New Stars

New Stars is a 4X strategy game set across a procedurally generated galaxy. You explore star systems, establish colonies, develop an empire and compete with alien empires to build one that survives the test of time—or become the last empire remaining in the galaxy.

Shape your galaxy

Customize your empire’s world preferences and choose from eight ideologies, each with its own bonuses, as well as hundreds of empire icons. You can also tailor your galaxy and choose from five sizes. The galaxy contains unique empires, species and clans, alongside thousands of planets, stars and worlds. Some planets hold valuable resources or hidden features that increase their value.

Explore and expand

Explore star systems for secrets and clues to your lost home. Discoveries include white dwarfs, ancient ruins and lost ships. Expand across new stars and frontiers, build colonies to power your galactic economy, and gather natural resources from planets and stars with starhubs. Space pirates may plunder those resources for their own gain.

Build and defend your forces

Combine ships into fleets to face your adversaries. Upgrade starbases or fortify colonies to defend against attacks, and research new ship types and advanced military capabilities. You can construct military starship presets with unique turrets, then unlock larger ships and more powerful turrets for interstellar warfare.

Deal with alien empires

Declare wars, trade resources, make agreements, declare friendships, share intelligence and form galactic unions. Some empires are openly hostile or need appeasing, while others may cooperate or become part of your empire.