XO

XO is about escaping with a fleet powerful enough to save humanity. On each run, you encounter ships in distress, desperate refugees, greedy merchants, pirates, wreckage, loot caches, shipyards, stations and enemy traps. You can seize cargo, weapons and ships by force, or use diplomacy and make sacrifices to earn the factions’ trust.

Build your fleet

Every ship you add consumes some of your dwindling resources but brings its own abilities. Warships add firepower, Farmships feed the fleet, Industryships provide manufacturing, research and repairs, and Cargoships increase storage capacity.

Resources are gathered automatically, with gathering rates and capacity affected by your fleet’s ships and the types of planets you visit. You spend resources to upgrade ships, create trade items, manufacture weapons and make critical repairs.

Manage the factions

As the fleet grows, you face political tensions, including infighting, sabotage and misunderstandings among people from opposing factions. You decide whether to rule with an iron fist, bring factions together, favor one faction or manipulate them to maintain a balance.

Explore new worlds

Your exodus takes you to habitable worlds, gas giants, airless rocks, frozen wastelands and molten planets. Most can provide resources needed for survival, provided you have the right ships in your fleet. The description warns that some worlds require preparation without specifying what they hold.