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Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
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Review score: 71% on 2026-11-01 → 71% today (2,676 reviews)
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This update focuses on improving game stability, refining pirate gameplay, and extending modding improvements. It improves Lone Pirates ship capture, pirate facility construction and stealth, Shadowport functionality, and adds a new diplomatic policy for manag…
A new Distant Worlds 2 is now live, bringing a range of gameplay improvements, new options, balance changes and stability fixes.Key Update Highlights:• Independent Colonies can now become full empires earlier, with a new setting to enable or disable this featu…
During Slitherine Next showcase, we officially revealed Shadows Rising, the next major expansion for Distant Worlds 2, arriving on October 7, 2026. Alongside the DLC announcement, players can already download the brand-new free Command Update, bringing improve…
Welcome back, explorers.We’re pleased to announce that a major update for Distant Worlds 2 is coming on July 22: the Command Update. This is a significant update designed to refresh and improve the gameplay experience with targeted changes to key areas of the …
Welcome back, explorers.We’re pleased to announce that a new update for Distant Worlds 2 is out now.Below some highlights: Colony invasions have been changed to give invading forces more of a chance to consolidate forces before starting combat;Raids are now ti…
Welcome back, explorers.We’re pleased to announce that a major update for Distant Worlds 2 is out now: the Mercantile Update.This update marks the second-to-last (only the Ackdarians remain) free update focused on bringing the base game factions to a similar g…
Студия CodeForce и издательство Slitherine выпустили второе масштабное дополнение для космической 4X-стратегии Distant Worlds 2 под названием Shadows Rising. Релиз состоялся 7 октября 2026 года в цифровом сервисе Steam по цене 855 рублей. Расширение кардинальн…
Shadows Rising is available today on Steam, and it puts you on the other side of the law. Go it alone in Lone Pirate Mode, with one ship and no one to answer to. Build a Pirate Empire from nothing.Establish hidden bases, and make the Anarchopolis your own. Rai…
While the Shadows Rising expansion focusses a lot on pirates there are also many additions and improvements that relate to standard empire gameplay.Independent ColoniesIn Shadows Rising, your interaction with independent colonies as a standard planetary empire…
The Shadows Rising expansion for Distant Worlds 2 introduces a completely new game mode: Lone Pirate.You have a single ship, travelling the stars. You have no bases or other ships. You have the freedom to pursue any path you choose:Simple trading of in-demand …
See our second dev diary for an explanation of Pirate Factions, the Age of Shadows, and their unique gameplay. What are Pirate Factions? Pirate Factions in Distant Worlds 2: Shadows Rising are space-based Empires which function differently in many ways from th…
What is a Pirate?What is a Pirate? In Distant Worlds 2, the term Pirate refers to a variety of space-based survivors of the cataclysm that ended the last Great War against the Shakturi, who are willing to do whatever it takes to survive. Some are more focused …
Mark your calendars and get ready, Slitherine Next is back on July 22, 2026 at 6 pm CEST on our official channels.Expect updates from your favourite franchises such as Bolt Action, Nightmare Frontier, Radio Commander and a lot more unexpected and never seen be…
On March 10th, we celebrate the fourth anniversary of Distant Worlds 2, an epic journey through unexplored galaxies.Since launch, the game has seen 4 DLCs that expanded and enriched the experience:3 faction expansions, adding new governments, ship models, artw…
First revealed during Slitherine Next in July, the new Distant Worlds 2 roadmap promises an exciting year ahead. We've kicked things off with the Anniversary update and are following it up with a major update refreshing the Teekan and Haakonish in the Autumn. …
Refreshed Base Game Factions Welcome to a new Developer Diary and thank you for your interest in Distant Worlds 2. This diary focuses on the upgrades and updates we’ve been making to the base game factions since the release of the first Distant Worlds 2 Factio…
To celebrate the release of the new DLC Factions Atuuk and Wekkarus we are hosting a special Ask Me Anything (AMA) with members of the Distant Worlds 2 development team: Erik Rutins – Producer and co-Designer, Max Klose-Ivanov - Associate Producer, Elliot Gibb…