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Vanward

Captain a fleet in a living, shared sector.

Vanward is a multiplayer space sandbox where you captain a fleet, trade, fight, and carve out a place in a living sector shared with other players. It takes inspiration from the depth of single-player games like Starsector and is built for online play from the ground up.

PC: Windows, Linux, Steam Deck · Steam (planned)

WHAT_IT_IS

A persistent, shared sector

The world keeps running between sessions and is shared with other players, instead of resetting each time you log off.

Real-time fleet combat

Real-time combat across fleets of ships, with the heavy simulation designed to run on a dedicated, performance-focused engine.

Built for multiplayer from day one

Vanward is being built on a distributed, fault-tolerant backend designed for online play and persistence from the start, not a single-player game with multiplayer bolted on later.

WHERE_IT_STANDS

Early development

Vanward is early. The current focus is validating the core architecture (real-time combat, multiplayer networking, and a persistent world) before a vertical slice of gameplay. There is no public build yet.

Planned for PC (Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck) on Steam. The feature set and timeline are still taking shape.

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