Fragile Allegiance

Fragile Allegiance

Released Jun 2015

Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take on 4X Strategy. Appoint Colony Supervisors to manage your colony and deploy Spy Satellites for the ultimate in skulduggery.

93% positive · 125 reviews
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Evaluation

Fragile Allegiance is a classic 1990s 4X strategy game (originally released in 1996) that was brought to Steam on June 30, 2015 as a re-release of a finished product. The store description presents it as a complete, feature-rich game with no mention of planned updates, DLC, or ongoing development. There is no post-launch update history, no DLC listings, and no developer communications announcing additional content. Gremlin Interactive, the original developer, is a studio that closed long ago, making further development essentially impossible. The game launched on Steam as a complete, self-contained package and has remained exactly that.
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Store description presents the game as a complete classic re-release with a full feature set and no mention of planned updates, DLC, or future content
description · Jun 30, 2015 source content shipped
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Short description focuses entirely on the base game's features, with no indication of post-launch content plans
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Media

Details

Publisher
Alternative Software Ltd
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game



In a future where the Earth can no longer support its ever-increasing population, pioneers have established colonies on countless new worlds. The fortunate ones have prospered and thrived, mining the precious ores and minerals that they found there, and the unfortunate have succumbed to the ravages of deep space.
In the year 2496, you are appointed Colony Director for Tetracorp and it is your job to build a thriving colony while defending it from 6 alien species.

Fragile Allegiance offers a fast-paced RTS where you can buy blueprints, hunt for asteroids to mine, or even build an Asteroid Engine and use it against an opponent who’s been a thorn in your side! If you favour a more underhanded approach to furthering your goals, you can deploy Spy Satellites and Sabotage Agents to thoroughly undermine your enemies. Once you expand beyond the scope of one colony, you can appoint Colony Managers to take care of the more minor details of running and maintaining your colony.

Remember, life is fragile; the future is in your hands!

Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take on 4X Strategy.
Appoint Colony Supervisors to manage your colony and deploy Spy Satellites for the ultimate in skulduggery. Negotiate and trade with 6 different alien cultures, each with their own unique personality.

Key Features


  • A stunning array of fully animated ships, weapons and buildings
  • Compete against six alien races for control of mining colonies in the galaxy.
  • Hundreds of 3D rendered operational upgrades – from spy satellites and Missile Silos to the latest in Mining Technology.
  • Superior In-depth colony management.
  • User friendly point and click interface.
  • Face to face negotiations with different alien cultures.
  • Battle sequences.
  • Colony supervisors and sabotage agents at your command.
  • Mining opportunities throughout a vast galactic area.
  • Network and multiplayer options.

This in depth RTS game is a must for strategy players, and is described as a combination of classic titles such as SimCity 2000, Civilization and Risk! With a unique approach to the icon based UI and in game tech tree, Fragile Allegiance scored 91% in PC Gamer (UK). Explore, expand, exploit and exterminate with this sci-fi game of tact and diplomacy!

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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