Single-player skirmishes
Choose a map, faction and AI opponents. Adjust difficulty as you learn, experiment with fleet compositions and save a match to continue later.
Learn the basicsFour original factionsFleet battlesCampaignsCustom maps
A real-time strategy game about fleet command
Your economy and your fleet share the same battlefield. Construction ships build stations, mining ships bring back alloy, and shipyards turn those resources into combat ships. Research unlocks stronger units and tactical abilities while fog of war hides enemy movements.
Orders happen in real time. Scout before committing your fleet, protect the ships that supply your economy, and decide when to expand or attack. Shields, hull damage, crew, weapon ranges and environmental hazards all matter.
Choose how you play
Online multiplayer
Host a lobby, share its room code and play cooperatively or competitively. Maps and match settings determine the available slots, up to 16 participants.
Set up a multiplayer matchA story campaign
Aderra: The Broken Peace spans forty missions with subtitled briefings, objectives and cinematics. The campaign is in beta and remains in development.
Explore the campaignFour factions, one contested galaxy
Command the Earth Alliance, Vharuun Ascendancy, Ilyr Directorate or Nacre Continuance fleets. Faction-specific ships, research and abilities give you different tools for expanding, fighting and supporting allies. The in-game Academy offers training for each faction.
Meet the four factions and use the Technology tree in the game to inspect prerequisites, costs and available abilities.
Play through Steam
Install Space Armada from your Steam library once you have access. The Steam Playtest is a separate, limited test; its access does not include ownership of the eventual full game. Release dates and the full-game price are unannounced.
Keyboard and mouse, Xbox-style controllers and Steam Deck controls have their own settings and Academy guidance. Windows and native Linux builds are under release testing. macOS support is being built and validated.
Read the release and controls FAQ, or start the Academy from the game menu.