Imperium press kit
Everything you need to cover Imperium, a single-player 4X space strategy game by Petroff Games. The free demo is on Steam now.
Screenshots at 3840×2160, logos, key art and a text fact sheet, all in one zip.
Fact sheet
- Developer
- Petroff Games
- Publisher
- Petroff Games
- Team
- Solo developer, Daniel Petroff
- Genre
- Single-player 4X space strategy
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
- Languages
- English, Russian, Simplified Chinese (beta), Japanese (beta)
- Controls
- Mouse and keyboard
- Release
- After Steam Next Fest (October 19 to 26, 2026)
- Price
- TBA
- Website
- petroffltd.com/imperium
- Discord
- discord.gg/5nd8m4ySwN
- Press contact
- games@petroffltd.com
About Imperium
Short description
Imperium is a single-player 4X space strategy game about building a civilization among the stars. Begin with one colony and a single home star, then expand across a galaxy of alien worlds - researching exotic science, designing your own fleets, and bending rival empires to your will through diplomacy or open war. Every game generates a new galaxy, a new balance of power, and a new empire to call your own.
Long description
Imperium is a single-player 4X space strategy game about turning one homeworld into a galactic power. Every campaign creates a new network of stars, worlds and rival empires. The route you chart, the colonies you build and the relationships you forge determine what kind of empire you become.
Explore and expand
Move through a three-dimensional galaxy linked by starlanes. Discover new systems, settle planets, moons and asteroids, and decide which frontiers are worth the cost of reaching. Unearth ancient ruins and terraform hostile worlds as your empire grows.
Build worlds that serve your strategy
Develop colonies tile by tile with industry, research, food, defenses and orbital installations. Connect structures into productive worlds, or appoint Governors to manage colonies while you focus on the wider galaxy.
Engineer your own fleets
Design ships across five hull classes. Choose their drives, power, sensors, defenses and weapons component by component, then put your designs to work in tactical battles. A fleet's strength comes from the choices behind it, not just the number of ships you build.
Rule by influence or force
Encounter 21 playable species with different strengths, personalities and ambitions. Invest influence in diplomacy, governance and espionage; establish embassies, negotiate agreements and alliances, gather intelligence, or demand reparations after war. Win support in the Galactic Senate to become Premier, or claim the throne as Emperor and face the consequences.
Find your path to victory
Conquer rival homeworlds, dominate territory, secure a lasting peace or take power through the Senate. With six victory paths and a new balance of power in every galaxy, your next empire need not resemble your last.
Key features
- Procedurally generated galaxies, from a dozen systems to well over a hundred.
- Planets, moons and asteroids to settle, each with a surface you develop tile by tile, and more than 50 surface structures and orbital installations to build.
- Terraform hostile worlds, uncover ancient ruins, and hand any colony to a Governor to run itself.
- Warships engineered from the keel up across five hull classes, from more than 80 components.
- A tech tree of 68 technologies, out to gravity manipulation and frequency-based weaponry.
- 21 playable species, each with its own homeworld, fleet aesthetic, soundtrack and signature ability.
- Diplomacy run as an economy of influence: embassies, espionage, pacts, trade and research agreements, alliances, wars and reparations. AI empires scheme, expand and fight each other in character, not just against you.
- Six ways to win: military elimination, territorial supremacy, conquest of every home star, a galaxy-wide peace, Senate Premier or Emperor.
About the developer
Imperium is developed by Daniel Petroff, a solo developer working as Petroff Games. Daniel has 20 years in software development and is a trained designer; he designs and directs the game, from its systems and balance to its art.
Screenshots
Click a shot for the 1920×1080 file. The zip includes all 16 shots at their original resolution: 3840×2160 studio captures and 2562×1440 community captures by Vaaish.
Galaxy Map
Chart a galaxy of stars, starlanes and rival empires.
Fleet Combat
Command your fleets in tactical engagements.
Colony Building
Develop alien worlds tile by tile, with surface and orbital installations.
Among the Planets
Explore a star system of worlds, ships and starlanes.
Diplomacy
Build relations with rival civilizations through diplomacy and espionage.
Ship Designer
Build your own ships component by component.
Research
Choose discoveries that will shape your empire.
Orbital Siege
Defend your worlds against enemy fleets.
Deep Space Exploration
Send ships through systems of planets and asteroid belts.
Orbital Infrastructure
Develop your presence on a world and in the space around it.
Galactic Senate
Gather votes and challenge rival empires for galactic leadership.
Choose Your Species
Begin a campaign as one of 21 distinct civilizations.
First Contact
Encounter the Dsin and discover a civilization shaped by shifting time.
Fleet Command
Manage your ships and their orders across your empire.
Colony Overview
Manage your worlds from a single empire overview.
Alien Diplomacy
Negotiate with the Aethilin and the other civilizations of the galaxy.
How Imperium is made
Imperium is one developer's game, made with generative AI tools under his creative direction. The art was generated with Midjourney and ChatGPT, then extensively hand-edited by Daniel in Photoshop. The music was made with Suno, the sound effects with ElevenLabs, and the code is written with Claude, with Daniel designing and directing. The rival empires run on purpose-built algorithmic AI, not a generative model, and nothing in the game is generated while you play.
Keys for press and creators
Full-game beta keys are available to press and creators on request. Email games@petroffltd.com with your outlet or channel.