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Space Empires III

The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.

13 October 1997

Space Empires III is a strategy, released 13 October 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Space Empires III is

Space Empires III was released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Space Empires III launched on 13 October 1997, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online and Frogger.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online, Frogger.

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When did Space Empires III come out?
Space Empires III was released on 13 October 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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