Ancient Space

Overview
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
SteamMixed (42%)
273 Steam user reviewsMetacritic68/100
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About the game
- Developer
- CreativeForge Games
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Released
- Sep 23, 2014
Description & review sources
- Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’.
- Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
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Ancient Space features real time strategic starship battles that encourages tactical maneuvering. In time honored RTS tradition, you build and upgrade your fleet as you complete mission objectives and gather resources which allow you to progress further into the game. Chart your approach – from defense to offense and everything in between such as escort and stealth missions.
Embark and explore the darkest recesses of space in this tale of strategic resource management and engrossing interstellar warfare.
Main features:
A stellar cast: The game is voiced by fan-favorites from much loved sci-fi movies and television shows such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.
Deep space exploration: Each mission advances the plot further and introduces a new area of space being explored with secrets to discover and dangers to react to.
Command your fleet: Build, maintain and strategically use a multitude of ship types to deploy into battle, each with distinct tactical uses during grand strategic space warfare as you square off against notorious pirates and mysterious aliens.
Upgradeable progression: Your units can be upgraded. Various upgrades to player ships are applied throughout the campaign. You decide what to enhance and what to leave behind.
Choose your crew: Before each mission, choose up to three officers with special abilities that aid your progress through the missions. Recruit more crew members along your journey.
An engrossing campaign: The single player campaign comes with a pulsating story that follows epic battles and tackles philosophical questions about humanity and science whilst posing the question – what lies beyond?
- Developer
- CreativeForge Games
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Released
- Sep 23, 2014
Ratings & review sources
SteamMixed (42%)
273 Steam user reviewsMetacritic68/100
System requirements
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Vista 64 bit/Win 7/Win 8
- Processor: 3.10GHz Intel Core i3-2100
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS *: Vista 64 bit/Win 7/Win 8
- Processor: 3GHz Intel i5 quad core or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 or equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: MAC OS Mavericks
- Processor: 3.10GHz Intel Core i3-2100
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: MAC OS Mavericks
- Processor: 3GHz Intel i5 quad core or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 or equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Linux — not supported
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Features & game information
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Play modes
- Single-player
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- Not specified
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Strategy
- Developer
- CreativeForge Games
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Released
- Sep 23, 2014
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- mac
- Achievements
- 30
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Strategy91
- Space70
- RTS56
- Sci-fi41
- Singleplayer36
- Adventure11
- Indie11
- Realistic11
- Atmospheric11
- Exploration11
- Space Sim10
- Action8
- Real-Time7
- Building7
- Simulation7
- Inventory Management7
- Management7
- Relaxing6
- Destruction6
- Science6
Languages & audio
- English*
- French
- German
- Polish
- Russian
*languages with full audio support
Related editions & add-ons
Steam purchase options; availability and pricing are confirmed on Steam.
Sources, updates & publisher notice
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- Steam Spy Oct 12, 2026 08:36 UTC
- Steam Store Oct 12, 2026 08:37 UTC
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