ORION is a real-time 4X grand strategy game. Guide a young civilization from its homeworld into a procedurally generated galaxy full of wornders, and build an empire through exploration, diplomacy and war.
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EARLY ACCESS ROADMAP (for now)
ORION enters Early Access in December 2026. We expect the full release between Q4 2027 and Q2 2028. The game is playable from start to finish now. Updates will follow this plan, shaped by your feedback:
Early 2027: smarter AI that uses every system in the game; a military operations planner for multi-fleet campaigns; more music and sound; faster loading when entering star systems
Mid 2027: new governments, faiths and ethics; readable content files and a modding reference; balance and quality-of-life updates
Start on procedural galaxy content generation(No pre made event chains. Only building blocks so its easier to keep the galaxy interesting,old authored events/anomalies will still work and can new fully authored event chains be created)Late 2027 to Late 2028: more crises, events and megastructures; multiplayer improvements; full release
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EXPLORE AND EXPAND
Survey star systems, chart hyperlanes and investigate anomalies. Claim resource-rich worlds, found colonies, and push your borders as far as you can hold them.
BUILD YOUR EMPIRE
Develop planetary districts, group colonies into sectors and appoint governors to run them. Keep your population housed, fed, employed and content. A strong economy keeps your shipyards and your wars going.
SHAPE YOUR SOCIETY
Choose your government, ethics, policies, traditions and faith. Political factions, leaders and the beliefs of your people pull in their own directions, and unrest follows when you ignore them.
DIPLOMACY AND INTRIGUE
Every civilization has its own values and ambitions. Trade, open borders, sign defensive pacts, form federations, or take subjects. Share or withhold intelligence, send operatives into rival territory, press claims and negotiate peace.
SHIPS AND WAR
Research hundreds of technologies across Physics, Society and Engineering. Design warships from weapons, shields, armor, reactors, drives and stealth systems. Build fleets from templates, refit them as technology advances, fortify key systems, and invade enemy worlds with ground armies. Wars are won through objectives, occupation and war exhaustion as much as firepower.
CRISES AND WONDERS
Build megastructures from ringworlds to Dyson spheres. Face mid- and late-game crises such as plagues, dying stars, machine networks and threats from beyond known space.
MULTIPLAYER
Play with friends online through Steam or over LAN.
