Ancient Space (2014) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Ancient Space

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,’…

65 23 September 2014 from $4.99

What Ancient Space is

Ancient Space is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by CreativeForge Games and released in 2014. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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, your faith and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Ancient Space holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Ancient Space launched on 23 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Bayonetta 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Bayonetta 2.

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