Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion is a management, diplomacy and online co-op game developed by Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games Corporation and published by Stardock Entertainment.
Released on June 12th 2012 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Polish and Russian.

It has received 15,971 reviews of which 14,879 were positive and 1,092 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 10 / 8 / Windows 7 SP1
  • Processor: 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor or Equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB Available System Memory
  • Graphics: 256 MB Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support (Radeon X1650 / GeForce
    6800* or Better)
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 5 GB HD space
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
  • Other Requirements: Keyboard and Mouse (w/scroll wheel), Broadband Internet connection for Multiplayer
  • * NVidia video chipsets must use driver version 296.10 or higher and mobile cards be set as the primary video chipset for the game.

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Feb. 2025
One of the best real time strategy games ever made. If you love RTS you have to try it. Still eminently playable in 2025, it doesn't feel dated at all.
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Sept. 2024
the endless space conquest and managing of it all!! every map is new and generated and vast. ive got over 1000 hours of just solo gameplay and it never gets old and still play to this day. Personally believe that this one, the OG is better than SOASE II. many of the mods players have created are also amazing and add a whole new spin on it.
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May 2024
As a RTS enthusiast, SoSE is my favorite RTS game. I've owned the original base game since around the time it released in 2008 and I still find myself starting up SoSE on occasion. The base game had enough depth to keep it interesting, while also not over-complicated the game with too many mechanics. Every gameplay mechanic and class feels well balanced. All the DLCs have introduced new features / gameplay which complement the base game nicely. On top of that the devs have never stopped updating the game with occasional patches and balancing fixes from 2008 to 2024, 16 years of support!! There is a learning curve but it's easy to pickup. If you want a more casual game you can adjust the settings to do so. Or you can easily scale up the difficulty and choose a challenging map for a more in depth gameplay experience. Many strategy games can feel like you're sifting through menus instead of actually playing the game, fortunately that is not the case with SoSE. The gameplay is consistent fun from beginning to end game. If you like RTS games, I highly recommend giving this game a try. I look forward to the release of SoSE 2 and fully expect it to overshadow its predecessor.
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May 2024
An amazing space RTS that allows anyone to pick it up and play. You don't need to be the Star Craft 2 sweatlord to be good at this game. Its fun just playing it. The best part isn't even the base game but the mods. You can play Halo, Mass Effect, Star Wars etc in a fully realized setting that feels like it's part of the normal game. Don't play for the story as its all told through intro movies, background unit conversations and what you can dig up online. still doesn't matter because the game play is what carries this game. 10/10
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April 2024
It's dated, but still a very solid RTS that I continue to come back to year after year. Chose your faction, control planets to expand your empire, build ships to blow up other ships, win, repeat. No single player campaign.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
9.1
14,879
1,092
Online players
310
Developer
Stardock Entertainment, Ironclad Games Corporation
Publisher
Stardock Entertainment
Release 12 Jun 2012
Platforms