HullRats is a gritty space survival sandbox where every crew member has a story and every decision has consequences. Command ships, scavenge wrecks, fight, trade, and survive in a persistent world driven by interconnected systems. Build your own story in a universe that doesn't care about you.

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About This Game

Survive and carve out your own story in a hostile, simulated space sandbox.

Impactful combat with limb damage inspired from a certain great game.

Travel through a real scale solar system. Prepare for journeys that could take days or months. Realistic orbital mechanics travel and exploration through the solar system.

Plan orbital manoeuvres within a fairly realistic simulation that includes different types of engines, fuel, G forces that affect your crew etc.

Explore. Salvage. Trade. The world will evolve around you. There is no linear story. Your story will write itself through your actions and various events.

Development status

HullRats is in early development. The current build demonstrates the foundations of its survival and simulation systems, while many planned features are still being developed. Visuals, mechanics, and content will continue to evolve as development progresses.

In depth base building (ship building). Destructible environments in simulated outer space.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

There's a local Large Language Model that integrates with the game's systems and is used primarily for but not limited to dialogue generation.
Several other uses are planned, including localization.

AI has been used for coding and in a limited capacity for creating placeholder assets that will be replaced at a later date.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Contains combat with realistic injuries, limb loss, blood, death.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: 64-bit Windows
    • Processor: Dual-core 64-bit
    • Memory: 6 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 4GB VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 15 GB available space
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