ENDLESS™ Legend

great well worth the time and with such variety of play styles it will only make you want more. soundtrack, visuals, gameplay, everything is top notch and if you like this genre and have not tried this you are missing out plain and simple.

I just tried to launch the game after a long while of not playing it and i now get an error message saying that it's missing the x86 executable. I tried uninstalling and re-installing, but same message pops up. How do i fix the issue?

I really want to like this game! I really do, but its not there.
Clunky engaging combat, game drops at you event after event and it feels dull. Its winter next day its eclipse then its witner again, then there is this big crab!
Feeling is that this game tries to do many different things and doesn't really do any of them well.

Cool charming game

world builder like civ, but fantasy, army customization by troop selection and heroes to the extent of gear upgrades and skill levels. combat is a hex battlefield where you can go auto battle, spectate the horrible ai, or control your troops like in Heroes. almost all the dlc is worth it, like can be said about many games, but most are.

this is too much. the screen is full with numbers. i dont know what to press. and the tutorial is not helpful. theres no story Campagne either. theres nothing to ease you into the mechanics or different rages. it just throws clutter at you and demands "now land the plane!"
i just cant.

A game that lured me in with its beautiful maps, unique factions, and the promise of a grand strategy experience. And for the most part, it delivered—right up until the moment I realized I was trapped in a never-ending late-game purgatory, micromanaging so many things that I started to question my own existence.

Let’s start with the good: The factions are fantastic. The Vaulters teleport around like sci-fi wizards, the Cultists refuse to play by anyone’s rules (even their own), and each race feels truly distinct. The early game? Chef’s kiss. Exploring the map, building up my empire, and engaging in some light skirmishes kept me hooked. The mid-game? Still strong, still engaging. The late game? That’s where the wheels started to come off.

You see, there’s a fine line between “deep strategy” and “I’m now the unpaid manager of a medieval fantasy bureaucracy.” By the time I was juggling city districts, army movements, research, diplomacy, and trade routes, I wasn’t having fun anymore—I was just filing paperwork. Even my eventual victories felt like an exhausted sigh of relief rather than a triumph.

So, after two playthroughs (and what felt like an eternity in turn-based years), I think I’m done. It’s a great game, but it demands time. And patience. And probably a second monitor just to keep track of everything.

Would still recommend to anyone who loves unique factions and deep strategy but has the endurance of a marathon runner.

Its like a Civ6 with totally different rules, nations, resources and tech-tree. I really like it!

Excellent 4x game. The different factions each have a unique playstyle that makes no 2 games feel the same.

First, the context is that I am a long-time Civilization player going back to Civ3. I really like Civ, but I wanted to branch out.

I think for me this game falls flat in a number of ways. And I do mean flat. It's not that it's a bad game, exactly. Or that I hate it. I could see myself playing more of it to relax.

...But after 17 hours, I wouldn't buy it again.

Something about the technological progression and city progression doesn't feel... progression-y to me. Nothing really seems to change *too* much except various bonuses and things. Bigger numbers. Could be the factions I'm playing, but even so.

The unit gear micromanagement is also cool in theory but cumbersome in practices. Upgrade trees for units + gear management *just* for heroes would have been better in my view.

Wars and factions feel... okay? I conquered a city. And it was fine.

I do like the drive to explore the map without necessarily conquering it. The marketplace is also interesting (such as how one can sell units), and I'd love to see something like that implemented in a Civ game. Global markets where one can buy military hardware? Sign me up!

The map is also dark somehow and hard to visually make sense of, even after 17 hours of looking at rather small areas. There's something to be said for the Civ approach to icons and clear map design.

Combat is also... disappointing. There's not a lot of room for interesting tactics, partly because one's armies are not fully under one's control. That leads to some weird things happening. And combat doesn't seem to materially change a whole lot.

The Winter mechanics are... not fun? It's just a period when things kind of suck. And then they get better again. But it feels rather pointless.

There's a great game lurking in here. It's just not here yet. Or it's not for me.

I'll be keeping an eye on Endless Legend 2, though. This but with more polish and better mechanics could be something worth checking out.

I've played 4X games since the original Civilization, and this is one of my favourites. True, there are a lot of games in the genre I haven't played, but still. I like how your cities grow and expand on the map as you develop them. I like the decision to use technology levels rather than a more traditional tech tree. I like the use of the different seasons to keep the gameplay fresh. I especially like the quest system, from the faction quests giving the game an overall narrative feel, to the smaller quests that give you optional challenges. Some of these aspects I think were introduced in DLC, so you might want to check that.

The sequel was recently announced, so it's natural to wait for that instead. I am hopeful the sequel will live up to the original; but however the new game turns out, this version will always by here to enjoy.

“ENDLESS™ Legend” might look similar to Civilization or Age of Wonders at first glance, but it plays quite differently. If you're a fan of combat-heavy gameplay, this might be right up your alley. However, if combat isn't your thing, the experience could be less enjoyable, as nearly every victory type demands a substantial amount of fighting.

Unlike Civ, where peaceful strategies can thrive, Endless Legend makes it difficult to succeed without eliminating a large portion of those you encounter. While it's technically possible to avoid conflict, most quests require combat, whether directly or through objectives that involve clearing regions. Diplomacy is also challenging—factions are highly aggressive and will frequently attack, often breaking treaties impulsively once they strengthen their armies. This design can make non-combat playstyles feel frustrating, especially since victory conditions like Quest and Science are achieved by a small percentage of players (3% and 5.2% on Steam, respectively). It could suggest that most players resort to combat simply because other paths feel like a grind.

The combat itself, while serviceable, didn't feel as engaging to me as it does in games like Age of Wonders, where battles allow for more tactical control. In Endless Legend, you issue attack commands, and units handle the rest on their own. It wasn’t terrible, but it didn’t quite capture my interest over time. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy parts of the game—I got many hours of fun before I grew bored—but I struggled to find elements I truly loved.

Customization, for example, felt limited. While you can create custom factions, the options don't allow for deeper personalization, such as tailoring the appearance of your kingdom or diversifying your units. Personally, I’d have loved to make half my soldiers women instead of the rare handful present in most factions.

Overall, Endless Legend offers an intriguing mix of systems and storytelling, but it didn’t quite click for me despite playing multiple games to try different victory types. However, it's far from terrible and I later edited the review to make it positive, if barely. (5/10)

Takes everything one loves about 4X games, and does it right! The graphics are beautiful, the music is hypnotic, and the game is complex enough to keep one interested without getting frustrated. From the opening prologue, the game immerses the player in a compelling and unique world that is rich in lore. It is starting to show its age in 2025 but still worth playing if you have not already tried it.

9/10 would uninstall again; at least in 2025, since I only get crashed to desktop on launch.

It took me a long time to realise that this is the best 4x game I ever played.
After Civ 7 failed to hook me I returned to this game and it is just wonderful.
(I played a lot in offline mode. Playtime is not accurate)

I hope that Endless Legend 2 manages to surpass it. Even when it is on the same level it will be a great game.

This is probably the first 4X game that actually clicked with. where most I play for an hour or 2 and give up and probably ask for a refund, endless legend was actually really fun and easy to understand unlike other 4x games I played (Stelaris). If you like fantasy settings that also takes place in a greater scifi universe check this game out.

Turn combat on Auto and it's a gem

This is the game you wish Civilization was.

For a game older than my lifespan, not bad! Like Civ7 if it was good and if it wasn't made by (racist) Sid Meier.

I like it.

A rough diamond of the 4x Genre, it dares to be crazy fir better and for worse. It has its faults, such as combat being a major weakpoint, but its these untested method that make this such a fun game to play. They have the Syndrome philosophy of "If everyone is overpowered, then no one is", and it works. One faction can teleport armies across the map, another can full heal armies after battle for a bit of cash. Each faction is unique and interesting.

Much good, very legend, endlessly entertaining experience.

A great strategy game, with some intriguing depth

Great fantasy fairy tale game. With great number of game mechanics, but dumb AI.

Jogo bom demais, cheio de possibilidades, jogabilidade diferente de acordo com o povo que você escolher, se quiser mudar alguma coisa pode adicionar ou remover características e tecnologias e dar nome para a sua personalização. Gostei muito, estou com 700 horas de jogo e ansioso pelo Endless Legand 2.

ENDLESS™ Legend is a masterpiece of 4X strategy, offering deep, engaging gameplay, stunning world-building, and a unique fantasy-meets-science-fiction setting that sets it apart from other games in the genre. With rich faction diversity, innovative mechanics, and a breathtaking art style, this game is an absolute must-play for strategy fans looking for something fresh and immersive.

The factions are incredibly unique—each one has distinct playstyles, abilities, and even different ways of interacting with core game mechanics. Whether you’re leading the Broken Lords, an ethereal knightly order that consumes Dust instead of food, or the Necrophage, an insectoid race that can’t form alliances, every playthrough feels completely different, adding endless replayability.

The world generation is one of the best in the 4X genre. ENDLESS™ Legend crafts diverse, breathtaking landscapes, with lush forests, vast deserts, frozen tundras, and towering mountains that aren't just beautiful but also impact gameplay. Terrain plays a huge role in expansion, combat, and resource management, making exploration feel rewarding.

City management and empire-building are deep yet accessible, striking a great balance between complexity and ease of play. Researching new technologies, optimizing your cities, and managing population growth all feel meaningful and rewarding, with a dynamic seasonal system that forces strategic adaptation.

Combat is a standout feature, blending turn-based tactical battles with grand strategy elements. Positioning, terrain, and unit abilities all matter, making battles more than just a numbers game.

The storytelling and lore are another highlight. Unlike most 4X games, ENDLESS™ Legend delivers rich narratives, quests, and faction-driven storylines, making you feel connected to your civilization’s journey.

While the AI can sometimes be inconsistent, and the late game can feel slow, these are minor drawbacks in an otherwise outstanding strategy experience.

If you love 4X strategy games with deep mechanics, immersive world-building, and unique factions, ENDLESS™ Legend is one of the best in the genre.

Rating: 9/10 – A breathtaking and innovative 4X strategy game with incredible depth and atmosphere.

A little frustrating until you figure out the other races, but generally good

Still my favorite "civ like" game to this day and i'd recommend anyone who hasn't gives this a shot before civ 7, endless legend 2 is around the corner as well so this is bound to go on a sale before then to foster some more hype for the sequel

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If you are looking for a 4X game that is interesting, juicy, and fun while not *feeling* like you're playing a 4X game, then look no further. This is doubly true if you like Endless Space 2 -- that game took a lot of mechanics from this one, so you'll be right at home. This game is a more interesting experience than any Civ game, flatly, and it's even better with the DLC. Having a science-fantasy theme is a cherry on top -- you have the diversity of races of fantasy, with the depth of backstory of sci-fi.

It's a blast to play, and it oozes with style. Combat is interesting when you make it interesting (using terrain, upgrades, positioning, and special abilities), and city management is exactly what I want from a 4X game. The factions are unique, and each faction plays extraordinarily differently than the others. The Vaulters can get bonuses to their resources via choosing strategic resources, and can teleport their units. The Necrophages can turn people into food, and zombify other units so you end up having hordes of unstoppable armies. The Broken Lords need to purchase their people to grow and can't use food, and cultists can only have one city. Everything is super unique, and the units are all unique as well. Don't expect to have the only difference between units be what color they are on the map -- they're all vastly different in playstyle.

The Winter system, whereas threatening and annoying at first, is actually a really pleasant gameplay mechanic and it's added a lot of sauce to the game over the years. You'll need to prepare for Winter -- it gets harsher, and longer as the game goes on until it's all in a perpetual Winter storm. Did I mention that the game is stunning to look at compared to Civ V (another game out around the same time) and other 4X games at the time? Because it is.

The DLC is also required for this game. It adds so much, and has so many new factions that you would absolutely want to experiment with or at least have in your game due to how interesting they are, including adding in spies and other 4X mainstays. Some DLCs even change the map generation and expand the influence of oceans, or add Dust Storms -- another kind of weather that will affect how units work and even refresh ruins. Now, they're not all winners -- Urkans are a bit broken, but you can turn them off.

As for the multiplayer, it's different than Civ's. Civ can just devolve into a peacefest until nukes are available, and then the whole map just falls to pieces. Nukes are nonexistant in this game, so you aren't pushed into that playstyle. In fact, there are multiple ways to complete the game -- one of the best ways, I've found, being the Quest victory. If you find yourself trapped on a continent, alone, you will be better suited to complete questlines than any other person on the board -- so no worries about being forced to go science victory! Each faction has their own unique quest that compliments their playstyle (usually), so go for it. It's a great system, and this is the game that made it a thing in Endless Space 2.

More or less, if you like other Endless games, you'll love this. This is still my favorite Endless game, even compared to ES2. Give it a shot, especially if it's on sale -- you won't be disappointed.

(Did I mention that the soundtrack is amazing? Seriously, check out Geology; it's FlyByNo's best work. Those strings are gas.)

While not perfect, it is a borderline masterpiece that set new bars for the genre. Civilization is neat and all, but Endless Legend up tiers Civ hard.

It's a privilege to purchase another copy (for my Mac) in anticipation for EL2.

Thanks, guys. I've been waiting a long time.

I'm still recovering from pre-ordering Humankind. I sure hope that doesn't happen again.

Endless Legend is my new favorite 4X game. Me and some friends picked up the definitive edition on deep discount last week and have been having a blast in multiplayer. A shocking amount of depth, engaging exploration and combat,. It works great on steamdeck, and I highly recommend installing the Endless Legends Community Patch, a community-made balance and bugfix patch which fixes the few complaints I had about the game.

I fired this up again after I heard Endless Legend announced. The regions are gerrymandered, the quests are poorly worded and often unsolvable, and none of the factions interest me.

Still the best 4x I've ever played. It's not realistic like the Civilization games or the Paradox games, but here no faction plays the same as the others, there's a lot of variety and, most of all, a lot of fun..

I like the game very much. There are very different races on the planet. Each has their own quirks. This makes the game interesting and very replayable. I did experience a crash which required a complete reinstall. Once I did that I was able to pick up from where I left off.

I highly recommend this game!

It was the best 4X available on the market back in 2014, it's still a fantastic game in 2025.

Played to full games with 2 friends in multiplayer and had a blast (yes, it ended up being 5AM in both days).

10/10 would ruin my sleep schedule again!

P.S.:
As a Lead Dev in AAA, HIRE ME AMPLITUDE! ;)

Endless Legend 2 announced and I realize I hadn't played 1 in quite some time... Last played 2016!!! I remember a totally different game this is so much more graphically interesting and the DLCs are worth it overall. Some dated UI issues with the mouse-over tooltips not being toggle able on/off or delayed like in Endless Space 2, but it seems they did alot of reverse engineering things from their later games as they continued updating in tandem. LOVE th Endless Universe and the lore and ambience are 10/10.

JUST ONE MORE TURN (5 hours later.....)

This is the Big One. The best, most imaginative, and fun strategy game of its kind.

A psychedelic diamond.

For lovers of strategy games with multiple replay opportunities this is a perfect game. It reminds me of Age of Wonders a bit.

Easy to bounce off if it doesnt hold your interest at first, but its probably the best 4x turn based strategy game on the market. Surprisingly for a game of its genre, it implements main quests and story extremely well into the gameplay.

Despite this game's age, everything looks beautiful. There are so many quests, events and things to do, each races plays differently, there are lots of minor factions, each play is different and the music is awesome. Apply the community's patch and this gem shines ever more.

Still the best 4X game. It was rough at times with with some of the dlc but overall? It always scratched my brain in a way no other 4X had. II love its unique factions and how every single one uses unique mechanics in some way. Other games may have had more impact and longevity but to me, Endless legend is still the best 4X game.

Let's hope they learned from Humankind and Endless Legend 2 will be even better

The animation in battles is a joke. It's like the creatures are dying out of nowhere , because the hitting and receiving are not synchronized. Not good seeing of the actual hit and bad animation, and effects make the battles ultimately dull and unfulfilling.

If there was an option to speed up the combat or eliminate the animations of the combat I would change my mind.

Takes so many resources to build units that I spend most turns doing nothing but waiting for builds to finish. Combat is so complex to complicate that I lose most units. Healing takes forever when I do win. Overall, the story is fine, but unit management makes this epically unfun.

A fun fantasy setting with mostly good variety among the civilizations that can be played. Culture took a little getting used to, but the way they handle it feels more mainstream these days. Definitely worth investing some time if you are a fan of 4X games.

Well, Endless Legend 2's trailer just dropped, so now seems as good a time as any to give this gem a well-deserved review.

I cannot put into words the love I feel for this game and Amplitude's general way of doing games that play well and also look well beyond mere graphical enjoyement. The soundtrack is as wonderful as Endless Space 2's, the atmosphere is fantastic and the game is solid, yet it show that it was an early entry from Amplitude with some limitations, which only fills me with more anticipation for 2.
As that one guy on Youtube said : it's more than just magic Civilization !

Addictive and easy to get into 4X with a faster pace than Civ and a more compelling story and characters. Bonus all DLC's are fire

Se você gosta de Civilization ou de 4X por turnos, Endless Legend não vai te decepcionar. Temos a clássica administração de cidades e a liderança dos exércitos de outros jogos desse estilo, mas o jogo traz algumas novidades. Primeiro, temos os heróis, que podem comandar tropas ou administrar cidades, sendo vantajoso ficar de olho em onde melhor empregá-los. Segundo, temos a exploração, algo extremamente importante; em outros jogos desse estilo também é, mas tendo em vista que explorar pode trazer grandes recompensas e quests (como em um RPG), acho que Endless Legend faz melhor esse quesito.

E por fim, a maior diferença de Endless Legend para com outros jogos é a mudança climática. No verão, tudo está normal, mas ao chegar no inverno, temos grandes penalidades que afetam a sua estratégia. A questão é que o jogo se passa em um planeta que está morrendo, com o tempo os invernos vão ficando mais longos e o objetivo das civilizações nem sempre é só conquistar, mas sim sobreviver. Assim como outros jogos do estilo, temos vários tipos de vitória diferentes, um deles é a vitória da quest, onde você completa todas as missões específicas para sua civilização, quase como uma campanha, e cada história é bem interessante.

Sobre as facções, devo dizer que cada uma é bem distinta, tanto visual quanto na gameplay, com histórias interessantes para quem gosta de se aprofundar na lore. Além disso, o jogo conta com uma trilha sonora fantástica, bem relaxante e muito bonita. A arte é linda e realmente realça a ambientação e a imersão.

Infelizmente, no combate, o jogo peca um pouco. Quando dois exércitos se encontram para lutar, acontece como um jogo de estratégia por turnos numa área limitada em volta de onde eles estiverem. Pessoalmente, não gostei muito disso, mas há a opção de usar o auto-resolve, que basicamente elimina essa mecânica e segue o modelo de outros jogos do gênero.

Portanto, se for o estilo de jogo que você gosta, pode pegar Endless Legend sem medo. Esse é, na minha opinião, um dos melhores do gênero.

The more quality 4X games the better. Can't wait for the sequel!

Best Hex based 4X game I've played
City expansion/resource system is great
Different races provide different play styles (some more broken than others, but all fun)
Combat is a vast improvement over many 4X titles like Civ series
To me this is the best turned based 4X 2nd being Civ 5