Infraspace

Infraspace is a city-building game set on the edge of human space. You establish an outpost on a desert planet, gather raw materials and build the production chains and transport networks needed to keep the city supplied. You can adjust the difficulty of traffic management and survival to make the experience easier or harder.

Build a production chain

Your first astronauts mine iron, carbon, sand and sulfur. Use these resources to build facilities such as steel mills and concrete factories, then produce the infrastructure needed to expand. Food and oxygen also depend on steady production chains that must keep running.

Move goods around the city

The game simulates every car. Resources must travel to factories for processing, and finished products must reach habitats for consumption. Roads can carry a lot of traffic, but without oversight the network can become congested and grind to a halt. Build highways, roundabouts and multilane roads to keep goods moving.

Roads are not the only way to transport resources. You can build railways and train stations to haul large quantities of goods, underground pipes to move liquids and gases, and cargo lifts to reach mountaintops and cross rugged terrain.

Grow the population

Your first colonists are astronauts. Provide them with food and shelter, and they keep the outpost running. As the settlement grows, scientists and engineers can take on more work, though they need additional comforts. Larger cities also attract more families, so you need enough school capacity and a supply of VR-edutainment products.

Terraform the planet

You can undertake the large-scale project of turning the desert green and making its atmosphere breathable. Terraforming requires a colossal amount of resources; by the time you begin, you have the technology, infrastructure and workforce needed to carry it out.