• Hex-based ground battles: flank the enemy, use terrain and weather, break their morale and watch your soldiers — and theirs — fall.
  
• Space combat across three orbits: position your fleets, control the high ground and punish the weak side of every hull.
  
• Orbital bombardment: strike a specific hex of a planet with your fleets from the galaxy map. The minimap and the log will tell you what to hit, as long as you have cleared the fog of war with your troops or through your spies.

Every decision has its price

You don't rule in a vacuum. Something very old remembers every choice you make. Be just or be ruthless; forge alliances or betray without mercy. Your decisions shape the story, change the course of your empire and determine which of its many endings you will reach. The galaxy hides secrets… and not everyone wants you to find them.

Features

• Complete turn-based 4X: explore, expand, exploit and exterminate.
  
• Two playable phases: hex-based planetary management + 3D galactic strategy with more than 90 worlds.
  
• Regiments of real people who live, rise through the ranks and die — with generals, loyalty and desertions.
  
• Skill tree for each unit type.
  
• Five-era tech tree with more than 100 technologies.
  
• Five great powers, each with its own identity, and dozens of minor factions: diplomacy, vassalage, coalitions and espionage.
  
• Tactical ground and space combat on a hex grid, with weather, morale and orbital bombardment.
  
• Branching narrative with missions, events, moral dilemmas and multiple endings… and secrets to uncover.
  
• Sandbox mode (coming soon) with four paths to victory: military, scientific, diplomatic and cultural.
  
• Single-player. For lovers of classic turn-based strategy.

Will you rebuild the Great Galactic Empire… or forge something new among the stars? The choice — and the galaxy — are yours.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

Some of the artwork in Forge to Stars — including illustrations, backgrounds, character portraits, terrain art and promotional images — was created with the help of generative AI tools during development. All AI-assisted assets were reviewed, curated and edited by the developer to ensure quality and that they do not infringe third-party rights. The game does not generate any AI content in real time during play.