

VGA Planets Nu
Planets Nu · April 12, 2024 · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, PvP, Sci-fi
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About VGA Planets Nu
VGA Planets Nu is a turn-based multiplayer space strategy game where you lead one of 11 alien races competing to build empires through mining, colonization, and tactical starship combat across a galaxy of hundreds of star systems. What sets it apart is its deep economic and military simulation that plays like simultaneous-move multiplayer chess, combined with the ability to customize ships from individual components and the lore of time-traveling Echos reshaping history itself.
They brought with them a dangerous and powerful technology, which has allowed elite members of society to skip through time by accelerating close to the speed of light, slowing relative time and then decelerating to alter the course of history again and again. These people are commonly referred to as Echos.
As an ambitious leader, you seek access to this technology to make your mark on history. To get it you’ll need to learn the lessons of the past and climb the ladder of society. Unlocking the secrets of history and forging glory in the present.
Be aware though, the road is more perilous than ever, as a new ruthless species has arrived, and is disrupting life in the Echo Cluster. They are known as the Horwasp Plague.
Claim your home sector now to start your journey!
VGA Planets Nu is a graphical multi-player play by turn war game that simulates combat in space between galactic empires. The game emphasizes mining, colonization and the construction of starships. Players compete against each other economically and militarily on a galactic scale.
The game system allows players to construct starships by selecting various components and placing them on a given hull type. There are usually 11 players in a game, each playing a different race with special ships and abilities, but there are other formats as well.
At the start of a game, each player is given a planet, a starbase, and a ship. The players have to manage their planet's population and resources wisely.
They can create more ships and expand their domain through colonization or conquest of neighboring planets. Of course, all players are attempting to do the same thing, so the fleets will, inevitably, engage in combat from time to time.
VGA Planets Nu can be compared to a multi-player chess game in which all players move all their pieces simultaneously, one turn at a time.
VGA Planets Nu — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op, Cross-platform multiplayer
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
VGA Planets Nu is a classic, deep strategy game that emphasizes diplomacy, economy, and logistics with enough complexity to engage players for thousands of hours, offering flexible single-player progression that players can pick up and drop without losing progress. However, the multiplayer community is reportedly dead or inactive, and the game requires creating a third-party account outside of Steam, which some players view as a privacy concern; the steep learning curve and browser-based interface also mean it's not accessible or appealing to everyone.
This is the same game by Tim Wisseman from the 80's. It has been updated, but you can still play the classic version. There are lots of opponents. However, my schedule doesn't permit me to play a long game as I am out of reach of reliable internet 6 months of the year on average. A game can take 6-18 months. However, the current version has great solitaire play. My days of playing multiplayer games that last for months is over. Now, I just play quick games like Risk. However, I really enjoy this game, So I can develop my Home Sector (solitaire) on my schedule. When I come back 6 months later, it is waiting for me just how I left it. This is a thinking man's game, sort of like chess. It can be very intricate. In order of importance are, Diplomacy, Economy, and Combat. Another advantage of solitaire play is that it gets rid of Diplomacy, which I hate. The computer opponents are very good, but there is no negotiating with them. The solitaire scenarios you must play to advance your Home sector often take multiple attempts to win. To get copious amounts of information on the game, Google: planets nu2 found this helpful
Play time not 2 hours, more like 4000 hours. "If you are new to this game you need to slow down before you even try to play this. This is a world famous game crated by "Tim" in the 1990s. Every kid in university would play it. We would get a file via emial or BBS and run it with the game creating another file that we would upload ot a host. The host would then process a turn and it would continue this way and the game would progress. Now days it is automated but it is the same game. This is a PC Desktop game. Try to use your phone if you like, but imo dont even try. This game is akin to playing 20 games of chess at once. The original rule book was a 3 inch print out and now there are more rules. The races were at one time all from Star Wars or Star Trek but they have been disguised recently to not infring on copy rights. There are many races, furries with their "not klingon" beam weapons, the Evil Empire with their "not a death star" giant moon sized ship. Oh, dont forget the Robots, surely not Cylons with their Baseships- nope, entirely something else! :) Master or Orion was based on this game. IF you like the MOO style games youll like this one. This game takes TIME, months to f…1 found this helpful
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] [quote][b]Warning: Third Party Account[/b] This game requires you to create a third party "Planets Nu" account... there's no valid reason for this in a PC game when SteamWorks is available. This is often done to harvest private data and profile you, with potential sale and transmission of your private data to third parties. The developers will probably argue that you can trust them, but if they were trustworthy they wouldn't demand you create a third party account. This represents a considerable risk to gamers due to the privacy and security implications of developers that wish to bypass Steam and harvest user data. Remember, sometimes if the product is free, YOU are the product.[/quote] [quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This game is partially or completely made with talentless, soulless AI generated content.[/quote] This is a remake of "VGA Planets", basically a Civilization in space ripoff from the 1990s, remade into a mobile ap…1 found this helpful
Hard to believe I've already spent 150ish hours on this. It's an old but refined program, and can be played out of a web browser if you need it to.
Great game, can be easy on newbies with the right settings, or super complicated and customised if yer a pro.
A blast from the past for sure! If you like games that put an emphasis on logistics then you will like this game.
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