
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a strong Strategy/Indie that delivers where it counts.
89
Verdict
93%
Steam
—
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 16K reviews)
Rich open world to explore
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
Outstanding soundtrack
Below-average player reception
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a first standalone and the third overall DLC to the original Sins of a Solar Empire title. It is also a strategy set in space with the science-fiction lore. ###Gameplay The point of the game is to conquer as many planets as possible using the given resources. The protagonist can be chosen out of three races: industrials, aliens and psychics each with unique special abilities. The gameplay process occurs exclusively in online mode, but single battles and succeeds against enemy AI is possible too. However, the campaign as a whole cannot be played offline. ###Key features As in usual RTS, the gameplay is centered around resource management — the title's economy consists of prices on Metal, Credits, and Crystal — each with the individual gain conditions. So it would be impossible for instance to sell all of your metal to the friendly guild — after the wholesale, stock prices decrease and economy shifts towards them like real-life one. While exploring the world, the player may stumble across habitable planets and anomalies which prevent the player from getting to the goal. Anomalies include asteroids, hostile environment, and ice fields.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
Another one of those games where I have basically only eever played mods (star gate/trek/wars). Holds up even today, fairly easy 4x to get into.
The definitive version of the original Sins of a Solar Empire, so get this instead of Trinity. This expansion adds all kinds of new content, such as minor factions, new planets and ships, random events, and more gameplay variety with different factions. With a solid foundation, the modding community have made this into one of the best space strategy games out there. The best Star Trek mod is Star Trek Armada III, and is one of the most awarded mods of all time. The Star Wars equivalent is Star Wars Interregnum, which fills the void left by 2006's Empire At War (yes, it's been 20 years since we've had a proper Star Wars strategy game). The mods really extend the life of this game, and the visuals and audio still hold up. A good buy to round out your Steam library!
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is one of my favourite RTS games of all time. I effing love this game, it's epic and has some AMAZING mods from a very dedicated community. It's straight up better than its sequel, 8/10 game. (Wish the sequel had just refined the downsides of Rebellion instead of ruinining the good things)
Reviews sourced from Steam. All reviews belong to their respective authors.
Data sourced from RAWG, Steam, IGDB, CheapShark, Wikipedia, HLTB, and GX Corner. Sources: rawg, steam, cheapshark, igdb.
All game titles, trademarks, and copyrights belong to their respective owners.