2009 · MMORPG · Role-playing

Pirate Galaxy

Pirate Galaxy is a 3D, sci-fi brower-based MMO from Splitscreen Studios and Gamigo with real-time action. The game's story concerns the invading alien Mantis and the fight to stop them.

Released: 2009
Platforms: Browser Java virtual machine Windows
Genres: MMORPG Role-playing
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Science fiction
Country: Germany

About

Pirate Galaxy is a free-to-play, massive multiplayer online game written in Java. Players can operate spaceships, explore a collection of planets, mine minerals, and fight other players and enemies in the planetary combat. The game features 3D graphics and runs from a downloadable client.

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Gameplay

Throughout the game, the player explores star systems and planets, upgrades their ship, and completes missions to progress through the story.

Beginning on planet Kalabash in the Vega System, there are eight star systems and over 30 planets to explore. The star systems are Vega, Antares, Gemini, Mizar, Sol, Draconis, Sirius Singularity, and Tau Ceti. These systems are named in reference to the stars of the Milky Way.

Story

The game's story revolves around an organization called The Mantis who have conquered many star systems, leaving only a few pilots to recruit others to fight back.

Players take on the role of a smuggler on the planet Kalabesh in the Vega system. As the player progresses through the game, they travel to various planets, and eventually join The Colonials, who were previously their enemies. After a battle with the Mantis mothership, the player gains access to the Antares star system, where they meet the Admiral and help him find his daughter.