Pre-Warp Age

Pre-Warp Age is a space strategy game about running a corporation in a civilization that has mastered spaceflight but cannot yet travel between stars. Starting with limited capital, you work to invent the warp drive and make the first warp jump. Each game takes place in a newly generated star system, with stars, orbital zones, planets and asteroids arranged according to astronomical models.

Explore and settle

Uncrewed missions show you the locations and types of worlds, but you must explore to learn what lies beneath their surfaces. Exploration is required before a world can be settled, and costs more the farther the world is from your home planet. Hot and icy worlds are initially difficult to settle, while distant planets are nearly out of reach.

Build your economy

Each system has its own resources, with some plentiful and others scarce. You assign workers to address shortages, build colonies, trade and increase output. Developing warp technology requires enormous resource reserves, so you also research stronger drives, new materials and equipment to overcome the challenges of settling the system.

Crises and opportunities

Random events can disrupt your plans and force you to adapt. These include solar flares, market shocks, labor strikes, comets and asteroids. Sound decisions can help you avoid trouble or reduce its impact, while a risky choice can lead to disaster.

Game modes

• Meditation: Settle a star system at a relaxed pace, without an overall turn limit.
• Classic: Play with a turn limit and challenging gameplay, in a style closer to earlier Clarus Victoria games.
• Hardcore: Combine the pressure of Classic with the scale of space exploration; actions take multiple turns to complete.