THE EMBERCRAFT SPACE UNIVERSE
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Available in 8 languages
IBuild & produce
Your metal and crystal mines and deuterium refinery work even while you are away. Upgrade their production and all three storage facilities to prepare your next projects.
THE EMBERCRAFT SPACE UNIVERSE
Free multiplayer space strategy gameBuild your empire among the stars.
From your home planet, develop your industry, assemble a fleet and explore the galaxy. Establish colonies and carry out your strategy, alone or with your alliance.
Playable on PC & mobile · No download · Free
Free to playPC & mobile, no downloadAvailable in 8 languagesNewcomers protected for 3 days
The game in short
What is Embercraft?
Embercraft is a free multiplayer space strategy game with no download required. From your browser, on desktop or mobile, develop your home planet, manage resources and assemble a fleet in a galaxy shared with other commanders.
Production, construction and journeys continue when you leave the game. Choose your priorities, prepare your operations and return to your empire whenever you log in.
Build, explore and choose your battles. Hostile bases, abandoned stations and expeditions complement player battles. Join an alliance, trade with commanders and earn distinctions that tell your story.
The game loop
Management and conquest in three acts
Develop your economy, prepare your forces and choose your next destination. Every decision builds your empire.
I
IIAssemble your fleet
From the Vigilant to the Solar Ark, every ship has its role. Build your defenses and use the simulator to prepare for combat.
IIIExplore & colonize
Attack hostile bases, face enemy fleets and send your Pioneers to establish new colonies. Your home planet is the beginning of your expansion.
A persistent universe
Your empire keeps moving, even without you
Close the tab: resources keep accumulating up to their storage capacity, construction progresses and completed ships join your fleet.
Explore galaxies, systems and their positions. Commanders to meet, bases to challenge and free planets to colonize await you.
- ✓Production and queues running 24/7
- ✓Spy, attack, transport, colonize
- ✓Rankings, records and commander profiles
New horizons
A home planet, then an entire empire
Name your home planet and develop your installations. Your Pioneers will then let you establish colonies and expand your network across the galaxy.
Ocean horizons
Coastal installations and vast expanses of water shape a new home among the stars.
Give your planets an identity.
Forest worlds
A base between rugged terrain and vegetation, in the heart of an untamed environment.
Develop each planet at your own pace.
Frozen frontiers
Amid the ice, your empire's installations keep working.
Connect your planets with your transports.
Volcanic lands
Mineral landscapes and glowing horizons surround your new installations.
Organize your colonies and their defenses.
The art of space warfare
From the Vigilant to the Solar Ark
Interceptors, frigates, cruisers and capital ships: build a fleet suited to your target. The simulator helps you assess your forces before departure.
Vigilant
50 · 
10
Sentinel
150 · 25
Storm Corvette
400 · 50
Bastion Frigate
1,000 · 200
Eclipse Escort
700 · 400
Pulsar Assault Cruiser
1,000 · 500
Aegis Battleship
2,000 · 500
Dreadnought
200,000 · 50,000
At the pinnacle of your fleet
Solar Ark
The Solar Ark joins your most powerful formations. Develop your research and industry to assemble this exceptional flagship.
Discover fleets and combat →Seven planetary defenses, from the Kinetic Battery to the Plasma Battery, protect your installations.
Research Center
Knowledge opens new frontiers
Improve your weapons, shields and propulsion. Research benefits all your planets and unlocks new possibilities.
ResearchWeapon Systems
Increases the attack power of all your ships and defenses by 10% per level.
ResearchStructural Armor
Strengthens the hull of all your ships and defenses by 10% per level.
ResearchEnergy Shields
Strengthens the shield of all your ships by 10% per level.
ResearchPrecision Optics
Develops laser systems and unlocks new ships and defenses.
ResearchIon Technology
Develops ion systems and advanced equipment for your fleet.
ResearchHyperspace Physics
Paves the way for the largest war platforms.
ResearchPlasma Technology
Develops heavy weapons designed to neutralize fortified positions.
Each discovery prepares the next stage of your development.
Beyond your orbit
Choose your next adventure
A station to explore, a base to challenge, an officer to develop. Prepare your next objective, alone or with your alliance.
Solo & alliance
Abandoned stations
Enter abandoned stations and face increasingly formidable formations. Build your forces, choose your upgrades and collect discovered reserves. In an alliance, combine your ships to advance together.
Every conquered sector yields resources. Prepare your operations: combat losses are permanent.
Discover abandoned stations
Eighteen levels of hostile bases
Locate bases in the galaxy, inspect their fleets and use the simulator to prepare your assault. Their color indicates their category. Victory can yield metal, crystal and deuterium.
- Lv. 1–4
- Lv. 5–8
- Lv. 9–12
- Lv. 13–15
- Lv. 16–18
Your officer's expeditions
Choose a destination and send your officer exploring. On their return, collect loot, develop their experience and equip discovered modules to prepare future missions.
Discover expeditionsMore than a planet
A whole universe to explore
Economy, cooperation and exploration: choose the activities that support your strategy.
Hostile zones
Three personal bases to prepare your operations. Face their defenses and bring back loot without provoking neighboring commanders.
Guide: Hostile zones →
Talent tree
Specialize your empire in warfare, protection or economy. Your choices shape your progression.
Guide: Talent tree →
Alliances
Diplomacy, shared projects and squadrons: coordinate your ambitions. Abandoned stations also offer operations to tackle together.
Guide: Alliances →
Explorations
Send your officer to new destinations. Experience, resources, dark matter and modules accompany their progression.
Guide: Explorations →
Planetary logistics
Upgrade all three storage facilities and organize transport between your home planet and colonies. Your resources prepare the operations ahead.
Guide: Planetary logistics →
Commanders' market
Offer resources or ships, compare offers and choose your trades. The Merchant also allows immediate exchanges.
Guide: Commanders' market →The marks of your deeds
Distinctions to earn throughout your adventures.
More than a place in the rankings
Write your story among the stars
Builder, conqueror or explorer: your deeds unlock badges, titles and profile frames. Choose the distinctions other commanders will see beside your name.
Discover distinctionsAn officer whose renown grows
Expeditions develop your officer up to level 100. Every ten levels, a renown milestone unlocks a reward to claim.
Follow your officer's progressionThe universe in pictures
Discover the game interface
Overview, buildings, galaxy, rankings and supplies: enlarge the previews to discover the screens that will guide your first operations.
Fair play
Prepare your strategy at your own pace
Newcomers are protected
Three days of protection support your first steps. Afterward, protection rules govern attacks between commanders of different strengths.
Offline, everything keeps going
Production, construction, research and assembly continue while you are away. Check their progress the next time you log in.
Every visit moves your empire forward
Start your queues, collect your loot and prepare a mission. You choose how much time to spend on each operation.
Always a goal
Supplies, objectives, distinctions, records and rankings: choose your next milestone.
Your home planet awaits.
Choose your commander name and lay the first foundations of your empire.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the game
Is it really free?+
Yes. Embercraft is free to play, with no download required. An optional shop offers dark matter, resources and development bonuses; no purchase is needed to start playing.
Does it run on mobile?+
Yes, the game runs in the browser, on desktop and on your phone. Your account follows you everywhere.
I'm new — will I get crushed?+
Your first days benefit from three days of protection. Afterward, rules limit attacks between players of very different strengths. Develop your defenses and prepare your fleets before entering combat.
How much time does it take?+
Production, construction, research and travel continue offline. Plan your actions during short visits or take time to prepare operations with your alliance.
The stars await you, commander.
Create your account, develop your home planet and prepare your first departure. Your empire begins here.
Play for freePlayable on PC & mobile · No download · Free