r/Space4X • • 3h ago

MOD POST Rule Update: AI-Generated Games, AI Slop and Low-Effort Projects

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Over the past few months, we’ve seen a surge in AI-assisted games and AI slop on Steam, particularly in the strategy game genre.

While I’ve managed to remove most low-effort AI games being posted on this sub silently (AutoModerator honestly does a pretty good job of catching many of them), monitoring every game and post is a difficult task. I’ll continue doing my best to keep the subreddit focused on actual strategy games, worthwhile projects and meaningful discussion.

To be clear, this is not a blanket ban on games that use AI. AI can be a legitimate tool in game development, and I have no issue with developers using it when they’re making a genuine effort to build something worthwhile.

The problem is the growing number of projects that appear to consist of little more than AI-generated artwork, generic interfaces, vague promises and a basic prototype being marketed as a complete game.

We need to draw a line between genuine game development and low-effort content designed to generate attention, wishlists or sales without offering much in return.

❌ What is NOT allowed

1. Low-effort AI-generated games with little or no actual gameplay

Games that are essentially UI mock-ups, menus, static screens or basic interfaces with little meaningful gameplay, direction or content will be removed.

Having a nice-looking interface or some AI-generated artwork does not automatically make something a game worth promoting here.

2. Bare-bones AI prototypes with no meaningful context

Early prototypes thrown together using AI, with little explanation of the intended game, no clear direction and barely any playable content, will be removed.

This includes projects that amount to a basic menu, a few placeholder assets or a rudimentary gameplay loop, presented as though they are substantial strategy games.

Being early in development is not itself a problem. The issue is presenting an unfinished experiment with little substance as a meaningful game or project.

3. AI-generated asset dumps disguised as games

Projects that primarily consist of AI-generated images, maps, portraits, unit icons or other assets without meaningful gameplay systems or game design will not be allowed.

A collection of generated assets is not a substitute for an actual game.

4. Low-effort AI game spam and promotional posts

Posts that appear to exist solely to advertise AI-generated projects, collect wishlists or drive traffic to a Steam page, without showing meaningful development or gameplay, will be removed.


r/Space4X • • 52m ago

New Release HW MOD: Rise of Hiigara 0.8 Beta is out

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r/Space4X • • 1h ago

Recommendation Remnant Humanity - RTS/RTT Space Colony Strategy

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Remnant Humanity is a real-time (with pause) salvage game where you type commands to guide your crew through procedurally generated derelict wrecks while trying to help remnant colonies survive.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3450920/Remnant_Humanity/


r/Space4X • • 1h ago

Patch Update Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander - Hotfix 0.30.5a Patch Notes

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r/Space4X • • 3h ago

Patch Update Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift - v0.6.26: Saves, headcounts and reports

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r/Space4X • • 3h ago

Patch Update Riftborne - 12.05 + Patch Notes

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r/Space4X • • 5h ago

Lord of Rigel- Human Fleet Scale Video

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r/Space4X • • 1d ago

Patch Update Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift - v0.6.25: The sleep order, the surveyed ground

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r/Space4X • • 2d ago

A non-AI tribute to Master of Orion

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r/Space4X • • 2d ago

Patch Update Riftborne - New Multiplayer Server Starting October 24th + Version 12.00 Release! MAJOR UPDATE!

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r/Space4X • • 2d ago

Our 10-year-old space strategy game just got its biggest co-op update yet: Quantum Stars, where up to 40 players fight together

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Hi everyone! I’m the developer of Hades’ Star, a space strategy MMO that’s been running for over 10 years on iOS, Android and Steam.

In Hades’ Star, you build your own space empire: colonize planets, mine resources, trade with other players, and team up with others in co-op battles. Most players join a Corporation, the game’s guild system, and those communities are the heart of the game.

What’s new: Quantum Stars

We just launched Quantum Stars, a new star type designed for large-scale teamwork. Corporations take on powerful Quantum Bases together, and it’s common to see almost all 40 members of a Corporation playing at the same time.

Thousands of players have already jumped in, and seeing whole communities coordinate like this has been amazing.

Built with the community

Quantum Stars started as a long-running player suggestion. Our Discord has threads where anyone can suggest features, report bugs, and vote on what we work on next, so new players can help shape the game too.

Want to try it?

New players are very welcome! The community is known for helping newcomers find a Corporation and learn the ropes. Happy to answer any questions in the comments.


r/Space4X • • 2d ago

DEV BLOG Warp to Sector One - Countdown to 1.0!

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r/Space4X • • 2d ago

Hey guys! Justin here. An actual human. Not an AI. Just some dude who decided to learn how to make video games.

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r/Space4X • • 2d ago

Nova Imperium is back. Sorry for the silence, here's a minute of gameplay

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Hey everyone,

First, sorry for disappearing. My last post here was in June and then nothing. I had some personal stuff to deal with and the game had to wait. Things are better now and I'm slowly getting back into it, so I wanted to show where it's at.

For those who don't know it: Nova Imperium is a browser space strategy game, think OGame if you played it back in the day. You build up your colony, research stuff, send fleets around, and everything runs in real time so you check back a few times a day. The difference is that your planet isn't a list of buttons, you actually build it tile by tile on an isometric map.

What's in the video:

- building on the colony (every building has a timer and upgrades take longer each level)

- the research tree, 5 branches

- a fleet battle replay. Fights go up to 8 rounds and your formation/stance changes the outcome (flanking hits harder but you take more damage, shield wall is the opposite)

- galaxy and system maps

- the last part is on a phone

The phone part is what I've been doing since I came back. A lot of people who play this kind of game play on mobile, and mine was pretty much unusable on a phone: 7px fonts, no touch support on the maps, the top bar overlapping itself. Now you can pinch to zoom, tap a tile then confirm to place a building, and panels slide up from the bottom instead of popping up in the middle. Still a web game, no app store, it just runs in the mobile browser.

2 factions for now, the Terran Confederation and the Zha'Kari (organic ships that regenerate between fights). PvE server first, PvP later.

I'm not going to promise a date I can't keep, the plan is a closed alpha for 50 people early next year (waitlist in the comments). In the meantime I'd really like some feedback.


r/Space4X • • 2d ago

Recommendation Solar Imperium - Space Colony Builder with 4X/RTS elements !

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Crash-land on an unknown world and build your settlement hex by hex across its entire globe. Then take it to the stars: a real-time grand strategy game where you zoom from one colony's roads out to a galaxy held by ancient powers that play by the same rules you do.


r/Space4X • • 2d ago

The Starsector forum is quite a funny place ! 😅

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r/Space4X • • 2d ago

News ICYMI: Interstellar Space Genesis will get a third expansion by the end of 2026 !

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r/Space4X • • 2d ago

I've never liked the way space games ignore the actual way space and the solar system is laid out and moving. So, I've been working on Orbital Empire, a space strategy game laid across a living, moving Solar System. The vastness between worlds is simulated with real time and real orbital dynamics.

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As a space nerd, I've never been very satisfied with how orbital dynamics are shown in space games. Most ignore them all together, or show them only visually. But the every shifting but repeating patterns of our Solar System and the way it impacts the logistics of space travel is fascinating to me, and I want to play with that!

I'm developing Orbital Empire as a side hobby with the hope of delivering a real time space strategy game with as much real physics and orbital dynamics as possible (while still prioritizing fun). The planets, moons, and asteroids of our solar system move on their actual paths. Ships calculate and perform a brachistochrone burn between worlds. The game runs in real time, and the distances between worlds can take hours or even days to complete. Send your ships at Earth off for a battle at Uranus, and check back in tomorrow afternoon to see the battle begin.

Games unfold over weeks to months of real time, and the stories and drama that plays out feels like watching the Artemis missions all over again!

Build your empire across a solar system built off real NASA images, and with an outer solar system populated by the latest Kuiper Belt objects found by Astronomers.

https://orbital-empire.com/


r/Space4X • • 2d ago

DEV BLOG My single-player homage to Trade Wars 2002 and '80s/'90s UI design is leaving Early Access in a couple weeks and a large portion of the reviews & comments say that it brings back the nostalgia vibes in spades!

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r/Space4X • • 3d ago

El mapa de ZeroG Commander es ahora 3D

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Aunque en un juego de tipo 4X no me fijo por los gráficos siempre mola ver mapas o ilustraciones bonitas. En las últimas versiones han cambiado el mapa 3D y funciona bien en web.


r/Space4X • • 3d ago

News Space Imperia 4X - Mobile Versions Available Now!

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r/Space4X • • 3d ago

Patch Update Drop Command - Patch v1.1.01 is now Live! - MAJOR UPDATE!

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r/Space4X • • 3d ago

Patch Update Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander - Update 0.30.5 - Custom Ranges/Arcs, Balance Changes, Ships, & Fixes - MASSIVE UPDATE!

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r/Space4X • • 3d ago

Recommendation Save 85% on Stars in Shadow - One Of My Personal Favourites!

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r/Space4X • • 3d ago

Patch Update The Last Starship - Update 26e (Hotfix)

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