Fusing turn-based battle with real-time interstellar travel, Space Wars allows players to take sides in a fierce conflict between four vast empires locked in a struggle for galactic domination.

Pilot a ship and lead its crew of officers, all of whom possess their own skills and attributes that impact how the vessel performs and operates. In combat, commanders must play to their ship and crew's strengths, strategically managing power across systems like propulsion, weapons, sensors, and shields along with officers' special abilities to tip the tide of battle in their favor.

Successful captains will not only help their factions gain territory and riches, but acquire new character upgrades, more powerful warships, and rewards that can carry over from one campaign to the next. With more than one hundred vessels to collect, players will boast no shortage of variety as they engage in up to 20-on-20 player battles in this persistent universe that can support over 1000 players per server.

Coupling boundless depth and player choice with a comprehensive tutorial accommodating to even the greenest of pilots and strategy game newcomers, Space Wars provides an engaging tactical multiplayer experience for all players to enjoy while setting out to conquer the galaxy.

"We're excited to finally welcome players into the Space Wars: Interstellar Empires universe with today's Steam Early Access release," said the title's producer and creator Hooman Simyar. "Realizing this project has been a dream come true and we look forward to bringing it to even greater heights with our community as we continue to develop new campaigns and features."

Accompanied by a short novel, the first two parts of which are currently available, Space Wars features the first of several massive and engaging galactic campaigns currently in development. Written by Simyar and narrated and illustrated by the team at Desert Owl, Space Wars will allow players near limitless choice towards how their faction with conquer the universe while providing a rich and astonishingly polished overarching storyline to its initial campaign.

As additional features and campaigns are developed, players will have hundreds of ships to choose from, additional in-game tactical features, and new playable factions to align with.

The Steam Early Access launch vaunts a massive initial galactic campaign with fully-voiced cutscenes and narration set against the backdrop of a beautifully-illustrated storyline. Additional features and campaigns are still in development and will be released in the near future.