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Space Merchants: Arena

$6.99
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Developer:
Playito.com
Publisher:
Playito.com
Platforms:
Windows Mac Linux
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About This Game

Space Merchants: Arena is a cross-platform online multiplayer game where futuristic spaceships engage in intense dogfights or tactical play.

  • 3 game modes: Free for all / Team battle (red vs blue) / Capture the Artefact.
  • 4 different maps: Faarlands, Tristar, Jupiter, Naussike system.
  • Platform and global leaderboards.
  • 22 Steam Achievements.
  • 6 Steam Trading Cards.

The Story

The year is 2510. Time of exploration and colonisation of new planets, bringing chance for new life for many people.
Humanity entered the second half of the millennium with hope to end long-lasting conflict between federal Army of Seven Stars and pirates of Black Flags fraction. In the last decades both sides suffered terrible losses in mutual fights and now the Black Flags members are scattered in the outer parts of the galaxy.
We will yet lose many lives, colonies and planets before the war will be over. Join the heroes of Army of Seven Stars and become a respected legend among your peers.

Detailed game description


After each battle player gains experience (to increase his/her skills and stats) and money (to buy and upgrade ships and equipment). Player can play against opponents on all platforms. Best players are shown in leaderboards and their glory persists to the end of days (obviously ;-)).

[Game modes]
1) Battle - Free for all, 2-10 players, kill and avoid to be killed.
2) Team Battle - Blue vs Red team, 1 vs 1 to 5 vs 5.
- Faarlands map - Teams gain points just for killing opponents.
- Tristar map - There is a central "mining" place where your team can gain a point for each 15 seconds you survive there.
- Jupiter map - Capture the Artefact mode, steal your opponents' artefact and deliver it to your base.
3) Training - Training arena, player vs AI player (bot). Experience and money gains are lower than in normal play against human opponents.

[Bonuses]
Red bonus adds temporary damage (till the end of the battle).
Green bonus repairs your armor.
Blue bonus adds experience.
Yellow bonus adds money.

[Ship's Artificial Intelligence Skills]
Each skill increases automatically when used. E.g. when aiming at enemy Accuracy skill increases, when collecting bonuses bonus gain effect increases.

[Special techniques]
Turrets in game maps can be hacked using Turrets communicator tool obtainable from the shop. Hacked turrets will fight for you and destroy your opponents.
You can also hack you enemy using Hacker Tools. If the hack is successful (depends on your enemy's AI Firewall skill) he will lose control of movement and firing.

[Achievements (23 total)]
For everything the player does in the game he/she gains points to achievements table. There is also special everyday reward (experience and money) when starting the game.

[Reward points (RP)]
For Team Battle victory each player of the winning team receives one Reward Point. Additional Reward Points are given to Best player (most kills) and Best assistant (most assists).
Player can exchange Reward Points for special rewards such as Upgrade Tools or in Outpost minigame (see below).

[Items Upgrading]
Player can use Upgrade Tools to improve existing weapons, shields or armors.

[Outpost minigame]
Player can build and upgrade his/her outpost which can then be attacked by other players. Player can also choose to crush enemy's outpost (chosen randomly). Winning player is awarded with Reward Points.

[Export/Import function]
This function enables player to move his/her game profile from existing device to other device or even different platform.
Export will save current game profile on our server and wipe it completely on current device. The player will receive secure PIN for import operation.
Import will load game profile from our server and overwrite current profile on the device.
This is one-time operation, can not be performed with the same PIN second time.

[Languages]
Player can choose preferred language using Main menu, Settings, Languages. Player can choose from English, Russian, Czech and Slovak at the moment.

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User Reviews

Mixed
18 user reviews
61%
Positive
8 hrs at review
Recommended

I am glad to see a space shooting game where players need to work really hard to enhance their skills, upgrade their equipment, achieve victories (and leaderboard fame ;)). Nothing is given for "free", you need to discover and use every aspect of the game to your benefit (collect bonuses, level up your AI skills in that presented RPGish way). All that hard work leads to more satisfying victories in my opinion. :)

16 helpful 1 funny
30 hrs at review
Recommended

This game is a blast! The only issue is few players online at the moment. Certainly a good time to be had for just a few bucks!

10 helpful
7 hrs at review
Recommended

This game is a pleasant surprise as I didn't expect much, especially for the price. Great space shooter game, something like World of Tanks wannabe but in space. :) The controls are simple and straightforward, nothing complicated with tons of switches. Nice casual for everyday relax. I can recommend this game to every fan of space games

9 helpful
18 min at review
Recommended

I like it, it reminds me of Moon Breakers a little if anyone has played that. The major cons right now is low population and the combat seems slow. However I havent played enough to see if there is equipment that can give you boosts to speed and I notice there are more advanced weapons. There are 2 styles of upgrades from what I can tell...one is something you get just through experience...if you get shot a lot your defense skills goes up...if you get lots of kills your weapon skills go up...might be interesting for team tactics later down the line with the option of making a tank or something like that. The other upgrades come through in game currency you earn by playing. For a few bucks this game seems worth it. There is also a bot you can fight against in case no one is online and you still earn experience and money.

8 helpful
25 min at review
Not Recommended

very slow paced space combat in hard to manouver ships. more often than not when you are in someone's sites it's game over... there's no way to outmanouver your tail. Combat is fairly unsatisfying and it looks like grinding away and buying better weapons and ships will lead to being overpowered resulting in unbalanced gameplay, but in the few minutes I played, nobody had anything but the starter ship and starter gun (all 6 of the people playing!).

6 helpful
24 hrs at review
Recommended

Great space shooter!!! I love upgrading the ships and equipment.

5 helpful
4 hrs at review
Recommended

Good game. Runs pretty well on my old laptop. Everything looks nice and smooth in motion, much better than one would expect from screenshots. My verdict after 2 hours of intense play? I highly recommend this game, great value for the price!

5 helpful
11 min at review
Not Recommended

No Oculus Touch support for VR! Worthless without it!

4 helpful 1 funny
8 hrs at review
Not Recommended

-Needs some form of matchmaking. It's frustrating when you're VSing the #2 global player and he has 200x more health then you and in one shot he deals enough damage to kill me two times over. -Combat feels lacking and it takes a while to be able to earn enough funds for new weapons. After two hours I've still not been able to afford any kind of upgrade.

4 helpful
13 min at review
Not Recommended

the controls for this game sucks

3 helpful

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System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3 or higher
  • Processor: Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 512MB of VRAM.
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • VR Support: SteamVR

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3 or higher
  • Processor: Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1GB of VRAM.
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

FAQ

How much does Space Merchants: Arena cost?

Space Merchants: Arena costs $6.99.

What are the system requirements for Space Merchants: Arena?

Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 or higher Processor: Dual Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 512MB of VRAM. Storage: 500 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR Recommended: Recommended: OS *: Windows XP SP3 or higher Processor: Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1GB of VRAM. Storage: 500 MB available space

What platforms is Space Merchants: Arena available on?

Space Merchants: Arena is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.

Is Space Merchants: Arena worth buying?

Space Merchants: Arena has 61% positive reviews from 18 players.

When was Space Merchants: Arena released?

Space Merchants: Arena was released on Nov 4, 2016.

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