Sins of a Solar Empire II is a real-time strategy game with many traditional 4X elements (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate). You take the role of leader of one of the game’s factions in order to build a stellar empire using force, trade, alliances, subterfuge and more.

Starting on your homeworld, you begin by exploring your local system. Each area in the game is pre-populated, however, so to expand you will need to use force of arms. To do this, you’ll construct capital ships, cruisers, frigates and strike craft to take over the planets around you. With each world, you can increase your empire’s capabilities and specialize your planets. You’ll also build research stations to learn new technologies and to unlock new ships. Eventually you’ll encounter another major player and it’s at this juncture you must decide if you want to try and be friends or not.

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We would love to have Sins of a Solar Empire II on as many platforms as possible; right now, we are focused on delivering the best game possible on Epic.

Minimum

• Windows 10 v1607 or Higher / 11 64-bit
• 4-core Processor (Intel Core i5 5th-generation or AMD Ryzen 2x00 series)
• 8GB System RAM
• 3D Video Card w/2GB VRAM (Nvidia GeForce 950 / AMD Radeon RX 450)
• 20 GB available disk space
• 1920x1080 minimum screen resolution

Recommended

• Windows 10 v1607 or Higher / 11 64-bit
• 8-core Processor (Intel Core i7 9th-generation or AMD Ryzen 3x00 series)
• 16GB System RAM
• 3D Video Card w/4GB+ VRAM (Nvidia GeForce 1060 or AMD Radeon 580)
• 20 GB available disk space
• 1920x1080 minimum screen resolution

Sins of a Solar Empire II is set in another galaxy where three major races vie for survival in an unending war. Although the story begins 10,000 years in the past, the game picks up at a point where the TEC, Vasari and Advent are all locked in a deadly conflict for supremacy.

Yes.

Mods are a big part of why Sins of a Solar Empire continues to be enjoyed and played by so many. Sins of a Solar Empire II will provide an improved system to allow mods to be created, shared and downloaded from within the game and hosted on Stardock's Tachyon servers. So that all mod content is available regardless of where it was created or where you are playing.

The biggest initial change is that planets will now orbit their parent star (as a gameplay option). Over time, this changes the way the phase lines connect which can have some pretty interesting consequences!

There have been many improvements to the technology system in the game. The most immediate is that there is only one research station now, instead of the separate Military and Civilian structures from the original Sins. Each race/faction (loyalist/rebel) now have more unique technologies that make them stand apart as compared to Sins 1. Additionally, some high-tier research subjects require special resources to complete.

The combat system has been improved significantly in Sins of a Solar Empire II. For starters, many units now have true, turreted weapons that individually track targets. Additionally, there are now true point-defense weapons in the game to shoot down enemy missiles and strikecraft. One of the coolest things we’ve tried is to fire off a swarm of missiles at an enemy, then move one of our capital ships in to take the hit instead. The game’s armor and shield mitigation systems have also gotten updated.