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Astro Protocol

94% positive of 68 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Null Vector Studios.

About the game

High-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy distilled into intense matches of about an hour. Lead one of six premade factions, or design your own, against an AI that plays to win. Randomized techs, anomalies, maps and victory conditions make every match unique.

Tagged by players

4X
Grand Strategy
Hex Grid
Grid-Based Movement
Turn-Based Strategy
Turn-Based Tactics
Tactical
Procedural Generation
Resource Management
Space
Base Building
Turn-Based Combat

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Astro Protocol

94% positive of 68 Steam reviews

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Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Null Vector Studios.

About the game

Tagged by players

4X
Grand Strategy
Hex Grid
Grid-Based Movement
Turn-Based Strategy
Turn-Based Tactics
Tactical
Procedural Generation
Resource Management
Space
Base Building
Turn-Based Combat

What players say

Recommended
This is a fantastic 4x space strategy game with clever ideas and a tight presentation. The developer has done a good job supporting it and refining it, too, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone interested in the 4x genre.
34 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This is an excellent short-form 4X game. A game can be completed in an evening, although there are customizable options at game setup to make a game shorter, longer, or with a bigger or smaller map, and so on. In addition to the procedurally-generated maps, there are randomized victory conditions and randomized technology trees, as well as customizable alien races, so the game has a lot replayability. Planet…
90 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
For a coffee break 1x it is fine. 1x = exterminate with no real other options. There is a tiny miniscule amount of exploring (anomalies but they are tricky), and an even tinier amount of exploitation, and expansion. Obviously given no real obstacles to expansion but there is no real place to expand to. So as I said, a coffee break game (20mins should do it) with no depth. Is it worth the price? That's for you to…
4.7 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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