Polaris Sector

Polaris Sector is a 4X sci-fi strategy game in which you lead an interstellar empire and compete for control of a dangerous galaxy. You manage diplomacy, research and ship design, explore for resources and planets to exploit or colonize, and command your fleets in battle.

The Polaris Sector

The sector is a wilderness of gas, stars and supernovas, where factions pursue power and suspicion can quickly lead to war. Pirates and scavengers may plunder planets they consider weakly defended, while rivals may unite against an empire whose military strength threatens them. Empires rise and fall rapidly, and the sector’s history is filled with adventurers and mercenaries whose stories have faded into whispers.

Build your empire

You decide how to balance diplomacy, military strength and research. You can seek favor with other factions, trade goods and make military agreements against common enemies, or invest in science to unlock technologies and equipment. Research progresses through investments in fundamental and applied sciences, and your choices shape the empire’s future.

Design and command ships

You have broad control over ship design: for example, you can turn a corvette into a drone carrier or a freighter into a scout. In tactical battles, you can join the battlefield and maneuver your ships yourself, or use auto-resolve when you need to focus on other matters in your empire. The espionage system also lets you plant false intelligence for enemy spies and lure them into a trap.

Explore the galaxy

Send scout vessels to find mines, planets to colonize and other empires to contact. Each galaxy is randomly generated and can contain up to 900 stars. You can customize the world setup, including external threats, pirates and the number of races.