Rebel Galaxy

Rebel Galaxy is a space trading and combat simulation game developed and published by Double Damage Games.^[1][2] It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X on October 20, 2015.^[3] Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions were released in January 2016.^[4][5][6]

Rebel Galaxy
Developer(s)	Double Damage Games
Publisher(s)	Double Damage Games
Engine	OGRE
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows OS X PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release	Microsoft Windows, OS X October 20, 2015 PlayStation 4 January 5, 2016 Xbox One January 13, 2016
Genre(s)	Space flight simulator
Mode(s)	Single-player

A prequel to the game, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, was released for Microsoft Windows on 13 August 2019 and later for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One on 22 September 2020.^[7]

Gameplay

The game features space combat in capital ships in a randomly generated universe.^[1] While non-player fighter craft and gunships are capable of three-dimensional maneuvering, the player and other capital ships are restricted to a two-dimensional plane of movement with combat focusing on using broadsides to attack and defeat enemy ships.^[8][9] Similar to earlier space flight simulator games such as Freelancer, players are free to pursue various activities, such as pirating, trading, or bounty hunting, in addition to completing story missions to advance the plot.^[8]

Soundtrack

Rebel Galaxy uses licensed blues rock and country rock tracks from artists including Blues Saraceno, Nick Nolan, The Blue News, and Abbas Premjee.^[10]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	PC: 75/100[11] PS4: 64/100[12] XONE: 76/100[13]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	PS4: 6.5/10[4]
IGN	PC: 8.0/10[8]
PC Gamer (US)	PC: 70/100[9]

Rebel Galaxy has received generally favorable reviews, according to review aggregation website Metacritic based on 28 reviews.^[11][12][13]