Small ships.
Big ambitions.
Watch scrappy fighters power up, become veterans, and push their luck in a battle that keeps unfolding.
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A PROGRESSIVE POWER UP SCREENSAVER
YOUR SCREEN HAS
A NIGHT SHIFT.
Clock out. Let the fleet clock in.
A living neon universe that fights, evolves, and powers up
while you’re away. Or until you take control.
WINDOWS + LINUX FREE TO WATCH. BUILT TO EVOLVE.
SECTOR 01 / AUTOPILOT ACTUAL GAMEPLAY CAPTURE01 / THE EXPERIENCE MORE THAN IDLE.
A little space opera.
No audience required.
Rival ships hunt, collect upgrades, and form temporary alliances. Asteroids crash the party. An escalating mothership makes everybody reconsider their priorities.
You can just watch. That’s the whole point.
Small ships.
All the neon.
Room to breathe.
Clean wireframes on deep black. Unboxed hints and pause controls drift gently across the scene.
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Your screen.
Your kind of space.
Landscape, portrait, ultrawide, or superwide. Choose your displays, visual intensity, and frame-rate cap.
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02 / FIELD TRANSMISSIONS STRAIGHT FROM THE SIMULATION.
No concept art.
Just a very busy universe.
Real frames from AFK Wars.
Select a capture to get closer.
AUTOPILOT IS OPTIONAL.
That ship could
use a pilot.
It got you.
With Take the Helm, press Space and jump into the battle you’ve been watching. Steer with your mouse. Hit the boost. Weapons fire automatically.
Surviving is your job.
SPACE TAKE CONTROL↖ MOUSE TO STEERSHIFT BOOST
Original chip-synth music and combat effects kick in when you do. Hand control back to silent autopilot whenever you like.
03 / CHOOSE YOUR ORBIT ONE UNIVERSE. TWO WAYS IN.
Go AFK.
Or go all in.
01 / THE SPECTATORFREE EDITION
Watch.
The universe has it handled.
Pull up a screen.
- The complete autonomous space battle
- Progressive ship upgrades and rival fleets
- Display, intensity, and frame-rate settings
- Silent watching and gently drifting controls
Press spacebar or esc to pause
WATCH FREE ON STEAM ↗Coming to Steam · Download available at launch02 / THE PILOTPLAYABLE UPGRADE
Take the helm.
Same universe.
Considerably more your problem.
- Everything in the free Watch edition
- Instant Space-to-pilot takeover
- Mouse steering and rechargeable boost
- Original music and punchy combat effects
Press spacebar to play!
GET TAKE THE HELM ON STEAM ↗Coming to Steam · Optional paid upgrade04 / BEFORE YOU CLOCK OUT
A few things
from mission control.
Is the free version actually a complete experience?+
Yes. Watch includes the complete autonomous battle, with upgrades, rival fleets, asteroids, and mothership encounters. Take the Helm adds direct control and sound when you play.
What can I run it on?+
Windows x64 and Linux x86-64 builds are in development. Current Linux previews have been tested on Ubuntu 24.04 with GNOME/X11. Final Steam system requirements will be listed on the store page.
What about OLED displays?+
AFK Wars uses dark moving visuals and drifting, fading controls with OLED displays in mind. No screensaver guarantees protection from burn-in. Keep your display’s care features and normal sleep settings enabled.
Will it make noise while I’m away?+
Watch mode is silent. In Take the Helm, music and effects start when you take control. Return to autopilot or pause to silence the battle; a mute control is also available.
When can I download it?+
The Steam release is being prepared. Purchase and free-download links will go live here once the Steam listing is available. The free edition will be Watch; the optional playable upgrade will be Take the Helm.
YOUR NEXT BREAK HAS A BATTLEFIELD.