Hey everyone,

Imperium now supports Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Russian, and so does the free demo.

It's the whole game, not just the menus: the interface, the tutorial, the Codex, species lore and every tech, building and ship component description. Star names and AI ship names are translated too. Chinese and Japanese come with their own fonts, so the text renders properly on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Choosing your language

Imperium picks up your system language on first launch. To change it, go to Settings > Interface > Language. From the main menu it switches straight away; during a game it applies when you return to the main menu.

Star names are set when a galaxy is generated, so start a new game to see them in your language.

How the translations were made

The translations were made with AI, then reviewed in repeated passes against a shared glossary, so a term reads the same way from the tutorial to the tech tree. Chinese and Japanese are marked (beta) in the language menu until native speakers have been through them.

If a line reads wrong or a label doesn't fit, please tell me in the Discussions or on Discord, ideally with a screenshot. And if you're a native Chinese or Japanese speaker and would like to help review, come say hi: discord.gg/5nd8m4ySwN

Thanks for playing, and if you haven't wishlisted Imperium yet, it really helps a solo dev :)

Daniel