Gratuitous Space Battles 2
Space strategy focused on preparing fleets rather than commanding battles
Positech Games · Released Apr 16, 2015
- Reviews
- Mostly Negative
- 36% of 258
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 11 years ago
- Aug 20, 2015
What is Gratuitous Space Battles 2?
A sci-fi fleet management and battle simulation in which you act as an admiral. You assemble ships from hulls and modules, assign formations and orders, then watch the fleets fight rather than controlling ships directly.
For you if...
- +you enjoy adjusting ship appearances as a creative project
Not for you if...
- −you expect extensive ship, weapon, and faction unlocks
What players say
36% of 258 reviews are positive
Players praise the strategic planning, but frequent crashes are a recurring complaint, including when starting battles. Recent reviews also report that online functions no longer work.
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Gratuitous Space Battles 2 system requirements
Minimum: 512 MB RAM, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Gratuitous Space Battles 2?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 2 gig
- Graphics
- 512 MB Video RAM, pretty much any card
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 2 gig quad core
- Graphics
- Geforce 670 or better
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Gratuitous Space Battles 2 have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does Gratuitous Space Battles 2 run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Swedish.
Does Gratuitous Space Battles 2 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Aug 20, 2015 · Updated to version 1.40(Windows)
- Aug 20, 2015 · Updated to version 1.40(Windows)
- Aug 3, 2015 · Updated to version 1.39 (On windows)
- Aug 3, 2015 · Updated to version 1.39 (On windows)
- Jul 23, 2015 · Update 1.38 released for windows
