The Cold War is taking over the Galaxy in Lord of Rigel. The gamer chooses a race, in which he chooses methods of settling the conflict — capturing all states or creating peaceful alliances. Here, the method of espionage and research is also used to achieve the goal. In a turn-based space strategy, the player will have to compete with representatives of other nations, defend themselves from all sorts of threats, using a variety of tools. Espionage, diplomacy, research and battles on spaceships in real time — all for the sake of victory. In the game, there are higher races fighting for power. There are a dozen races with individual leaders, special characteristics and a game style.