Lord of Rigel
Turn-based space empire strategy with pausable real-time fleet battles
Rhombus Studios · Released Aug 25, 2024
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 69% of 119
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 day ago
- Nov 6, 2026
What is Lord of Rigel?
A single-player 4X strategy game in which you lead one of ten species as elder civilizations compete for galactic control. You develop colonies, research technologies, and design warships to expand your civilization.
For you if...
- +you like using diplomacy and espionage alongside military force
- +you want automation tools to reduce colony micromanagement
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer diplomacy or battles against other people
- −you prefer combat that stays entirely turn-based
What players say
69% of 119 reviews are positive
Players praise its familiar Master of Orion-style gameplay and reworked technology tree. Complaints center on performance and stability, including late-game slowdowns and freezes.
Screenshots and trailer
Lord of Rigel system requirements
Minimum: 470 GTX, 8 GB RAM, 9 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Lord of Rigel?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista / 7 / 8
- Processor
- Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 9 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i5 or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 9 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Lord of Rigel have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Lord of Rigel 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
- Achievements
- 185
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Lord of Rigel 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
Tags
- Military
- Space
- Grand Strategy
- Strategy
- 4X
- Sci-fi
- Simulation
- Exploration
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Sandbox
- Real-Time with Pause
- Singleplayer
- War
- Space Sim
- Diplomacy
- Management
Recent updates
- Oct 18, 2026 · Lord of Rigel October Community Update
- Oct 6, 2026 · Release 1.23 Hotfix #3
- Sep 17, 2026 · Lord of Rigel September Community Update
- Sep 17, 2026 · Release 1.23
- Aug 26, 2026 · Release 1.22 Hotfix #6
1 DLC available.
