Spaceship Builder
Build and fly your spaceship.
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Unlock achievements, and harness the power of the Harmonic Laser!
Spaceship Builder: Your Gateway to Galactic Adventure!
Take control of your destiny in the vast expanse of space. As a novice cadet in the Empire's fleet, you'll embark on an extraordinary journey from humble beginnings to becoming a legendary spaceship commander.
Key Features:
- Engineer Your Dream Spaceship
Start with limited resources and gradually build your way to the stars. Design and construct your spaceship from the ground up, customizing every aspect to suit your playstyle.
- Unlock Advanced Technologies
Progress through an extensive tech tree, unlocking cutting-edge parts and systems to enhance your ship's capabilities. Each discovery brings you closer to crafting the ultimate vessel.
- Master Space Combat
Take full control of your ship in intense, manual battles. Prove your worth as a pilot by outmaneuvering and outgunning your opponents in thrilling space dogfights.
- Earn and Upgrade
Collect valuable Empire Credits through epic battles and daring missions. Use your hard-earned rewards to upgrade resource limits, improve ship systems, and unlock new technologies.
- Explore the Cosmos
Navigate through treacherous space sectors, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities. Your decisions and piloting skills will determine your fate in this vast, unforgiving universe.
From precise shooting to strategic ship building, every moment in Spaceship Builder is packed with excitement and challenge. Will you rise through the ranks to become the Empire's finest pilot? Your adventure in space awaits!
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more - Multiplayer beta - LAN 1v1 testing available via main menu options
- Achievement System - earn achievements and claim rewards in-game
- New weapon: Harmonic Laser + Reflective & Refractive armor types + Piston technology
- Combat optimization for high projectile and/or missile count scenarios
- Physics overhaul: max speed is no more hard limit - boosters allow temporarily exceeding it
- Customizable controls for gamepad and keyboard. gyroscope controls restored
10.6.2558 27 Mar
- Multiplayer beta - LAN 1v1 testing available via main menu options
- Achievement System - earn achievements and claim rewards in-game
- New weapon: Harmonic Laser + Reflective & Refractive armor types + Piston technology
- Combat optimization for high projectile and/or missile count scenarios
- Physics overhaul: max speed is no more hard limit - boosters allow temporarily exceeding it
- Customizable controls for gamepad and keyboard. gyroscope controls restored
10.6.2549 25 Mar
We continue dedicating time to multiplayer development. Progress is going well, and we're gradually approaching LAN beta testing.
- Massive asteroid optimization
- Significant drone buff: Main Core now provides 80 energy, thrusters work 50% better
- Ability to pilot your own drones and switch between them during combat
- New autopilot: Hold Position - useful for own ship when piloting drones
- New drone-only autopilot: Defender
- New technology: Autopilot Enhancer v1 & v2 - change ship autopilot in hangar or mid-combat
- 6 new final Squid campaign levels
- New background music tracks
- UI improvements, new ship velocity and motion vector indicator
10.5.2396 6 Feb
This update will be smaller because we've decided to dedicate more time to working on multiplayer. It's a complicated and complex topic, especially on mobile phones, but our work is progressing at a good pace.
- 2 new weapon technologies: Lightning Missiles and Lightning Torpedoes
- Daily Gift now available in the shop
- Minor optimization improvements for ship loading
- More information on discord
10.5.2273 20/12/2025
Pilot Progression & Coilgun Update
- New Pilot Level System with improved earnings progression
- Pilot Statistics tracking: damage dealt, ships destroyed, and more
- Coilgun - advanced modular weapon system
- Simplified armor descriptions, new 2x2 armor variant, 2 new armor types
- Camera maximum zoom distance slightly reduced (compensated by 2 new radar technologies extending camera zoom)
- UI improvements: variable mirror axis, expandable ship stats
- More information on discord
10.5.2173 13/11/2025
Pilot Progression & Coilgun Update
- New Pilot Level System with improved earnings progression
- Pilot Statistics tracking: damage dealt, ships destroyed, and more
- Coilgun - advanced modular weapon system
- Simplified armor descriptions, new 2x2 armor variant, 2 new armor types
- Camera maximum zoom distance slightly reduced (compensated by 2 new radar technologies extending camera zoom)
- UI improvements: variable mirror axis, expandable ship stats
- More information on discord
10.5.2167 11/11/2025
Physics and Campaign Update
- Realistic physics with center of mass calculations
- Variable max speed based on ship mass and engines
- 6 new campaign levels with new mission type
- Battle UI Editor - customize button positions and scale
- New technologies: High Energy Laser, Rotating Arc Shields
- Performance optimizations for effects and missiles
More information on discord
10.4.2014 25/09/2025
Technical and balance update.
Drone Bay Balance Update
- Reduced Drone Bay construction costs
- Selectable autopilot for drones
- Shorter use cooldown
Maximum hangar height increased to 39
Resource and hangar height cost adjustments
UI improvements
Bullets optimization
Various bug fixes
More information on discord
10.3.1863 21/08/2025
New Technology
- Small Drone Bay - Deploy small fighter ships during combat
- 2 new burst guns
Sandbox Mode
6 additional campaign levels
Arena and Imperial Route improvements - Power indicators for encountered ships
Performance optimizations for smoother combat
New Mechanics - Engine rotational power now scales with distance from ship center
More information on discord
10.3.1744 01/08/2025
New Game Mode
- Imperial Route - A mode where difficulty scales with rank and enemies attack in groups at higher difficulty levels
System Rework
- Complete overhaul of projectile and missile systems - optimization and elimination of high-speed related bugs
New Technology
- 2 new plasma engines
6 additional campaign levels
Save system enhancements
Balance Changes
- Minor buff to energy armor strength and reduced cost
- Minor buff to projectile and missile velocity
Small fixes to previous release
10.2.1560 18/06/2025
New Game Mode
- Imperial Route - A mode where difficulty scales with rank and enemies attack in groups at higher difficulty levels
System Rework
- Complete overhaul of projectile and missile systems - optimization and elimination of high-speed related bugs
New Technology
- 2 new plasma engines
6 additional campaign levels
Save system enhancements
Balance Changes
- Minor buff to energy armor strength and reduced cost
- Minor buff to projectile and missile velocity
10.2.1547 17/06/2025
New Technologies
- HKC - Heavy Kinetic Cannon
- 2 New Campaign-based Technologies - Unlock through campaign progress
Weapon Improvements
- Deck Gun and Devastator now have built-in manual targeting
- Minor buff for Deck Gun
New Campaign Content
- First 18 levels of the new campaign
- New mission type to encounter
- Asteroids in selected campaign missions
UI Improvements
- New hangar panel (bottom right) showing detailed weapon statistics based on ship energy
Customization
- 2 new ship skins available
10.1.1454 15/05/2025
New Technologies
- Fusion Core - The most optimal energy production solution available
- Torpedo Launcher - Heavy, powerful torpedoes traveling in a straight line
Game Optimizations
- Multiple game aspects optimized, especially energy shields
Experimental Gamepad Support
- Combat and some UI elements now support gamepads
- Experimental implementation may not work on all controllers
- Please report full gamepad model names if you encounter issues
Balance Changes
- Slight price reduction for Deck Gun
Bug fixes
10.1.1344 16/04/2025
New Technologies
- Fusion Core - The most optimal energy production solution available
- Torpedo Launcher - Heavy, powerful torpedoes traveling in a straight line
Game Optimizations
- Multiple game aspects optimized, especially energy shields
Experimental Gamepad Support
- Combat and some UI elements now support gamepads
- Experimental implementation may not work on all controllers
- Please report full gamepad model names if you encounter issues
Balance Changes
- Slight price reduction for Deck Gun
Bug fixes
10.1.1341 16/04/2025
Bug fixes
More stable Arena ranking and games counting
Changing Ads Provider
10.1.1288 03/04/2025
New Technologies
- Swarm Missile - Multiple fast but weak rockets
- Plasma Thrower - Short-range area energy damage
6 New Campaign Levels
- Concluding the Pirate King campaign
Visual Options
- Performance vs. Quality graphics settings
Daily Reward System
Bug and translation fixes.
10.1.1268 28/03/2025
New Technologies
- Swarm Missile - Multiple fast but weak rockets
- Plasma Thrower - Short-range area energy damage
6 New Campaign Levels
- Concluding the Pirate King campaign
Visual Options
- Performance vs. Quality graphics settings
Daily Reward System
Bug and translation fixes.
10.1.1267 27/03/2025
- Optimization for both high end and low end devices.
- Bug fixes
10.0.1212 06/03/2025
- New Skin and Color System!
- 6 New Campaign Levels
- Numerous Interface and Button Improvements
- Arena Adjustments for New Seasons
- Energy Shields Feature New Effects and Color-Based Durability Indicators
- Added Referral System for New Players
- Visual fixes
10.0.1182 28/02/2025
- New Skin and Color System!
- 6 New Campaign Levels
- Numerous Interface and Button Improvements
- Arena Adjustments for New Seasons
- Energy Shields Feature New Effects and Color-Based Durability Indicators
- Added Referral System for New Players
10.0.1180 28/02/2025
>New Technologies
- Deck Gun - Featuring a new limited-angle turret rotation system
- Advanced Thruster
>12 New Campaign Levels
>Visual Improvements
- New smoke trails and fire effects (can be disabled in settings)
- Optional Lateral Thrust functionality - enable it in settings for more control
>Daily Arena Boost System Rework
- Energy points now regenerate hourly
- More boosted games available per day than before
>Enhanced Shop Interface and Error Messages
>Combat Balance Updates
- Weapons balance
- Ramming mechanics adjustments
- AHOT nerf according to community pool.
>Fixed some reported bugs.
10.0.1103 15/02/2025
- New Mode - Arena
> Fight against ships made by other pilots and climb the rankings
> Some of the ships you fly in the Arena will appear in other pilots' battles.
- New Technology - Energy Turret
- Technology Rebalance - Lasers, Kinetic Turrets
> Kinetic Turrets are strengthened but cost more. They fire new types of ammunition with new graphics, firing animations and sounds.
> Lasers receive a slight buff but their damage decreases with the distance traveled by the beam.
- Economy balance and bug fixes
- Pilot name change fix
10.0.974 15/01/2025
- New Mode - Arena
> Fight against ships made by other pilots and climb the rankings
> Some of the ships you fly in the Arena will appear in other pilots' battles.
- New Technology - Energy Turret
- Technology Rebalance - Lasers, Kinetic Turrets
> Kinetic Turrets are strengthened but cost more. They fire new types of ammunition with new graphics, firing animations and sounds.
> Lasers receive a slight buff but their damage decreases with the distance traveled by the beam.
- Economy balance and bug fixes
10.0.970 15/01/2025
• New Allied Ships System
• New Mission Dialogues
• Rebalanced Boss Battles with Allied Ship Support
• Levels that get ally ships:
- Patrol: 4, 5, 6, 18, 24
- Pirate Fleet: 36, 72
• Better Training levels with more dialogues and some support ships
• 6 New Campaign Levels
• All Armor Types Now Available in 1x2 and 1x3 Variants
• Bug Fixes and Balance Updates
10.0.876 06/12/2024
- 4 New Technologies Available for Purchase:
- New Missile Type
- Power Armor
- Small Power Cores (Unstable)
- Large Power Cores (Unstable)
- 18 New Levels
- 1 New Starting Technology: Laser Sight
- UI Improvements
- New Enemy Behaviors
- Technology and Weapon Balance Updates
- Enhanced Premium Shop and Economy System
- Hangar Renaming Feature
10.0.823 26/11/2024
- Multiplayer beta - LAN 1v1 testing available via main menu options
- Achievement System - earn achievements and claim rewards in-game
- New weapon: Harmonic Laser + Reflective & Refractive armor types + Piston technology
- Combat optimization for high projectile and/or missile count scenarios
- Physics overhaul: max speed is no more hard limit - boosters allow temporarily exceeding it
- Customizable controls for gamepad and keyboard. gyroscope controls restored
more Version 10.6.2558 27 Mar
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