$19.99Interstellar Rift Build the Ship, Then Fly It
Design a starship from the keel up, then take it out to mine, trade and survive in an open galaxy, alone or with a crew of friends.
Is Interstellar Rift worth it?
Interstellar Rift is worth it if…
- you want to design a starship room by room and then actually live in it
- you enjoy games where the chores are the game, and a well planned ship is the reward
- you have friends who want to crew a ship together, each with their own station
- you like sandbox galaxies where mining, trading and fighting all feed each other
- you would rather build your own fleet than fly a pre-made one
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Building a ship that is really yours
The ship editor is the heart of the game. You design your vessel deck by deck, inside and out: a small explorer, a fat cargo hauler, or a battleship that takes a whole crew to run. Every room, corridor and machine is something you place, and once built you walk through it all in first person. You can put a jukebox in the mess hall, pick a station, and watch an asteroid drift past the window. If designing from scratch sounds like work, browse the workshop for blueprints other players made, or upload your own.
A ship that needs hands on everything
There is no magic bridge console that runs the whole ship for you. Flying, power, scanning, gunnery, repairs: the systems live in different rooms, and someone has to be there. Run out of ammo mid fight and somebody walks to the cargo hold and feeds the loader by hand. Refuelling means actually hauling fuel into the tank. Solo this turns every job into a walk across your own hull, which is exactly the charm, and exactly the chore. With a crew, everyone takes a station and the ship comes alive.
Mining, trading and the economy
The galaxy runs on ore, and the asteroid belts circling its planets are full of it. Fire up resource extractors or send out mining drones to do the heavy lifting, then turn ore into goods and profit. Sell at the stores of LogiCorp and Galactic Trade, haggle with stranded pilots who need fuel, automate production lines with the ACTR, or set up your own store and trade with other players. Building bigger ships takes a lot of material, so a good mining run is never wasted time.
A galaxy with teeth
Rifts have torn open across space, and out of them came the Skrill, a hostile alien race that will overrun solar systems and wreck your business if you let them. Pirates and rival fleets are a problem too, and they come after you and your cargo. Fights play out ship against ship, or up close: hack your way aboard an enemy vessel and settle it in the corridors. After picking a faction to ally with, you take on missions, map new systems through rift generators, and build trade posts for the companies expanding their reach.
