A turn-based 4X in the tradition of Master of Orion and Space Empires. Explore a galaxy, settle the worlds you can breathe, and build the fleet that outlasts your rivals — on your phone or at your desk, with the same galaxy waiting on both.
Store links go live at launch. It's in active development now.
The classic 4X loop, kept lean and turn-based — every decision is yours to take at your own pace.
A whole galaxy waits in the dark. What lies past the next star is anyone's guess — until your ships go and find out.
Every empire breathes a different air. Somewhere out there are the worlds your people can call home. Go and make them yours.
A lonely frontier outpost today, a thriving homeworld tomorrow. Raise the colonies that turn empty rock into the wealth and industry of an empire.
From darting fighters to ponderous dreadnoughts, the fleet you build is the empire you keep. These stars are contested. Only one power holds them.
The same grand campaign in your pocket and on your desk. Play wherever you happen to be — with cross-platform multiplayer on the way.
No two galaxies are ever alike, and the start is yours to shape. Set up the beginning you want, then see where the stars take you — every empire's story is its own.
Mobile and desktop run the same Starward Empires — no cut-down phone edition. Cross-platform multiplayer is planned to follow release, so your galaxy can be a shared one.
Nothing moves until you do. Take a turn on the bus or an evening at the desk — the galaxy waits for your orders either way.
A new map every game, with stars, worlds and hazards arranged differently, so the opening never plays out the same twice.
Built by an independent developer at McFarlane Apps, and shaped in the open. No accounts to explore the galaxy, no clutter — just the game.
Starward Empires is in active development. Drop a line, and be there when the galaxy opens.
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