Star Citizen is a sandbox open-world MMO "SpaceSim" by Cloud Imperium Games. Explore the 'verse, fight, trade, and more when you play Sta...
Star Citizen is a massively multiplayer space simulation developed by Cloud Imperium Games, in active development since 2012 and funded by over $700 million in crowdfunding. The game combines first-person shooting, space flight, trading, mining, and exploration in a persistent universe built at an unprecedented scale.
As of March 2026, the game is in Alpha 4.7, titled "Welcome to the Rock", which introduced the first iteration of in-game crafting, a reworked inventory system, and new Breaker Station missions in both PvE and PvP variants.
Star Citizen lets you walk around space stations, board your ship on foot, fly seamlessly from a planet's surface into orbit, and quantum travel to other star systems. Combat happens on the ground with FPS mechanics and in space with full Newtonian flight physics. Mining, cargo hauling, bounty hunting, and medical rescue are all viable career paths.
Server meshing technology, which allows multiple servers to work together to support larger player counts in the same area, continues to be expanded. Alpha 4.8 is estimated for May 2026 with additional features still to be announced.
No other game attempts what Star Citizen is building. The fidelity of its ships, environments, and physics simulation is unmatched. Walking through a Carrack, manning its turrets, launching a snub fighter from its bay, and landing on an uncharted moon is an experience that exists nowhere else in gaming.