Endless Space

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
Endless Legend 2	EA

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Endless Space is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view 4X and TBS game in the Endless series.

General information

Free to all Games2Gether users (user account is free).^[3]

Official forums

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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

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)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208140/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Space\Users\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Space\Save\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Space\Disharmony\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)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208140/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

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	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.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode	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 sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
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
Czech				Fan translation; download.
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	State	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)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 2400 or higher Nvidia GeForce 8600M or higher Intel HD Graphics 3000

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 4.1.5f1^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/208140/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (208140) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition | General Arcade - last accessed on 2023-07-07
↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-05-23
↑ Steam Community Announcement - Endless Space is now FREE FOREVER! - last accessed on 2019-01-26

[3] Unity engine build: 4.1.5f1^[2]

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/208140/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (208140) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/208140/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (208140) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition | General Arcade - last accessed on 2023-07-07

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-05-23

[4] Steam Community Announcement - Endless Space is now FREE FOREVER! - last accessed on 2019-01-26

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Developers

	Amplitude Studios
GOG.com	General Arcade^[1]
Publishers
2012-2016; 2025-present	Amplitude Studios
2016-2025	SEGA
Retail	Iceberg Interactive
Engines
	Unity 4^{[Note 1]}
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