Planet X3
In this comprehensive and innovative real time strategy game, you command the Terran front line troops and have to secure the planet from the Protoids, who are competing with you for a stronghold on this…
Planet X3 is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The 8-Bit Guy, released 19 February 2019 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Planet X3 is
Planet X3 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The 8-Bit Guy and released in 2019. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
After 12 years of hibernation aboard the EV-CPO, you and your crew awaken just as you arrive at Planet X3, an uninhabited planet in a distant star system. However, the Terran high command didn't know when you started your journey all those years ago, the star system was in fact inhabited at all! Catching up on logs transmitted to your ship during the flight, you learn that just a year ago, we discovered the Protoids on Planet X2 and defeated them. What's more concerning, is that this the closest planet in the system and intelligence reports indicate that the Protoids may be trying to settle on this one too. Your ship does not have enough fuel to return to Terran space, help is 12 years…
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.
What it launched against
Planet X3 launched on 19 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem and Apex Legends.
Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem, Apex Legends.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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