Play Astera Online in your browser
You can play Astera Online, a free-to-play browser space MMORPG, in under a minute. Play as a guest or register, pick your starter faction — Federation, Empire, or Republic — and undock into a living galaxy. Play now at play.asteraonline.com.
DiscordStarting
Open play.asteraonline.com, play as a guest or register, and choose your starting faction: Federation, Empire, or Republic. You start at that empire’s capital with a frigate, and undock into a living galaxy
Missions
Run combat, logistics, survey, mining, and harvesting missions to earn favour with powerful factions and redeem unique rewards.
Resources
Fly to a belt, gather survey data with a Mineral Scanner or Gas Scanner, mine ores with a Mining Laser, and harvest gas with a Gas Harvester.
Combat
Take on combat missions from agents, or head to a belt and fight criminals and pirates to collect bounties. Prey on unsuspecting pilots in low and null-security space.
Industry
Refine ores and gas at a station industry bay, manufacture components, build ships and modules, and set up an industrial facility to expand your production.
Explore
Find Deadpsace Sites with a Directional Scanner. Dangerous enemies await.
Build
Deploy a station core, then expand it with production facilities. Be careful, other players can attack your station!
Conquer
Start or join a faction and lay claim to outer-rim systems. Fight other factions for control of the galaxy.