Available Digital
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Feb 28, 1997 Holistic Design 1 platform
Little-known
Strategy video game
Turn-based strategy video game
4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Science fiction
Emperor of the Fading Suns is a science fiction "grand-scale" space strategy computer game made by Holistic Design in 1996. This game was based on Holistic's in-house role playing game Fading Suns. The game had a wide array of units and a complex back-story but was rushed to market and released with numerous severe flaws and several features underdeveloped. In patched form, it survives as a popular abandonware title with numerous unofficial, fan-made mods.[citation needed]