Cruel Galaxy: Discordia

Cruel Galaxy: Discordia

Fatal Error Games · June 30, 2020 · Indie, Simulation, RPG, Strategy, Space

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About Cruel Galaxy: Discordia

Cruel Galaxy: Discordia is a turn-based role-playing game, including tactical space combat, strategic elements and original story, filled by despair.

GAMEPLAY


Discordia story is about Black Knights organisation - a space guerilla force, going in conflict with Earch Navy for the greater good in 23th century Solar System. In the same time as UN Fleet seek for those heroes, they try to accomplish series of diversions and sabotages for the most important goal...

The game provides different options to complete, both by peace events and by empowering your battle fleet, fighting in one ambush after other. But remember: the stronger is your fleet, the stronger enemy grip tightens on your neck.

Combat system is a mix up of classic tactical games and skirmish board games. The cost of mistake is high in every battle, and losing single ship may turn up as significant impact on both resources and morale of your fleet. Fortunately, there is some help for you in Solar, even volunteers for your war.

WHAT MAKES CRUEL GALAXY: DISCORDIA SO UNIQUE

  • Battle against System
    In eyes of common citizens, Black Knights are terrorists. But it should not stop you. Step by step, de-stabilize Solar infrastructure, make UN notice you as a significant force, and claim the Black Gate.
  • Chaos Management
    Flexible "Energy & Orders" system allows to act in combat due to your risk acceptance. Go all-in, leaving all to luck, or build reliable defense founded on spaceship rotation and repairing "on-the-fly".
  • Scale-able AI
    Your enemies would not notify you about their tactic. Be ready for sudden backup arrival and unpredictable combination of spaceships, asymmetrically matched to your Vanguard.
  • Everyone is expendable
    Salvage lost units for parts, reverse-engineer remains of unknown enemy modules and restore trophy wreckage's. All destroyed items can be reassembled, by sacrificing something else. And there is always an eager cadet who is ready to take place of recently (and heroically) dead officer.
  • Cruel Galaxy: Discordia — game info

    Platforms
    Windows
    Player modes
    Single-player
    PC Game Pass
    Not included

    DLC & expansions

    What Steam players say

    Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

    ✦ AI summary

    Cruel Galaxy: Discordia is a turn-based space strategy game that appeals to players who enjoy complex management and tactical gameplay, with some praising its deep faction-building systems and strategic depth. However, the game suffers from technical issues including camera bugs that can make it unplayable, and many players criticize its dated browser-like interface and poor implementation that feels more like a web game than a proper Steam title.

    Recommended Apr 4, 2024
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    8 found this helpful
    Not recommended Jul 5, 2020
    When entering the battlefield (both the tutorial and the first mission), the camera kept moving automatically to one side of the screen. Any input is futile and I had to close the game by clicking on the "x" of the window or by pressing Alt+F4.
    5 found this helpful
    Recommended Jul 1, 2020
    This game is pretty good. You can give it a chance if you have some free time and you like turn-based gameplay.
    4 found this helpful
    Recommended Mar 5, 2023
    [h1]Before I played Cruel Galaxy: Discordia, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
    1 found this helpful
    Not recommended Dec 3, 2025
    "Cruel Galaxy: Discordia" is an old school turn based strategy space ship simulator where you control a spaceship and make decisions and engage in combat while managing your starship systems, a bit like a slightly better conceived FTL game but with worse implementation. It's not free, it's donationware/beggarware. The game topic includes "despair" and I agree, the quality of the game was so bad I fell into despair. For gameplay purposes, because the user interface for this game is mostly just 2D static text/images, menus and a simple browser like UI... it might as well be a web page. It's functionally no different from a browser game. And we all know, Steam isn't here to compete with Chrome and Firefox. If the game can be done in a web browser, it's just not rich or compelling enough to appeal to serious gamers on PC. On the topic of visuals, the weak looking 2D retro assets seem like they'd be more at home in a browser game or a mobile app. 3D graphics accelerators hit the mainstream of PC gaming in the mid 1990's with cards like the ATI Rage and Voodoo3D, there's no excuse for such poor 2D graphics in 2025. That alone is enough to disqualify this for recommendation. Thi…
    Recommended Nov 13, 2025
    Игра 'Cruel Galaxy: Discordia' - это настоящая находка для любителей сложных космических стратегий. Поначалу интерфейс может показаться перегруженным, а механики запутанными, но стоит погрузиться, как открывается огромный пласт возможностей. Создание собственной фракции с уникальными бонусами и технологиями – это то, что затягивает на долгие часы. Бои зрелищные, хоть и требуют тщательного планирования. Малейшая ошибка может привести к катастрофе. Дипломатия хитрая, альянсы недолговечны, а предательство – обычное дело. Развитие базы, исследование технологий, строительство флота – все это сплетается в сложную, но увлекательную систему. Отдельно хочется отметить атмосферу безысходности и жестокости, которая царит в галактике. Это не просто космическая опера, это суровый мир, где выживает сильнейший. 'Cruel Galaxy: Discordia' требует терпения и стратегического мышления, но награждает ощущением контроля над огромной империей, построенной собственными руками. Рекомендую всем, кто ищет глубокую и сложную стратегическую игру.

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