New games: Pax Nova takes the Civ 4X formula interplanetary

There are few games that encourage the ‘one more turn’ compulsion better than the Civilization series, and it’s small wonder that it’s inspired many similar titles. But the Civilization games have remained fairly earthbound (even with a brief detour to another planet in Beyond Earth). Pax Nova, which enters Steam’s early access program later this year, wants to expand the tried-and-true Civ-style 4X formula beyond single planets. Pax Nova takes the hex-based planetary conquest model established in Civilization and lets players work out how to dominate alien planets after the Earth is abandoned due to years of pollution and war. Humanity is invited into deep space by a signal coming from the Eos system, which is where you’ll be spending your time, playing as one of three races. But you aren’t confined to a single planet in Pax Nova. Instead, the turn-based 4X system extends to interstellar space in Eos, and you’ll be managing fleets and colonizing new worlds while you take care of building cities and researching new technology down on the surface.

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