Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Real-time space strategy with empire building and large fleet battles
Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment · Published by Stardock Entertainment · Released Nov 16, 2011
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 704
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 14
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Jul 26, 2018
Metacritic: 87/100 (critic reviews)
What is Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®?
In this real-time space strategy game, you lead a civilization fighting for survival in a galactic war. You expand across planets, manage resources and alliances, and command starship fleets, zooming between individual ships and your wider empire.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing an empire while battles unfold in real time
- +you want to play space strategy with or against others
Not for you if...
- −you prefer turn-based decisions over continuous real-time strategy
- −you want to avoid managing resources and diplomacy
What players say
78% of 704 reviews are positive
Players praise the combination of real-time battles and empire management. One player finds the interface and graphics dated; another says the AI has become unfair even on normal difficulty.
Screenshots and trailer
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or Equivalent
- Graphics
- 128 MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/Pixel Shader 2.0 Support
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB HD space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection, also to activate this game you must create a Stardock account while launching the game on Steam.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3
- Processor
- Dual-Core Processor
- Graphics
- 256 MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/Pixel Shader 2.0 Support
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB HD space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection
Does Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op LAN; PvP LAN. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
