Drox Operative 2

Soldak Entertainment / Oct 20, 2021 / Action, Indie, RPG

Singleplayer
Multiplayer
Co-op

windows
linux
Steam Deck Playable

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Drox Operative 2 is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Linux.

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What's new

Drox Operative 2 patch 1.010

2022-04-22

This patch fixes a crash, adds a fighter sorting option, adds a couple Patreon components, and fixes a few other minor issues. 1.010 change list: • can now sort followers/fighters ui so that least health/shielded fighters are at the top (Chara H Dreemurr/Pendulu/softi/The_Sith_Lord) • can no longer have a system modifier that matches one of the sector modifiers (The Grand Mugwump) • fixed a possible crash in Level::isPositionBlockedFromSight • turned off some legacy height map stuff (my test area fps went up 10%) • added Worbly Blorble unique crew (Patreon) • added Darkness unique crew (Patreon) • colony/delivery ships are more durable at lower levels now (Star-X) • no longer get relation boost from "escorting" a colony or delivery ship if you have damaged them (UsernameTaken2) • fixed sometimes another star system right next to the one you are in (gou/Ortman)

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• fixed green dot that shows another probe can be launched not working correctly with skills like Swarm (Owen) • when autopickup fails no longer throw in air and get message • changed saveVersion to 261 • changed PROTOCOL_VERSION to 128 • turned off handleMouseOffScreenScroll in debug build

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What players say

Very Positive

89% positive, 251 reviews

Recommended16 hrs played

Just like the previous with a few refinements and new mechanics - if you liked the first you'll like this, and if you didn't like the first you won't like this. If you aren't familiar, the Drox franchise (and Soldat generally) are giants in a very niche space of indie developers that manage to squeeze in staggeringly complex universe simulations into small packages (Trese Brothers being the other obvious...

12 found this helpful, 2025-12-17

Recommended17 hrs played

You are playing spaceship diablo while acting as a puppetmaster pulling the strings of a bunch of AI that are playing stellaris in a procedurally generated map. The graphics and UI won't win any awards but the game loop is unique and engaging. I am really enjoying it.

12 found this helpful, 2025-12-31

Recommended139 hrs played

From the heavily jank beginnings, Soldak has somehow both come a long way and seems to be exactly where they were 20 years ago. Drox Operative 2 is largely the same game as Drox Operative 1 with a few add-ons, and while there seem to be more effects processing and stuff in the background, the graphics even seem the same. By which I mean "these are the same ship models." The menus and interface are just a paint job...

10 found this helpful, 2025-12-29