

70%positive reviews
623 positive268 negative
What players say
Pros
Fun ship design and fleet battles
Replayable sandbox with mod support
Cons
Campaign is small and dated
Campaign needs an online login and DLC is pricey
Mixed
Some call it a deeply replayable game, others say it has been abandoned
Media
System requirements
OS *: Windows XP or Vista
Processor: 1.5 GHz processor
Memory: 1GB
Graphics: 3D Card with 128MB video memory
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 300 MB
Sound: Any
Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
Ratings
- 92IGDB players11 ratings
- 65Critics2 reviews
- 78Overall13 scores
Languages
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English |
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