Into the VoidInto the Void

Into the Void

Genres:Strategy
Themes:4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
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April 08, 2025
Countless hours spent colonising the galaxy, especially fun with the ability to play asynchronously with friends in different time zones by emailing the save files. Maybe these days this can be done with a lot more finesse and with randomly assigned races?
This was my first space 4X game. I got a free demo of it, and was totally hooked. It was a very decent game for its time. Of course it was nowhere as deep as Stellaris, or even Galactic Civilizations or Endless Space, but back in 1997-1998, Into The Void was one of my time-sink games, along with Sid Meier's Gettysburg (also unfortunately still missing from GOG), and X-Com Apocalypse. The ability to play by email really made Into The Void a ton of fun, but even the single player experience was very enjoyable. It's a shame that it's been all but forgotten.
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