Space Empires III

UI Is cluttered and unintuitive. There's no working guide. I loved SE2. I do not love SE3.

intricate, yet compelling. Very well balanced old style game

Yes.

Great old school strategy game. Highly recommend.

a shining start of the nineties for turn based strategy. Similar to Master of Orion, but with unique features from tech tree to combat styles

Just as good (and addicting) as I remember. Found it on sale for $1.19 two weeks ago and already have 50 hours into a single game. Sorry to anyone who's had problems with it but my copy has been running fine... my only complaint is that I can't find the hidden tech tree anywhere in-game, or on-line. If anyone knows where I can get this please let me know. The bastards have cloaking devices on their ships and I can't figure out how to get Tachyon sensors to counter!!! 11/10. Would recommend.

I don't remember when I bought this

Iconic game and a time document. My fugly ship graphics set that I made when around 12 year old using MS Paint is in the Steam version (V.S.F01.BMP). I am now 36, time flies.

Loved this game back in the 90s, but even now it's still great. There are no pre-defined empires or story or anything, but the trade-off is that you get maximum flexibility in creating the game you want, because you can effectively design every empire and their characteristics from scratch. You're mostly limited only by your imagination, but you also probably won't ever reach D&D levels of depth as there is no networked multiplayer (hot seat or play by email only). The graphics are very simple but their simplicity means they are also very clean, and haven't really aged in the way that 3D graphics from the time have. The sound effects on the other hand have aged terribly, but you can play without sound and not lose any of the experience. Very happy to finally have this one on Steam.

Despite the glitches and bugs, this game has that beautiful blend of design your own units and turn based strategy that I do love so much, but be ready for the eternity each match takes (on large with multiple players).