Economy & Production
Optimize mines, manage resources and plan build orders by the second.
Conquer the galaxy
Starfights is a free sci-fi strategy game in your browser – no pay-to-win, no ads. Expand your planets, research new technologies, trade with other players and lead fleets and alliances against other commanders.
Research & Ships
Unlock 18 ship types, combine fleets and improve your technologies.
Diplomacy & Alliances
Ally with friends, wage wars and dominate the rankings.
How Starfights plays
Five races
At the start you choose one of five races, and each has its strength: Tirashkar attack 10% harder, Lidatier defend 10% harder, Nalmenen need 10% less research time, Kolinar build 5% faster, and Padurein get 10% more resources out of their mines.
Five resources, 19 buildings
Iron, lutinum, crystals, water and hydrogen flow from your mines and plants – even while you are not playing. 19 buildings are waiting to be upgraded, and every level takes longer than the one before. Plan your build queue well and you grow faster.
18 research fields, 18 ship types, 4 defenses
Research unlocks new ships, drives and weapons. From the espionage probe and the trade ships to the Black Dragon you build your fleet from 18 ship types; laser turret, plasma cannon, EMP tower and FLARAK complex protect your planets.
Seven missions
Your fleets attack, spy, scan with the Delta Dancer, colonise new worlds, deliver resources, station on your own planets and collect debris fields. You set the flight speed yourself, in steps of ten percent.
Combat without dice
A battle lasts at most three rounds and depends only on fleets, defenses and technology – chance plays no part. That is why the battle simulator can tell you the outcome in advance. What is destroyed stays in space as a debris field and can be collected.
Ten planets – and more
With the colony ship you settle new worlds. Ten planets are the start; every level of the Empire Administration research adds one more to your empire.
Trade between players
On the marketplace you offer resources for other resources, and other players accept. Five percent of every trade leaves the game as a fee.
Alliances and wars
Found an alliance or join one, hand out roles and coordinate in the alliance chat – live. Wars between alliances are part of the game: a declaration is followed by seven days of preparation, fourteen days of war with its own war score, and seven days of cooldown. Rankings show the strongest players and alliances.
Fair for everyone
Starfights is free, with no pay-to-win and no ads – there is nothing to buy. New commanders are protected up to 500 points, and after that you only meet opponents between a third and three times your points.
Live, in the browser and on your phone
Build queues, resources, messages, fleet arrivals and battle reports arrive in real time, without reloading. Starfights runs in any current browser, installs as an app on your phone and speaks English and German.
Played in rounds
Starfights is played in rounds. When a round ends, the universe starts over and everyone begins on equal terms again.