22 May 2026: New-player tutorial
An opt-in guided walkthrough · Your first colony, refineries and fleet · Choose it on the race-select screen
A guided start for new commanders
- New players can opt into a step-by-step tutorial. A small card in the corner of the screen walks you through the early game one move at a time: reading your resources and the galactic clock, finding your way around the map and the system panel, transforming your first Deliverer into a Colony, building your first Refineries, sending your other colonizers out to claim more systems, the top bar (Nation, News), and Maintenance Points. It is the fastest way to learn how a galactic empire actually runs.
- Opt in on the race-select screen. When you set up in a new galaxy there is a single Play the New Player Tutorial toggle. Tick it and the tutorial runs; ticking it locks your race to Humans for that galaxy, since the walkthrough is written around the Human starter fleet. Leave it off to drop straight into free play.
- Skippable at any point. Change your mind mid-tutorial and you can dismiss it; it never blocks you from playing the game your own way.