A free browser space strategy game like OGame

What is a browser space strategy game?

You start with a single planet. Mines bring in resources every hour; you spend them on buildings, research and ships. Everything runs in real time and keeps going while you are offline. A few short sessions a day grow an empire over weeks.

Games like OGame, Travian and Ikariam made this genre popular in the browser in the 2000s. Ulgara keeps the same loop of economy, research and fleets, and changes the look, the devices and the rules for today's players.

What makes Ulgara different?

• Real-time 3D: your planet, your colony, the galaxy map and battle replays are drawn in 3D in the browser.
• Nothing to download: play in the browser on a computer, phone or tablet, and add it to your home screen as an app if you like.
• Optional PvP: everyone starts peaceful. Pirate hideouts, expeditions and galaxy bosses are fully open to peaceful players. More in [[link:pve-pvp]].
• Power is never sold: Quasar is the only premium currency. No resources, research or combat power against players are for sale, and there are no paid loot boxes. See Pricing.
• Seasonal universe: every season lasts 12 weeks and everyone starts from the same line. See Season guide.
• In English and Turkish. The name comes from Ülgen, the sky god of Turkic mythology.

What fans of the genre will recognise

• Three resources: metal, crystal and deuterium; energy from solar plants and fusion reactors.
• Coordinates: galaxy:system:position. The universe has 5 galaxies, 499 systems in each and 15 planet orbits in every system.
• Ships: Haulers for cargo, Probes for espionage, the Seed Ark for colonies, Salvagers for debris; warships from the Interceptor up to the Dreadnought.
• Fleet missions: transport, deploy, espionage, attack, harvest debris, colonise and expedition.
• Rapid fire, debris fields, moons, defences and rankings.

What is new in Ulgara

• Pirate hideouts: PvE levels you clear in order, going on endlessly after level 15. Lose, and the hideout stays as it was for another try.
• Galaxy bosses: the Pirate Admiral roaming each galaxy and the Ancient Warden the whole universe attacks together.
• Commanders: 12 commanders that give your whole empire a passive bonus and an active skill once a day.
• The Merchant Guild: 3 small tasks every day, bigger contracts every week, and story chains.
• Weekly ranking rounds: a new race every week that resets nothing.
• Late-game goals: the Crescent Cannon moon weapon, monuments, alliance megastructures and endless research.

How to start

Open ulgara.com and press Play. No sign-up is needed: you start as a guest at once, and link your progress to a free account when you want to continue on another device. For your first hours, read the Beginner's guide.

Note

OGame and Ikariam are trademarks of Gameforge, Travian is a trademark of Travian Games. Ulgara is not affiliated with these games or companies; their names are used only to describe the genre.