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Shallow Space

Shallow Space focuses on organised mass RTS space combat in a fully 3D environment. Shallow Space focuses on the strategy of 3D combat with a diverse ship configurator allowing players to develop loadouts to…

21 October 2015

Shallow Space is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Special Circumstances, released 21 October 2015 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Shallow Space is

Shallow Space is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Special Circumstances and released in 2015. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shallow Space focuses on organised mass RTS space combat in a fully 3D environment. Shallow Space focuses on the strategy of 3D combat with a diverse ship configurator allowing players to develop loadouts to suit particular tasks. The scope of play will be mission based instances inside of a fully realised planetary system in which you will be tasked to assemble your battlegroup to deny the opposing force access to your zones of control. You will do this by mining resources, building weapons platforms, satellites and stations, acquiring blueprints for ships and weapons. You’ll assemble your fleet from the individual turrets right up to flotilla organisation and officer ability management…
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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

Shallow Space launched on 21 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.

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When did Shallow Space come out?
Shallow Space was released on 21 October 2015 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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