X3: Terran Conflict

Egosoft / Oct 16, 2008 / Action, Simulation, Strategy

windows
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Steam Deck Playable

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It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!

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What's new

Small Technical Update

2021-07-09

• Simplified first-time setup on Windows • Fixed lib compatibility issues on Linux • Fixed several voice samples in German version

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What players say

Very Positive

84% positive, 1,501 reviews

Recommended295 hrs played

Terran Conflict is a game that allows you to enjoy the entirety of what space games have to offer, from the largest scale to the smallest. The learning curve is steep, but the rewards are endless. A real-time economy and combat simulation for *every single entity in the game* goes on while you explore, perform contracts, and purchase more ships and stations. The options are limitless. In no specific order, you can...

13 found this helpful, 2025-12-04

Recommended109 hrs played

I had been searching for a game in which I could relax and chill out, preferably with my own set of music, and I was fed up with my usual go-to games for this purpose. I needed something else entirely. That was the moment when I remembered I had a game exactly for that. Flying in space. That's the stuff! The X3 game for relaxing purposes? Insane, isn't it? Well, I'm not swayed that easily. Yeah, I was in the past,...

6 found this helpful, 2026-08-14

Recommended73 hrs played

I love this game so so much and here is why; >It gives you freedom. You want to be a space taxi driver? Go for it. Do you wanna be a dogfighting aggressive pirate? You got it. You want to be a police force and battle against crime, be a contraband police? You want to start in a crappy ship and slowly build your way to your own economic empire? Or maybe you want to stick with just a few ships, do contracts and get...

6 found this helpful, 2026-04-25