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ORION is a real-time 4X grand strategy game. Guide a young civilization from its homeworld into a procedurally generated galaxy full of wornders, and build an empire through exploration, diplomacy and war. ---------------------------------- EARLY ACCESS ROADMAP (for now) ORION enters Early Access in December 2026. We expect the full release between Q4 2027 and Q2 2028. The game is playable from start to finish now. Updates will follow this plan, shaped by your feedback:

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EXPLORE AND EXPAND Survey star systems, chart hyperlanes and investigate anomalies. Claim resource-rich worlds, found colonies, and push your borders as far as you can hold them.

BUILD YOUR EMPIRE Develop planetary districts, group colonies into sectors and appoint governors to run them. Keep your population housed, fed, employed and content. A strong economy keeps your shipyards and your wars going.

SHAPE YOUR SOCIETY Choose your government, ethics, policies, traditions and faith. Political factions, leaders and the beliefs of your people pull in their own directions, and unrest follows when you ignore them.

DIPLOMACY AND INTRIGUE Every civilization has its own values and ambitions. Trade, open borders, sign defensive pacts, form federations, or take subjects. Share or withhold intelligence, send operatives into rival territory, press claims and negotiate peace.

SHIPS AND WAR Research hundreds of technologies across Physics, Society and Engineering. Design warships from weapons, shields, armor, reactors, drives and stealth systems. Build fleets from templates, refit them as technology advances, fortify key systems, and invade enemy worlds with ground armies. Wars are won through objectives, occupation and war exhaustion as much as firepower.

CRISES AND WONDERS Build megastructures from ringworlds to  Dyson spheres. Face mid- and late-game crises such as plagues, dying stars, machine networks and threats from beyond known space.

MULTIPLAYER Play with friends online through Steam or over LAN.