Starlathe

From the Devs

A galaxy that doesn't wait for you

Starlathe is a 2D top-down space sim where the galaxy runs for real. Miners cut ore from asteroid fields, transporters haul goods between stations, factories consume and produce, War Fleets clash over territory — all simulated live across 150 sectors, whether you're watching or not. Nothing is faked, nothing spawns from thin air: every shipment travels, every ship flies, every wreck was someone's ship.

Earn your place

Start with a small ship and choose your path:

• Mine asteroid fields and refine your ore into something worth more

• Trade across a real supply chain of over 50 goods — buy where it's cheap, haul it where it's needed

• Fight — hunt pirates for factions, or become the pirate yourself and live with your reputation

• Craft weapons, modules and ships through refining, components and full production chains

Build and command your own fleet

Buy ships, assign them roles, and put them to work: your own miners feeding your income, transporters running your routes, escorts guarding your convoys — up to a dreadnought flagship leading your battle line. Fleet battles are fought ship to ship with turrets, rockets, beams and point defense, not dice rolls.

A galaxy with consequences

Stations die for real — evacuations, wrecks, loot fields — and factions rebuild them. Territory changes hands. Prices react to real supply and demand. The law notices smuggling and piracy. Your reputation follows you.

Explore the unknown

Fog of war hides the galaxy until you chart it. Find ship graveyards, abandoned sectors, wild space beyond the gates — and 22 skies to fly under.