Fragile Allegiance

Fragile Allegiance

Gremlin Interactive · June 30, 2015 · Strategy, Space, Retro, Classic, Wargame

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Standard Edition · Steam
-80%
$1.05
$5.29
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ZOOM Platform
Standard Edition · Steam
$4.99
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Standard Edition · DRM-Free
$5.99
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Fragile Allegiance price by region

Fragile Allegiance costs £0.88 in the United Kingdom, €1.04 in Europe (EUR), $1.05 in the United States, CA$1.37 in Canada, A$1.55 in Australia, NZ$1.58 in New Zealand, $3.53 in Georgia (USD), R$3.62 in Brazil and zł4.85 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Fragile Allegiance offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.88 −80% £0.88 — 3
Europe (EUR) €1.04 −80% €1.04 — 3
United Statesyour region $1.05 −80% $1.05 — 3
Canada CA$1.37 −80% CA$1.37 — 3
Australia A$1.55 −80% A$1.55 — 3
New Zealand NZ$1.58 −80% NZ$1.58 — 3
Georgia (USD) $3.53 $3.53 — 3
Brazil R$3.62 −80% R$3.62 — 3
Poland zł4.85 −80% zł4.85 — 3

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Fragile Allegiance

✦ AI summary

Fragile Allegiance puts you in command of a sprawling space colony as director of Tetracorp, tasked with mining resources, researching technologies, and battling six alien species across a vast galaxy. Blend RTS strategy with deep colony management, espionage, and diplomatic negotiation as you expand your empire, deploy sabotage agents, and wield massive weapons like asteroid engines against rivals.


In a future where the Earth can no longer support its ever-increasing population, pioneers have established colonies on countless new worlds. The fortunate ones have prospered and thrived, mining the precious ores and minerals that they found there, and the unfortunate have succumbed to the ravages of deep space.
In the year 2496, you are appointed Colony Director for Tetracorp and it is your job to build a thriving colony while defending it from 6 alien species.

Fragile Allegiance offers a fast-paced RTS where you can buy blueprints, hunt for asteroids to mine, or even build an Asteroid Engine and use it against an opponent who’s been a thorn in your side! If you favour a more underhanded approach to furthering your goals, you can deploy Spy Satellites and Sabotage Agents to thoroughly undermine your enemies. Once you expand beyond the scope of one colony, you can appoint Colony Managers to take care of the more minor details of running and maintaining your colony.

Remember, life is fragile; the future is in your hands!

Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take on 4X Strategy.
Appoint Colony Supervisors to manage your colony and deploy Spy Satellites for the ultimate in skulduggery. Negotiate and trade with 6 different alien cultures, each with their own unique personality.

Key Features


  • A stunning array of fully animated ships, weapons and buildings
  • Compete against six alien races for control of mining colonies in the galaxy.
  • Hundreds of 3D rendered operational upgrades – from spy satellites and Missile Silos to the latest in Mining Technology.
  • Superior In-depth colony management.
  • User friendly point and click interface.
  • Face to face negotiations with different alien cultures.
  • Battle sequences.
  • Colony supervisors and sabotage agents at your command.
  • Mining opportunities throughout a vast galactic area.
  • Network and multiplayer options.

This in depth RTS game is a must for strategy players, and is described as a combination of classic titles such as SimCity 2000, Civilization and Risk! With a unique approach to the icon based UI and in game tech tree, Fragile Allegiance scored 91% in PC Gamer (UK). Explore, expand, exploit and exterminate with this sci-fi game of tact and diplomacy!

Fragile Allegiance — game info

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

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Fragile Allegiance is a deeply ambitious retro strategy game that combines colony management, diplomacy, espionage, and warfare into a complex and rewarding experience that still feels unique decades later. Players praise its engaging gameplay and layered mechanics, though they note it requires patience due to dated menu systems, heavy micromanagement, and a luck-based economy that demands careful long-term planning.

Recommended May 15, 2026
Fragile Allegiance is a science-fiction strategy game that delivers a far more ambitious experience than its age might initially suggest. Beneath its retro presentation lies a deeply layered mix of colony management, diplomacy, espionage, mining, and interstellar warfare that rewards patience and careful planning. Unlike many strategy games that focus entirely on combat, this title places equal importance on economics, politics, and survival within a hostile galaxy filled with competing factions. The result is a complex and immersive space simulation that still feels unique even years after its original release. The game is set within the Fragmented Sectors, a dangerous region of space filled with asteroid fields rich in valuable minerals. Players work under the massive TetraCorp organization and are tasked with building profitable colonies while competing against rival alien corporations for dominance. Instead of controlling planets, players establish settlements directly on asteroids, creating mining operations and expanding infrastructure piece by piece. This unusual setting immediately gives the game a distinctive identity compared to traditional space empire simulators. Buil…
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Recommended Sep 4, 2026
super fun and has good gameplay
Recommended May 3, 2026
its just an awesome game
Recommended Mar 18, 2026
Awesome classic form childhood. Old but Gold.
Recommended Dec 6, 2025
This is where it all started
Recommended Nov 30, 2025
A very old game with a sharp corporate criticism and high stakes, fast RTS rife with needless micromanagement and too much sliding menus. It is good, but is an acquired taste for new generation. Every time you need to build a building, opening a menu is...unpleasant. Extremely luck based as well, you need money to do anything, either by having a lot of colonists on standby (maybe the company pays you to work them in idle things?) or selling ore (most of time), but the sheer crazy high speed glass cannon ship duels are...nice. The newer generations won't enjoy this because the game is made with boomer mentality on mind, for good OR bad. You plan ages ago, pay a lot and have very high risk but high yield return. One game can have you land a rich asteroid belt, the other, a very poor one. If you can trade, you can buy and sell goods as they fluctuate in peacetime. But that cash could go for more military industrial complex weapons, don't you think? Positioning and everything is so random, you may enjoy it if you don't mind the menu chip board slide sound with every decision.

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