The Light Empire

The Light Empire

Jemy · December 2, 2015 · Indie, Simulation, RPG, Space, Singleplayer

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The Light Empire price by region

The Light Empire costs €3.50 in Europe (EUR), $3.99 in Georgia (USD), £4.79 in the United Kingdom, $5.99 in the United States, CA$6.49 in Canada, NZ$7.39 in New Zealand, A$8.50 in Australia, R$11.99 in Brazil and zł21.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Light Empire offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Europe (EUR) €3.50 €3.50 — 1
Georgia (USD) $3.99 $3.99 — 1
United Kingdom £4.79 £4.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $5.99 $5.99 — 1
Canada CA$6.49 CA$6.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$7.39 NZ$7.39 — 1
Australia A$8.50 A$8.50 — 1
Brazil R$11.99 R$11.99 — 1
Poland zł21.99 zł21.99 — 1

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About The Light Empire

Welcome to TLE, you will be taking control of a spaceship as it's commander. Your goal will be to locate and destroy an enemy military platform.
You must manage a crew who have specific needs and make decisions quickly! What will you do if your O² generator is damaged and it no longer produces enough oxygen for all of your crew? It is up to you to make the right decisions. All this in an open world with RPG elements. You are free to do what you want in a completely randomly generated universe, full of events that will benefit you or not ....

Main Characteristics :



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  • Evolved in a completely random world : - The world is randomly generated for each game and every game. Nothing is planned in advance, any events are generated as you choose your journey. Once you have selected a destination there is no turning back.
  • RPG system : - Each ship will have different basic statistics with the ability to grow in power as you level.
  • \A living crew : -
  • \You need to meet the needs of your crew Food, oxygen and not to mention their salary. Each crew member that can not be paid, will desert your ship. Every crewmember will have a special skill to improve your ship.
  • \Total freedom : -
  • \Once in your new ship, you are free to advance in the game as you want. You will be hired or fired, but know that your ship will require improvements for you to survive, and therefore need money!
  • \Random events : -
  • \Each new destination will bring new challenges. Will you meet an enemy ship? Or a merchant ship? Pay attention and react accordingly!
  • \A slow and painful death : -
  • \Remember one thing. Once you are dead, it's over. No turning back, The slightest mistake or a bad decision and you will have to start over again!
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Upcoming Features :



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  • Planetary exploration : - You have the chance to get down on planets and explore randomly generated worlds.
    You must adjust depending on the gravity, atmosphere , monsters and NPC's that will be present.
  • Additional events : - The space is unpredictable, other random events to come out over time.
  • Dynamic events : - Once the game is "stable", you will have updates that will include dynamic events, the occurence of flagship, or an enemy commander, for example, that will save a lot of resources if you can defeat him. It is very hard to survive in the world of TLE, and through these events you are going to be a big help, which can eventually make you win the game! To you to keep you informed, announcements will be made in advance so that you can prepare.
  • Other surprises await you : - I will not reveal the rest, but know that other additions are planned for the longer term
  • \

    The Light Empire — 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.

    Not recommended Jun 18, 2018
    Light Empire doesn't really feel like a game at all to me. Certainly not a finished one, and considering the same was being said about the game in 2015, and the status of the game seems unchanged, I would recommend not spending any money on it. There doesn't seem to be a story, the graphics are pleasant, and the gameplay itself is sort of like Asteroids, only instead of shooting asteroids, you shoot other ships, some of which seem impervious to damage, which is pretty counter productive. For some reason, instead of using A/D for turning, you have to use W/D instead, which is a bad design choice, and that can get very awkward, especially since the shift button controls your movement itself. Allegedly, the arrow buttons control firing, but in practice, you will need to use your mouse, meaning you also need to use left shift for movement. Just a really bad UI in general, and while the game is both pretty and has some decent audio, the gameplay kills it for me. Is it an actual game? Barely. But it is a game, so I guess it has that going for it. Now, if you are just wanting to avoid combat and take in the scenery, then I suppose throwing 50 cents at it wouldn't be the worst thing ev…
    8 found this helpful
    Not recommended Jul 27, 2019
    Oh hey, look, another assetflip/babys first attempt at making videogames and wanting 10 bucks for it. There's no story and the "gameplay" is literally flying in circles and shooting ships until the ships explode, nothing more, nothing less, it's a very sad excuse of a videogame and the developer of course has abandoned this project years ago, so don't bother spending either your money or time with this piece of utter trash.
    3 found this helpful
    Not recommended Jan 25, 2017
    My biggest complaint is that I can't play the game I purchased. Every. Single. Time. I redownload it I get the message "missing executable". Thanks for nothing.
    3 found this helpful
    Not recommended Mar 28, 2017
    Help say it will turn with A and D but only D works, so only one side turn. Nothing about you can move with move with shift. It is not a game, it's insult.
    1 found this helpful
    Not recommended Dec 17, 2022
    1/10
    Not recommended Sep 24, 2018
    Garbage, no need to buy even if 0,1 cent. It seem it was going to be a good one, but wtf...

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