Pulsar: Lost Colony

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a co-op starship game set in a randomized galaxy falling into chaos. You and your crew operate the ship, take on missions and explore planets, stations and the galaxy’s fringes. The game supports online co-op for 1–5 players as well as offline singleplayer, with customizable AI crew bots available in both modes.

Crew roles

Each player takes one of five classes, with different responsibilities aboard the ship:

• Captain: decide the crew’s route through the galaxy and make major voyage decisions, coordinating the crew’s actions through clear communication and resolve.
• Pilot: fly the ship, maneuver through debris, position it in combat and align it for a warp to the next sector.
• Scientist: provide medical assistance and environmental information, conduct sensor sweeps, manage ship security, breach enemy firewalls and research. Scientists also help develop strategies and explore alien planets.
• Weapons Specialist: operate lasers, missiles, turrets, nukes and other combat technologies. Weapons Specialists affect the outcome of battles and are also important during ship boardings and investigations of hostile environments.
• Engineer: charge the warp drive, operate the startup switchboard, maintain and repair vital systems, and manage power flow to prevent overheating. Engineers balance reactor output across the ship’s systems.

Run the ship

You control the stations that keep the ship operating. Reroute power between systems, operate turrets, run programs, scan enemy vessels for useful information or start the warp drive to escape a fight you cannot win. The strategies are up to the crew or its Captain, and coordination is essential to surviving the dangers ahead.

Explore and fight

Embark on missions, investigate abandoned stations and scavenge for components. Teleport to planets, stations or other ships to join an away team, where you may face extreme environments and dangerous creatures. Loot planets and stations for valuable items, and board enemy ships to capture them or destroy their systems.

Ship-to-ship combat is fast-paced and tactical. The game also has a VR mode with motion controller support.