Andromeda Ark

You are the AI of a colony ark. 100,000 people are asleep on board. Something that eats starlight is right behind you.

A wormhole has thrown the ark 2.5 million light-years from home, into the Andromeda Galaxy. There is no way back and no help coming. This is Oregon Trail in deep space: every jump buys time, burns fuel and wears down the hull, and you must choose where humanity starts again before the Dark catches you.

How a journey plays

• Run. Plot FTL jumps between unknown stars. Longer jumps outrun the Dark but burn more fuel.
• Explore. Discover 36 kinds of world, from lava planets and ringed gas giants to glowing subterranean worlds, Relic Worlds and rare Dyson Spheres.
• Survive. Send drones to mine, study alien artifacts, upgrade the ark, and keep fuel, materials, water, biomass and hull from running out as travel events force hard calls.
• Make contact. Meet pre-FTL civilizations, from stone-age tribes to atomic-age powers. Greet them, hide from them or put on a light show. Provoke the wrong one and a nuclear missile comes for the ark.
• Settle. Land for good, then read the century report: how your colony lived, what it became, and how it treated any natives. Chase the top Legacy Score on the leaderboard.

Every run brings new planets, events and choices, and takes about 10 to 20 minutes. Wait too long and the Dark swallows the ark. Settle on the wrong world and your colony pays for it.

Play by tapping, clicking or pressing keys 1 to 9, on desktop or phone, in 18 languages.