Race across the Solar System
Launch probes to the Moon, Mars, the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Europa, Venus and Mercury. Be first to survey a world, catch its launch windows, then build outposts that pay every round.
Near-future strategy card game · 1–4 players
The Intelligence Horizon
A signal is coming. Who will answer first?
In the near future, Earth factions race to lead humanity into the Solar System. Finance infrastructure on Earth, launch probes to the Moon, Mars, the Asteroid Belt and the moons of Jupiter, build outposts, and train artificial intelligence that is powerful but dangerous. Somewhere out there, another civilization is waiting to be heard.
- 12rounds
- 7worlds to explore
- 9factions
- 27technologies
- 70cards
- 5civilizations
- 13languages
A signal is coming
The game’s opening film.
What you do
Train AI. Keep it under control.
Artificial intelligence pays big, but every deployment adds Stress. Let Stress outrun Control and incidents follow. Push too far and your AI breaks out as the Rogue AI: everyone’s problem.
Answer the signal
In round 9 a signal reaches Earth. Detect it, translate it and send a reply before your rivals do. Translate carefully: a misunderstood message can turn one of five civilizations hostile.
Every move is a reply
Twelve rounds of four actions, taken one at a time in turn. Trade with rivals, play cards from a shared market, fund megaprojects together, or slow down whoever is ahead.
See it in action
Screenshots from the game. Click one to see it full size.
Nine factions, one Solar System
Each faction has its own headquarters, its own edge and its own way to win.
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Commercial Consortium
New York
They do not ask what the future is worth. They ask who is selling.
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Research Assembly
Bern
Four thousand scientists, one vote each, and no patience for secrets.
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Orbital Cooperative
Kourou
Every member owns a share of the rocket. Every member wants it flown.
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Autonomous Network
Tokyo
Nobody runs the Network. That was the design, and now it is the question.
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Energy Directorate
Reykjavík
Whoever keeps the lights on decides what they shine on.
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Global Press Alliance
London
If it happened and nobody reported it, the Alliance wants to know why.
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Safety Council
Singapore
Paid to imagine the worst day. They hope never to be proved right.
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Technocratic Union
Bengaluru
Elections are slow. Engineers are not.
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Civic Assembly
Cape Town · Public Mandate
They never built a rocket. They decide which ones get built.
Shape the game
Choose a preset (Standard, Classic, Quick, Chaos) or switch the extensions yourself.
Public Mandate
Industry, Science and the Public react to everything you do. Face dilemmas, deliver public demands, and keep your standing, or face protests. Adds a faction: the Civic Assembly.
Megaprojects
Space elevators, compute grids, a Venusian cloud city: shared projects every faction can fund for Prestige and lasting perks.
Alien temperament
Translations can be wrong. Misunderstandings sour the civilization’s mood until someone clarifies.
Rogue AI
From gentle to brutal: how dangerous an AI that escapes its owner becomes. At the Singularity, nobody wins.
How to play
Players
1–4 players. Fill any seat with a computer opponent (easy, normal or hard), play alone, or share one screen.
Online
Invite Steam friends, play over your local network, or join a public server.
Learn
A guided tutorial and an in-game guide to every faction, technology and event.
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Steam Deck
Languages
English · Deutsch · Français · Español (España) · Português (Brasil) · Polski · Čeština · Русский · Türkçe · 日本語 · 한국어 · 简体中文 · 繁體中文
A signal is coming. Who will answer first?