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Command an ancient starship across a hostile, changing galaxy, coordinating ship systems, crew gear, and boarding assaults.
Released 02 Jun 2025
Board Enemy Ships
Equip Your Crew
Unleash Psychic Powers
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Developed by Tundra · Published by Tundra
You command an ancient starship on a dangerous journey toward the heart of a dying Empire. Across a hostile galaxy, you encounter cultists, pirates, Imperial forces, and other threats, with choices that can affect your ship and crew.
Each run involves navigating encounters and managing your ship’s weapons, modules, reactor power, and crew. Battles combine ship-to-ship attacks with boarding actions, where crew members fight aboard enemy vessels.
Recruit crew from different factions, equip them with weapons and other gear, and combine ship upgrades to shape your tactics. Randomly generated encounters create varied runs, while unlockable ships, commanders, and higher difficulty levels offer new ways to play.
Many reviewers enjoy Void War as a familiar space roguelite expanded with deeper crew management, boarding combat, psychic abilities, and varied ship-and-commander builds. Its grim, gothic sci-fi atmosphere and the range of tactics across repeated runs also recur as points of praise. Some reviewers find the combat’s randomness and boss encounters frustrating, and opinions differ on how clearly the interface communicates what is happening.
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Your starship is a mighty and terrible vessel, brimming with arcane technology and devastating weapons. Harness your ship's weapons, modules, and reactor power to maximize your combat potential.
Arrange your upgrades into powerful combos and use them to surgically dismantle your enemies. But watch out. They can do exactly the same to you.
Enlist crew from six different factions. Customize them with a vast array of wargear and engage in bloody, strategic boarding actions against enemy craft. Watch them crush their foes or die horrifically in the frenzy of void warfare.
Experience hundreds of randomly generated encounters. Navigate through a brutal and unrelenting galaxy, weaving together a new story with every run.
Meet technocultist magi, Imperial deserters, demon lords and more. Recruit them, fight them, and make choices that impact the state of your ship and the lives of your crew.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 38 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
