Children of a Dead Earth

The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!

Children of a Dead Earth is a simulation, strategy and space game developed and published by Q Switched Productions and LLC.
Released on September 23rd 2016 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 820 reviews of which 736 were positive and 84 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Children of a Dead Earth into these genres:

Simulation Strategy Space Realistic Sci-fi Science Singleplayer Space Sim Indie Sandbox Difficult Physics

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7+
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.70 GHz processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Storage: 200 MB available space

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.7+
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.70 GHz processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Storage: 200 MB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

Literally if this game does not become widely recognized as the gold standard for hard sci-fi space warfare that it absolutely is, I will launch another 10,000 nukes in your general direction 11/10 radiators per laser

Oct. 2024

We violating the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies with this one

Sept. 2024

Engineering heaven. You don't even need a grasp of any of the concepts it deals with (but an understanding of orbital mechanics from something like KSP is recommended), you can just ask, "can I make this stock rocket better, and then 3 hours of messing with sliders later, you have an rocket that looks nothing like the original, and work way better.

April 2024

CDE is oft described as KSP with guns (and missiles and lasers), which isn't wrong, per se... But the <<akshual>> core loop of this game is "What would we get if we combined a stack of engineering equation integrators with a list of materials to play with" Result: Min-max nerds outcheesing the Bugatti School Of Design "sir the reactor will degrade the radiation shield to unsafe levels within a year" "Is okay, reactor core will die within 6 months" "we need more money & more dV this mission is too hard" "have you tried making everything possible out of micron thick PTFE/Diamond and reducing the nuclear engine's safety margin to 10 degrees?" "the fluorine in this engine will eat away at the nozzle and make it unusuable in less than 2 minutes" "no problem, missile terminal stage only has 30 seconds of burn time" 10/10 best autism enabler of this genre

Feb. 2024

The most realistic space combat game that I have ever seen or heard of. Absolutely love it. It's rather difficult, and the learning curve is steep, especially if you don't understand orbital mechanics.

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19.50€

8.5

736

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Developer

Q Switched Productions, LLC

Publisher

Q Switched Productions, LLC

Release 23 Sep 2016

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