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Core Features
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Architect Your Ship
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Architect your complete ship layout from Scout class to massive Capital ships all impacting strategy.
Design Your Strategy
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Will you be a powerful gunboat or a defensive platform, how you build your ship determines the tactics in battle.
Upgrade Subsystems
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Find new Engines, Power, Shields, Drones, Weapons and more to improve the performance and battle characteristics of your ship.
Engage Sentients
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Chat, trade, haggle, make war or peace with other Sentient AIs that inhabit the Universe.
Battle Strategically
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Keep your ship’s energies in balance, make offensive and defensive choices, and decide your strategy to win against other Sentient AIs.
Survive and Ascend
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The Universe is harsh and your sentience must survive. Explore to find resources to power your ship, expand your capabilities and reach ascension.
Expand and Control
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Conquer the Universe with a fleet of ships of your very design.
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More Key Features
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Universe Zero is a grand strategy game with many deep features to test your ship Architecting ability and strategy skills.
- Gain experience and upgrade your ship components with Augments, matching your unique play style
- Create & program other sentient Agents to further the aims of your empire
- Create and deploy drones to mine resources, repair, defend and attack
- Capture planets and build resource facilities to expand the size of your empire
Universe Zero Needs
You, Architect
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Universe Zero is possible only with the support of our player community (aka, Architects). Join the community and help support development and expansion of Universe Zero. You can help development in many ways: