Endless Space

Endless Space

Developers
	Amplitude Studios
Publishers
Original	Amplitude Studios
Current	Sega
Engines
	Unity 4
Release dates
Windows	July 4, 2012
macOS (OS X)	August 31, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	4X, TBS
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Endless

Endless
Endless Space	2012
Dungeon of the Endless	2014
Endless Legend	2014
Endless Space 2	2017
Love Thyself - A Horatio Story	2019
Endless Zone	2020
Endless Dungeon	2023

General information

Free to all Games2Gether users (user account is free).

Official forums

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Collection.
Amazon.com		Gold Edition.
		Definitive Edition.
Humble Store		Definitive Edition. Collection also available.
Steam		Definitive Edition.
GOG.com (unavailable)		Definitive Edition. Coming soon.

All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Disharmony

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use -nologo launch parameter[citation needed]

Game data

Steam Cloud. Player must select either cloud or local storage by Steam Cloud checkbox.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AMPLITUDE Studios\Endless Space\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Space\Registry.xml
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208140/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Space\Users\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Space\Save\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Endless Space/Users/ ~/Library/Application Support/Endless Space/Disharmony/Save/
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Space\Save\Cloud\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208140/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud		Separate save files for cloud and local. When saving or loading the game, user must check "steam cloud" option.

Video

General settings.

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Resolutions above 1366x768.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Part of higher presets.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Part of higher presets. MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Regular and half.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		In-game cap up to 200 FPS, only enabled if Vsync is disabled. Can be set higher from configuration file.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Game only offers unity graphics presets, however there's tooltip to show what settings are changed. Following table shows all the values for presets:

	Fantastic	Beautiful	Good	Simple	Fast	Fastest
Pixel light count	4	3	2	1	0	0
Texture quality	Full res	Full res	Full res	Full res	Full res	Half res
Anisotropic textures	Forced on	Forced on	Per texture	Per texture	Disabled	Disabled
Anti aliasing	8x Multi Sampling	2x Multi Sampling	Disabled	Disabled	Disabled	Disabled
Shadows	Hard and soft shadows	Hard and soft shadows	Hard and soft shadows	Hard shadows only	Disable shadows	Disable shadows
Shadow resolution	High resolution	High resolution	Medium resolution	Low resolution	Low resolution	Low resolution
Shadow projection	Close fit	Close fit	Close fit	Close fit	Close fit	Close fit
Shadow cascades	Four cascades	Two cascades	Two cascades	No cascades	No cascades	No cascades
Shadow distance	300	150	100	30	30	30

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, ambience, GUI, music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Not muted by default.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Translations can be found as plain text from <path-to-game>\Public\Localization\ for easy translation.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Use Universal Split Screen
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista, 7	Vista, 7 (64-bit)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent	Intel Core i5/i7 or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo (2 GHz or better)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 2400 or higher Nvidia GeForce 8600M or higher Intel HD Graphics 3000