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Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.

What works

  • Unique and engaging orbital artillery gameplay
  • High replayability with varied strategies and tech paths
  • Fun and stable multiplayer experience
  • Satisfying visual and sound effects
  • Good balance of strategy and skill

Things to keep in mind

  • Long match durations can be tedious
  • Ai can feel unfair with high accuracy
  • Limited narrative or campaign content
  • Some ui and quality-of-life issues
  • Small multiplayer community limits matchmaking

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

  • Dinogen Online

  • Star Ruler

  • Space Empires V

  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

  • Starblast

More story-driven

Games that feels like Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Stellaris

  • Terra Invicta

  • The Last Federation

  • Solar Nations 2

  • Imperium Galactica II

  • Galactic Civilizations IV

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition but with more leadership over others

  • Chaos Galaxy 2

  • Hearts of Iron IV

  • Distant Worlds: Universe

  • SuperPower 2 Steam Edition

  • ICBM

  • Interstellar Space: Genesis

Less competitive

Games that feels like Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition but with less competition against others

  • AI War: Fleet Command

  • Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim

  • Battlevoid: Harbinger

  • Shortest Trip to Earth

  • Power of Ten

  • Distant Worlds 2

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Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026