Drox Operative

Drox Operative

Released Feb 2014

Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary.

88% positive · 322 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Drox Operative launched on February 18, 2014 and received its only DLC, Invasion of the Ancients, on March 4, 2014. No additional DLC has been released or announced in the roughly 12 years since. The developer's subsequent communications have focused entirely on its sequel, Drox Operative 2, which entered Early Access in June 2020 and fully launched on October 25, 2021. There is no indication that Soldak Entertainment has any plans to develop further content for the original game. With one released DLC, no unreleased content listed, and over a decade of developer silence on this title, the game is a complete, self-contained product.
Evidence
Invasion of the Ancients DLC released on March 4, 2014 — the only DLC for the game, and it has been released.
dlc listing · Mar 4, 2014 source content shipped
high
Drox Operative 2 fully launched, confirming the developer's complete pivot to the sequel with no mention of further updates to the original.
news post · Oct 25, 2021 source development ending
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Mar 2014

Media

Details

Publisher
Soldak Entertainment
Achievements
63
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

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

Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary. Whether employing stealth or brute force, they were always deadly. Using these Operatives, the Drox built a starlane system for quick travel amongst the stars, colonized and conquered millions of planets, and ruled the galaxy with an iron grip for over 100,000 years. Eventually realizing their Operatives were a threat, they attempted to assassinate all of them. They failed. The following Galactic Civil War was devastating.

Thousands of years later, the Drox are extinct, but the secretive Drox Operative guild lives on. They have learned their lesson though: loyalty to any one race is foolish. They now work for whoever can pay. And pay they do! Empires might span hundreds of planets and thousands of ships, but when a critical task arises, they still turn to an Operative.

In the new space race, the major races are scouting, colonizing, and expanding, trying to take over the galaxy by diplomacy, technology, war, or any other means their scheming minds can contemplate.

As a Drox Operative it's NOT your job to manage all of those annoying people, build thousands of buildings, play nice with your enemies, or balance the budget. It IS your job to pick the winning side and maybe even help them conquer the galaxy if you're being nice, more importantly though is to rake in as many credits as possible, well that and build the coolest, deadliest ship in the known universe. Not many screw with an Operative captaining a Dreadnaught!

  • Explore a dynamic and evolving galaxy
  • Explore a unique sector of the galaxy in every game, with different "monsters", ship components, quests, and even races
  • Fight in the galactic war between the various alien races
  • Battle hundreds of different enemy starships
  • Build the coolest and deadliest starship in the galaxy
  • Outfit your ship with thousands of components and crew
  • Adventure with your friends with co-op multiplayer
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