Orbit Yard: Space Station Tycoon

A ship is approaching. Your reactor is humming. Is the station ready? Orbit Yard is a calm space station management game: build an orbital service yard where every module belongs to a working power network, then open the docking cycle and see how your planning holds up.

Modules only work when they connect to a reactor network, and each one draws power. Habitats house your crew, fabricators turn parts into components, radiators keep the heat down and oxygen keeps everyone breathing. Twelve ship profiles arrive with their own demands, solar forecasts warn of radiation pulses, and when power runs short you decide what gets it first. Between cycles, rearrange anything.

What's in it

• 24 module types, from fission cores and life support to docking collars, fabrication bays and research antennas
• A real power network: generation, draw, oxygen, heat and station condition to balance
• 12 ship profiles with different service needs, and crew to recruit
• Solar forecasts, power priorities and emergency heat venting
• 60 contracts across five regions, research and 15 achievements
• Pause any time, or run at 1x, 2x or 3x speed. Three save slots.
• English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Plays offline, no account.

Controls (PC)

• Mouse: click tiles to build and inspect, drag the station to pan, mouse wheel to zoom. Right-click stops placing.
• Space: pause / resume. Enter: start the cycle, then continue after its report. 1 / 2 / 3: speed.
• B build, O operations, R research, J journal, H how to play, F fit the view, + / − zoom.
• Esc: close a panel, or open Settings.

The itch.io version

• No ads. No in-app purchases. The full game, once.
• The mobile version's optional "sponsor bonus" after a cycle is not in this version. Everything else is the same game, and the once-a-day recovery grant is still there if funds run low.
• A 1280x800 window that fits a 1080p screen and can be resized.

Credits

Art: Space Kit by Kenney (CC0). Made with Godot (MIT).