The galaxies keepturning whileyou sleep.
Vast is a persistent, procedurally generated universe with no end and no reset. Step into a huge universe and start your empire. Build trade networks, command fleets, raise stations, and press outward into systems no one has ever charted — ten minutes a day or ten hours, the universe keeps running in the background.
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Infinite, generated, and none of it staged for you
Every system, faction, ship hull and derelict is procedurally generated and filled out by AI — then handed to the players. Charts are written by whoever gets there first. Trade lanes exist because someone flew them.
Factions have interests of their own, and they remember. Undercut a cartel and freight rates move. Arm a rival and the border shifts. NPCs are participants in the economy, not scenery in it.
Four verbs, all viable ways to play
01
Explore
Push your ships into unexplored space and see what the scanning range of your ships has been hiding: rogue worlds, dead civilizations, interesting anomalies. First survey names it, and the name sticks on every other player’s map.
02
Expand
Create colonies, construct orbital shipyards, and connect systems and factions (player or NPC) into a supply network. Distance is real — a system you cannot defend is a system you will lose.
03
Exploit
Refine, manufacture, and move goods through a market nobody administrates. Prices come from what other players and non-player factions are actually willing to pay.
04
Exterminate
Your strategy, sound logistics and solid intel decide the engagement long before the guns do — and losses are permanent, on both sides. Make friends — or make others fear you.
What happened in the last hour
A live feed, directly off the live game universe: every minute, contracts are settled, ships lost, borders redrawn. None of it scripted, all of it done by someone who was logged in before you.
The empires ahead of you
Live game statistics| # | Empire | Systems | Fleet | Net worth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Questions new players might ask
Is there a reset or a season?
No. The universe is persistent and continuous — it launched once and has been running since. Empires rise and collapse inside it, but the galaxy is never wiped, so an old account is an asset rather than a liability.
How can the game universe be infinite?
We generate the universe automatically as you explore it. All content is randomly generated and modern AI is used to create extensive lore that keeps the universe alive.
What happens while I am offline?
Everything keeps going. Production, construction, research and ship movement continues live. You set standing orders, trade routes and defensive doctrine; the simulation executes them, also while you are not looking. Ten focused minutes a day is a viable way to play.
Can I be wiped out by a bigger empire?
You can lose systems, fleets and stations — permanently. What you cannot lose is your ability to keep playing. You will never lose if you keep standing back up.
Is it pay to win?
No. Vast is free to play, and paid options are convenience and cosmetic only. Nothing purchasable produces resources or combat advantage.
Do I need to fight at all?
You can be a trader, researcher, industrialists or a cartographers. Logistics is the deepest system in the game, and a merchant who supplies three war fleets is not short of influence or money.
What do I actually need to run it?
A browser. No client, no install, no plugins — the interface is the same on a work laptop and a phone, and your session picks up wherever you left it.
Somewhere out there is a system with your name on it.
Registration takes a minute. Your starter ship is already fuelled, and the news already report a new empire is ready to emerge.