Distant Worlds was released on March 25, 2010.[3][4] Three subsequent expansions, Return of the Shakturi, Legends, and Shadows were released in 2010, 2011, and 2013, respectively.[5][6][7] The game appeared on the Steam platform on May 23, 2014, under the name Distant Worlds: Universe, gathering the original game and all expansions into a single package with new content.[8] It was followed by Distant Worlds 2, released in 2022.
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