Pixel Starships 2

Pixel Starships 2 is a starship-building and battle game set in an MMO universe. You design and manage a ship, command its crew, explore the galaxy and fight other players or AI-controlled opponents. Its strategy systems draw inspiration from FTL, Eve Online, Final Fantasy and XCom.

Ship building and battles

You customize your starship’s layout and manage its power and limited resources. Room placement matters: optimal placement provides bonuses, and mission-critical rooms need to be connected through the ship’s oxygen and door-access systems. You can build and deploy support craft to augment your ship, and use facilities such as the bomb launcher.

Combat takes place in real time or asynchronously, in PvP and PvE battles across the galaxy. You position your crew, program battle AI and use tactical combinations against players from around the world. The game also features cross-section ship control and battles.

Crew and exploration

You can recruit crew from new races, as well as aliens and factions to command. Each crew member has six core stats, four resistance and skill stats, and unique abilities; you can train and level them for different specializations. Send crew on away missions to fight monsters on different planets, or explore planets to uncover the secrets of space.

AI and strategy

You can program situational AI commands for ship subsystems and crew, enabling automatic combat and offline play. This feature is available from ship level 4, after you build a command room. New filtering conditions provide fine-grained control over AFK setups, while unlockable AI chips, presets, layouts and templates let you make strategic changes quickly.

Economy and alliances

The in-game economy is market-driven. You can loot, mine, craft and resell items and equipment, use resources from specific regions to make rare items, and vie for control of lucrative planets and trade routes. You can also manage diplomacy, research and recruitment, and form alliances to battle alongside friends.

Game modes

The game includes online fleets and tournaments. Tournament play is divided into amateur and professional leagues for different levels of play.