Kinetic Void

Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure focused on ship customization and exploration. You build ships piece by piece, then choose your own direction in a procedurally generated galaxy with no main storyline. You can ally with factions, go to war, build ships and amass wealth.

Build and customize ships

The shipyard lets you assemble anything from a simple craft with a cockpit, hull, engine and gun to a more complex design. You can tailor ships for roles such as fighter, freighter or carrier, customizing cockpits, hulls, engines, weapons and aesthetic modules. Each module has statistics that affect ship performance, and you can add subsystems to strengthen particular attributes. Subsystems may be destroyed when their module is damaged.

Each module has seven color fields, so you can customize your ship’s appearance. You can save completed ships to your computer or share them through the Steam Workshop. Workshop ships you subscribe to have a random chance of appearing as faction vessels in new galaxies. The game includes hundreds of weapons and modules in multiple sizes.

Explore a generated galaxy

Each new game generates a galaxy map, the contents of its sectors and the factions within it from scratch. You choose the number of sectors and factions, and whether ships use Creative or Career mode. You can keep playing in a galaxy or create another; existing galaxies are saved in their current state so you can return to them.

Factions have their own internal standings, and their relationships change through trade, combat and piracy. They can make and break agreements and treaties. The galaxy also includes an economy simulation with resources and trade routes.

Choose your path

You can fight as a force for good or become a scourge of the galaxy. Alternatively, trade across the galaxy and influence it through deals, or turn to piracy, plundering sectors and docking at pirate stations for supplies. The game is an open-world sandbox, leaving your choices and direction up to you.

Fly and fight

Spaceflight uses physics for interactions between objects. Colliding with an asteroid at high speed damages your ship and can have catastrophic effects. The Kinetic Field Generator (KFG) creates artificial gravity around your ship, protecting it and allowing it to fly freely through space. The field also enables the Micro Warp Drive, which sends your ship far across space in seconds.

Combat takes place in real time. You target enemy ships and maneuver to line up broadside attacks or strafing runs. You can deploy drones to attack or distract enemies while you engage them yourself; piloting skill matters alongside your ship’s components.

Control modes

Kinetic Void has three control modes. Cursor mode lets you steer with keyboard commands and pan the camera with the mouse for a tactical overview. Mouse Flight mode gives you direct control through mouse movement. You can also control battleship turrets from an orbital camera, or pilot a heavy fighter between asteroids in Mouse Flight mode, switching modes whenever the situation calls for it.