About This Game

Build colonies, research new technologies, assemble fleets and fight for control of the universe.


Explore solar systems with up to 16 planets, spy on your neighbours, claim debris fields and face the black holes of the aliens.


Thousands of real players, multiple universes and events running around the clock.


Plenty of strategy, real-time battles and thousands of players who change the universe every day.


Expand every planet step by step: mines, factories, shipyards and defences in an animated base view.


Mine resources, expand your planets and develop a thriving interstellar economy.

• Kryptonite mine: Kryptonite is an even harder raw material than metal and is used almost everywhere.
  
• Spice mine: Spice is the most valuable raw material. It is used as fuel for ships and is also essential for the steady progress of technology.
  
• Thermosolar plant: The thermosolar plant is a valuable source for energy, but requires lots of spice to produce energy.

Design and combine dozens of ship types into powerful fleets and send them across the galaxy.


Design ships, plan attacks and crush your rivals in tactical real-time combat.

• Small hunter: The small hunter is a deadlier evolution of the small fighter.
  
• Warship: Compared to the small fighter, the warship has better armor and stronger weapons on board.
  
• Phoenix: The Phoenix is a very versatile ship with particularly strong protective shields.
  
• Destroyer: The destructive ability of its onboard weapons is feared throughout the universe and earns the destroyer its name.

Follow every mission live: saves, recycling runs and attacks flying across the universe in real time.


Explore a vast universe of systems and planets, scout your rivals and plan your next conquest.

• Small transport: The small transport is the first generation of transport ships.
  
• Large transport: The large transport is the next step up from the small transport.
  
• Colony ship: The colony ship was the first ship ever to be built.
  
• Recycler: The cargo capacity of the recycler is 25,000 units.

Climb a deep tech tree to unlock stronger ships, buildings and abilities for your empire. Pick your playstyle through specialisations such as economy, military or espionage.

• Teleporter: The teleporter allows your fleets to teleport to your planets without a time delay.
  
• Galaxy scanner: The galaxy scanner scans solar systems for fleet activity.
  
• Quantum Array: The Quantum Array supplies the synthetic compute and fabrication capacity that powers the Synth upgrade path.

A vast, deeply interconnected skill network with 347 nodes and different play-style mechanics to specialise your empire.


Plan your build, branch into specialisations and min-max your empire.


Face mysterious alien threats and uncover what lurks at the far edges of the universe.


Hunt down powerful alien bosses whose black holes warp entire galaxies around them.


Alien attacks and black holes that warp the galaxies arrive. Later a powerful boss joins them, out to conquer the galaxies.


Team up with other Spacepilots, coordinate wars and rise to the top together. Regular events, contests and limited-time universes with exclusive rewards to win.


SpaceInvasion has been running for over 19 years. There were TV ads, a huge community and a few different owners along the way. The game is still running today and is still being developed.

• 2007 · Galaxy Destroyer
  
• 2008 · Relaunch by Bigpoint: Bigpoint takes it over and relaunches it as SpaceInvasion. It runs there until the end of 2011, even with TV advertising.
  
• 2011 · Independent again: Chupa and Dschi found SpaceInvasion UG, take the game over, merge every world into the RETRO universe and ship a wave of new features.
  
• 2012 · SpaceInvasion 2: The more cinematic version of SpaceInvasion launches.
  
• 2013 · The BitMeUp network: We found BitMeUp UG and grow a whole network of games around SpaceInvasion.
  
• 2015 · GeNeSIS speed universes: The first GeNeSIS (Generation Next SpaceInvasion Speed) universe launches. The fast-paced series still runs today.
  
• 2018 · The Nexus fusion: The German, International and Russian universes merge into the new Nexus universe.
  
• 2019 · Sirius: Sirius launches, a universe with special attack zones and new defensive strategies for your units.
  
• 2020 · Aliens & black holes
  
• 2022 · Nexus Raid: A more RPG-style side of SpaceInvasion: build a fleet of tank, healer and damage ships and take on aliens solo or with a 5-player team.
  
• 2023 · Now on Steam: SpaceInvasion arrives on Steam, reaching a whole new audience.
  
• 2024 · Infinity & Astral fleets: Our latest endless universe, Infinity, introduces Astral fleets. They let you restore your fleets even after a battle.
  
• 2025 · The Synth network: The Synth network goes live. Today it is a central feature with a skill tree of 347 connected nodes.
  
• Today · Still going strong: We still run SpaceInvasion and keep developing it. Many players have been around for years or keep coming back.

Dozens of ships, buildings, defences and research topics to unlock.

• Starcruiser: The Starcruiser is equipped with a diffusion engine and heavy laser cannons, making it one lean, mean killing machine not to be messed with!
  
• Battleship: The battleship is the only ship which uses the EMP cannon, and has a powerful engine on board thanks to its warp technology.
  
• Stealth bomber: The stealth bomber is a revolutionary ship which has a cloaking shield, making it partially invisible to the enemy.
  
• Imperial starbase: The imperial starbase is the strongest space vessel in the galaxy.

• Small fighter: The small fighter is an effective warship that doesn't take long to build.
  
• Titan Carrier: The Titan Carrier is based on the blueprints and field experience of the transmitter.
  
• Void Shield: The Void Shield is the ultimate defensive vessel.
  
• The Doombringer: The Doombringer is the ultimate long-range weapon.

• Transmitter: The transmitter is the most revolutionary ship of its day.
  
• Solar cells: Solar cells convert sunlight to energy, and their efficiency is based on the total amount of solar radiation (the distance to the sun).
  
• Spy probe: Spy probes allow you to spy on enemy planets: The higher the quality of technology you have, the more detailed your spying results will be!

More than just a game

Free official tools, live leaderboards and battle archives, built with and for the community.

• Battle simulator: Plan attacks and defences and test the outcome before you risk a single ship.
  
• Flight calculator: Work out exact flight and arrival times for any route across the galaxy.
  
• Synth calculator: Browse the full Synth skill network online and see its sheer complexity for yourself.
  
• Hall of Fame: The all-time greatest Spacepilots across every universe.
  
• Battle Hall of Fame: Relive the biggest battles ever fought and replay them blow by blow.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

We use generative AI in the development of SpaceInvasion. AI was used to create artwork such as buildings, units, characters and scene images, as well as texts and their translations into other languages. This applies to the game, the store page and our marketing materials.