''Rebel Galaxy'' is a space Western-styled

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developed and published by (at the time) two-person studio Double Damage Games. It was released on

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for

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and

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on October 20, 2015.

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versions were released in January 2016. A prequel to the game, '' Rebel Galaxy Outlaw'', was released on 13 August 2019 on the

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, and later for the

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, and on

on 22 September 2020.

Gameplay

The game features space combat in

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s in a randomly generated universe. 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

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s to attack and defeat enemy ships. Similar to earlier space flight simulator games such as ''

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'', players are free to pursue various activities, such as pirating, trading, or

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, in addition to completing story missions to advance the plot.

Soundtrack

''Rebel Galaxy'' uses licensed

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tracks from artists including

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Reception

''Rebel Galaxy'' has received generally favorable reviews, according to review aggregation website

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, which assigned the game a score of 75, based on 28 reviews. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game received Metacritic scores of 64 and 76 respectively.

References

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