Armada 2526 Gold Edition
Released Feb 2013
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
66% positive · 109 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation
Armada 2526 Gold Edition is a complete, self-contained 4X strategy game that launched on February 28, 2013. The store description explicitly states the game includes its expansion, Supernova, as part of the Gold Edition package — making it a bundled complete release from day one. There are no DLC listings, no developer roadmaps, no post-launch update communications, and no announcements of future content of any kind. The developer has posted no substantive updates through official channels. This game launched as a finished product and has remained so.
Evidence
Store description states the Gold Edition includes the base game and the Supernova expansion, presenting it as a complete package at launch.
No mention of future content, ongoing updates, DLC, or live service features anywhere in the store listing.
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Developer
Publisher
Iceberg Interactive
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game.
Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions. Explore new star systems, where you may encounter tachyon storms, psychic plants, primitives or find abandoned alien technology. Diplomacy is of utter importance in being successful. Make pacts and alliances, make threats or ask for favours - and when the time is right, replace diplomacy by space combat and fight it out in real-time 3D.
The trade system lets you trade valuable commodities between both your own and alien worlds. Alien relics, rare minerals, tourists, or even natural anti-matter, your freighters will carry them all. Although the game is complex, and the possible strategies endless, powerful help and advisor features, help you get up to speed quickly. Unlike many games in this genre, Armada 2526 Gold Edition focuses on providing a game that can be finished in a reasonable time, and emphasizes battle and strategy over economic micro-management. All with one purpose: to emerge victorious and conquer the galaxy with your armada.
Key Features
- Turn based star map for fleets, colonies, research and diplomacy.
- Customizable map size and number of players. Map designer included.
- 18 animated alien races to play and battle against.
- Full featured diplomacy system.
- More than 150 technology items to research.
- Trade system plus espionage and special ops system.
- 3D Real-time battle system for fighting huge battles.
- More than a hundred beautifully crafted ship models.
- Multiplayer by LAN or PBEM
- Tough A.I. opponents.
- Includes the expansion Supernova !
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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