Drox Operative

Space simulation with RPG elements, top down perspective, indirect control over units, in the sense, that you are an independent operative that does favors, quests for different empires and when you build up political capital you can order the empire allied with you to go to war with someone. But besides that you are limited to shooting up enemies in space. Lots of random loot, although item management is tight at first. Watching relations is key. The empire with the most planets and ships is the one you gotta curry favor the most. There's a lot of ships being simulated and things a very similar to Space Rangers, another game where you fly through space and try to influence the war effort by doing missions.

Ahh yes, my good old friend “Drox Operative”. Released back in… 2012! Has it really been that long? And it says here that we spent over 45 hours together. Well, you know what they say about “fun”, and “time flying” when you’re having it, am I right folks? Ahahahaha… hahaha… haha…heh. Ok, look. I don’t know WTF is going on here, but I have never seen this game before, I don’t know how it got here, and I definitely didn’t spend over 45 hours playing it! I’ll admit that there have been times that I’ve gone to download a game, only to find that I already have it, but it’s almost always something already downloaded but just never got around to playling… and even with the ones that I had played, I would recognize it in the first few minutes. Normally something like this would get me worried that I had a stroke, or generally second guessing my sanity, but - 1. I’m already so unhealthy that a stroke might actually be an improvement. 2. I don’t need to question my sanity, because I lost my mind many years ago. This is just more evidence of the multiverse, and I guess the other version of me really liked this game!

A brilliant little game that gives you the system-spanning scope of a 4X but with the single-ship gameplay of something more like Rebel Galaxy or No Man's Sky. It has a similar feel to Din's Curse or Depths of Peril, also by Soldak, but the action controls more like Asteroids et al, with W to thrust and A/D to turn. Gives you a big sandbox to play in, and several ways to procure victory, plus a ton of knobs to tweak to customize each sector to your liking in terms of scope and difficulty.

I have loved this game for years. Years later, my daughter is learning how to play it now and also loves it. Easy enough for a child, entertaining and complex enough for even the most detail oriented gamer. 20/10 stars

A wonderful game. You kill various fights like playing diablo. At Same time you will need to pay attention to diploma.

Explosions! Levelling up! Action! There's a story too I think, but its buried beneath Explosions!