The exodus fleet never went home
Fly your own ship across 1,725 star systems. Fight pirates and other players, trade in a player-run economy, land on planets and build colonies. Free, in your browser.
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You fly small ships directly: aim with the mouse, strafe with six-axis thrusters, boost and drift. On big hulls you command turret batteries that track the targets you call. Damage takes shields first, then armor, then hull.
Warp to planets, stations, belts and anomalies, then take a jump gate to the next system. There are no loading screens between planets.
Leave orbit, come through atmospheric entry and fly low over oceans, forests, ice and lava. Land at a spaceport or on any flat ground, and harvest what's on the surface.
Found a colony on a planetary plateau and grow it from an outpost into a domed city. Plan districts, research technologies, terraform the planet over several days and defend it from raiders.
Start in a small skirmisher and work up to gunships, heavy warships, fighter tenders, flagships and behemoths. Fit the slots, paint a livery, move ships between stations and check them over in the hangar.
Ships and modules are made from ore that players mined. Trade on each station's order book, post contracts, refine and manufacture, or start a clan and fight over territory.
Nineteen skills that go from 1 to 99 as you play: gunnery by landing hits, mining by mining, hunting by taking bounty tasks from the Bounty Masters. Master one and your ship shows its regalia: pennants, paint and lights other pilots can see.
Each skill levels as you use it and unlocks gear, ships and perks along the way. Two related skills trained together unlock a synergy.
In the Game Guide: Skills · Infiltration · Droneworks
Level 75Ammunition EconomyAmmunition guns keep the round on 15% of shots.
Synergy with HuntingMarked Prey
Level 95Salvo Master+3% damage with every launcher.
Synergy with IndustryOrdnance Workshop
Level 90Bulwark+3% shield, armor and hull.
Synergy with EngineeringLayered Grid
Level 90Charge Mastery+5% battery charge rate.
Synergy with RacingPit Craft
Level 95Apex HunterOne on-task kill in ten counts twice toward your task.
Synergy with ExplorationBloodhound
Level 95Iron DisciplineWings on hazard pay never break, whatever their morale.
Synergy with LeadershipRallying Banner
Level 90Ace Reflexes+3% pitch, yaw and roll rates.
Synergy with RacingSlipstream School
Level 94Grand Prix MasterPodium prize rolls 6% more often.
Synergy with PilotingSlipstream School
Level 90Pathfinder's Eye+5% Seal Breaker success and +10% extra databank chance.
Synergy with SalvagingRuin Reader
Level 99Ore SenseOne laser cycle in ten strikes a rich vein and cuts double.
Synergy with RefiningAssayer's Eye
Level 90Master Collector5% of collector cycles bring up a double haul.
Synergy with ColonizationHomestead Stores
Level 90Flawless RefiningYour refining yield reaches 100%: nothing is lost.
Synergy with MiningAssayer's Eye
Level 90Master ShipwrightOne more manufacturing slot, and batch jobs finish 5% sooner.
Synergy with RefiningClean Feedstock
Level 90Master Reclaimer+5% salvage chance, and twin recoveries on 25% of hauls.
Synergy with IndustryScrap to Spec
Level 88Cool BanksBank self-discharge is 20% lower.
Synergy with EngineeringCell Discipline
Level 95Trade HorizonSee market prices 10 jumps out; faster, cheaper deliveries within reach.
Synergy with IndustryMaker's Market
Level 90Grand CommanderDoctrine broadcasts are 5% stronger.
Synergy with ColonizationCivic Command
Level 90Master PlannerColony construction finishes 10% sooner.
Synergy with HarvestingHomestead Stores
Level 90Hush ProtocolRig Burnt after a lockout lasts half as long, and dispatched patrols arrive 20% later.
Synergy with ExplorationCold Reader
Level 95Flotilla MasterCrew wages 10% lower.
Synergy with LeadershipConvoy Command
Level 90Driftwarden's FleetA fifth salvage tug.
Synergy with SalvagingWreck Sense
Level 95Crownroot Bonsai20 h crop
Synergy with HarvestingGreen Thumb
Level 90Master DrillerOne more rig, and your rigs bring up 4% more.
Synergy with MiningCore Sampling
Level 90Master SurveyorCharts take 10% less time.
Synergy with ExplorationField Notes
Level 90Master EngineerLineage sources rest 10 days instead of 14.
Synergy with IndustryShop Floor
Friends, clans and hired wings, plus HUD and accessibility settings.
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Humanity's exodus fleet came into the Xetodus Cluster through a wormhole that closed behind it. Three powers now hold the core, and pirates hold the fringe.
Governs the core of the cluster. Its Marshals patrol Secure space.
Miners, haulers and shipwrights. Most of what's built or sold in the cluster goes through Kheper.
A military state on the border, known for the best-trained fighter pilots in the cluster.
Pirate clans on the fringe who answer only to the Crown. You can't join them, but you can hunt them.
No one alive remembers the crossing. What's left are derelict arks, relic caches in the wreck fields and the stories the Vanguard tell about the first ships through. The story quests explain why the wormhole closed. Read the story
Accord Marshals patrol Secure space. Contested space pays more and is more dangerous. In Lawless space clans plant territory beacons, the best ore is in the belts, and the Hollow Crown raids anyone worth robbing.
XETODUS is free to play, all of it. The Vanguard Charter is an optional membership that supports the game. It adds more missions, market orders and pilot slots, members' skills and quests, a members gear tier, drone roles and its own liveries.
Launch price for a limited time
Plus tax where it applies. Billed by Stripe. Cancel any time; perks last until the end of the paid period.
Fair play: every combat, mining and trade ship, every free module and system, and every core skill is open to all pilots. Standard module stats, XP rates, loot, fees and rewards are the same for everyone. Vanguard adds members' skills and quests, a members gear tier one step above the best free gear, and drone roles. Members' skills have their own hiscore boards and never count toward total level or the Overall ranking. Aether can't be turned into credits or items.
Share your invite link from the Recruit window in the game. When a friend plays, you both earn.
Every pilot has a personal link and QR code. Friends who sign up with it become your wingmates.
Rewards arrive once your recruit becomes an active pilot. A sign-up alone earns nothing.
They get a welcome pack. You get the Wingmate Chevron livery and Aether, then a squadron frame, Vanguard Charter time, and exclusive paint, titles and an engine glow.
Rewards are cosmetics, account-bound Aether and Charter time only, never tradeable and never power. We review referrals for fair play; see the Terms. Program terms
You need a browser with WebGL 2 and a graphics chip from the last several years. On first launch the game checks your GPU and picks a preset from Low to Cinematic. You can change any option later.
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Browser | A recent Chrome, Edge or Firefox, or Safari 16.4 or newer | The latest Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari |
| Graphics API | WebGL 2 with hardware acceleration turned on (required) | Auto picks WebGL 2 or WebGPU, whichever runs at least as fast on your device. WebGPU works in Chrome and Edge, Safari 26 and Firefox 141+ on Windows; you can choose either in Settings › Graphics › Graphics API |
| Operating system | Windows 10, macOS 12, ChromeOS or a desktop Linux that runs one of those browsers | Windows 11, a current macOS, ChromeOS or Linux, with up-to-date graphics drivers |
| Processor | 4 CPU threads | 8 CPU threads or more (planet terrain is built in parallel on up to 8 worker threads) |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Intel Iris Xe, AMD Radeon Vega 8 or GeForce GTX 1050 class (Low preset). Apple M1 and Radeon 680M / 780M run Medium | GeForce RTX 3060, Radeon RX 6600, Intel Arc A750 or Apple M2 Pro class (High preset) |
| What you get | Low: FSR 1 upscaling, no shadows or ambient occlusion, adaptive quality toward a 60 fps target | High at 1440p: MSAA 4x, 2K soft shadows, Radiance global illumination, a 60 fps target |
| Connection | Always online: a stable broadband, 4G or 5G connection | Broadband or 5G with a low, steady ping (wired or 5 GHz Wi-Fi is best) |
| Storage | About 1 GB free with Stream as needed (Settings, Account, Game data) | About 4 GB free to keep the whole game on your device (the default) |
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone and iPad | iOS or iPadOS 16.4 or newer (iPhone 8 and later) | A recent iPhone (A15 chip or newer) or an M-series iPad, on the latest iOS |
| Android | Android 7.0 or newer with an up-to-date Chrome (WebGL 2) | Android 12 or newer (also needed for WebGPU) |
| Chip | Any phone GPU with WebGL 2 runs the Low preset | Snapdragon 855 or newer (Adreno 640 and up), Mali-G76 / G78 / G710 or Immortalis class, or any Apple chip: these start on Medium |
| What you get | Low with touch flight controls, capped at 60 fps | Medium with touch flight controls, capped at 60 fps, with a lighter sky and textures to save memory |
| Screen | Portrait or landscape | Landscape, on a large phone or a tablet |
XETODUS is a free-to-play 3D space MMO (massively multiplayer online game) that runs in your web browser on desktop and mobile. You fly your own ship across 1,725 star systems, fight pirates and other players, mine, craft and trade in a player-run economy, land on planets and build colonies. Everyone plays in one shared online universe.
XETODUS is published and operated by Legend Games LLC. It launched on September 24, 2026 and gets regular updates, posted on the News page.
Yes. Every combat, mining and trade ship, every free module and star system, and every core skill is free for all pilots. The optional Vanguard Charter ($4.99 a month) adds convenience, cosmetics and members' content: more pilot slots, market and contract slots, liveries, a monthly Aether stipend, 6 Vanguard skills with members' areas and 5 Vanguard hulls for them (bought with in-game credits), members' quests, a members gear tier and drone roles.
No separate install. XETODUS runs in a modern browser with WebGL 2: open xetodus.com, create an account and fly. On first launch the game downloads its data and keeps it on your device, so later launches are quick and updates are small patches. You can also install it as an app from Chrome, Edge or Safari for a full-screen window and a home-screen icon.
Current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS, plus Android, iPhone and iPad with touch controls. The game picks a graphics preset from Low to Cinematic for your GPU.
Minimum, for the Low preset: a browser with WebGL 2 (a recent Chrome, Edge or Firefox, or Safari 16.4+), 4 CPU threads, 8 GB RAM and Intel Iris Xe, Radeon Vega 8 or GeForce GTX 1050 class graphics. Recommended, for the High preset: 8 CPU threads, 16 GB RAM and a GeForce RTX 3060, Radeon RX 6600 or Apple M2 Pro class GPU. Cinematic needs an RTX 4080 SUPER to RTX 5090 or RX 7900 XTX class card. WebGL 2 is enough. On Auto, the game also tries WebGPU where your browser supports it and keeps it only if it runs at least as fast.
No. XETODUS is one shared online universe. Every pilot you meet is another player or a faction NPC, and the market, clans and territory are shared by everyone on the server.
Yes. Phones and tablets get touch flight controls and lighter graphics presets. You need iOS or iPadOS 16.4 or newer, or Android 7.0 or newer with an up-to-date Chrome. It plays best in landscape on a recent device (Snapdragon 855 or newer, or any Apple chip).
Yes. Add friends with a mutual request and see when they're online and, if they allow it, roughly where. You can warp to a friend in your system or plot a route to theirs. Form a squad for a shared fight, join a clan to take territory in Lawless space, or hire Retainer wings as escorts. When a friend signs up with your invite link and plays, you both get rewards.
Yes. Four Secure trade hubs have a Battle Arena for one-on-one duels inside energy bubbles. Both pilots agree on the rules and pick a ship. An autopilot with four stances flies each ship, so the duel comes down to weapons and decisions. A ship at zero hull is disabled, not destroyed. Other pilots can watch. Duels are rated: tiers, records and Arena Points show on the Arena leaderboard and on pilot pages.
Yes. Settings has an Accessibility tab: text size from 85 to 150 percent, high contrast, reduced motion, reduced flashing, three colorblind palettes with shape and word cues, larger tap targets and a stronger focus ring. You can also remap any key, move and resize the main HUD cards, and pick one of three flight gauge styles.
Gridcraft is a core skill, free for every pilot. You deploy solar arrays and battery banks at fixed anchors around a system's stars, planets and moons. Farms fill while you're away, and you press the energy into Charge Cells to sell, trade or use. A daily quota keeps the income in line with colonies and the Flotilla. Farms can't be destroyed, and Vanguard members get no extra output or protection. The Game Guide has the details.
Yes. If a market within your Trading reach sells an item for less, from a pilot's listing or a trade post shelf, use Buy there, courier here: you pay there and a courier brings it to your station for a fee. Vanguard members can buy from any market in the galaxy, delivered in about 1.5 minutes per jump and never more than 30 minutes, and can ship stacks from any hangar to sell at any market.
An optional membership for $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year (where the yearly plan is offered), billed by Stripe. It adds two pilot slots, more market orders and contracts, Vanguard liveries, a badge, cloud-saved settings and cheaper Retainer Writs, plus 6 members' skills: Flotilla (hired mining crews), Reclamation (salvage tugs that work the Deep Drift while you're offline), Xenobiology (alien crops in station Greenhouse Bays), Extracting (drill rigs on moon deposits you find with Seismic Beacons), Cartography (chart the cluster and trace each system's Deep Signal) and Droneworks (companion drones built at a Drone Bay; one flies beside your ship). Cancel any time; perks last until the end of the paid period.
Each Vanguard skill has its own hiscore board, but none counts toward total level, pilot level, the Overall ranking or achievements. Their bonuses stay inside their own activity, except Droneworks drones, which take small, capped roles in the field. They cost credits to run. Yards and rigs that work while you're away are capped per account each day, Flotilla crews are paced by an hourly haul license, and all of them earn far less per hour than flying yourself. If your Charter ends, you keep all your XP and items.
A Vanguard Permit is an item you buy with a card in the Vanguard store (from $2.99; larger packs cost less per permit). Each one redeems for 14 days of Vanguard Charter time. Pilots can trade permits in the game, and whoever holds one can redeem it. New permits can usually be traded at once; some purchases are held for up to 24 hours first. You need an account with a verified email to buy them. Refunds are covered in the Refund Policy.
Yes. Every pilot has a personal invite link in the Recruit window in the game. When a friend signs up with it and becomes an active pilot, you get the Wingmate Chevron livery and Aether, and they get a welcome pack. Later milestones add a pilot-card frame, more Aether, Vanguard Charter time, and exclusive squadron paint, titles and an engine glow. Rewards are cosmetic or account-bound, never power. A sign-up alone earns nothing, and we review referrals for fair play.
Yes. The official XETODUS Discord (discord.gg/fudWXK8v3b) is where pilots find wingmates and clans, share screenshots, ask questions and talk with the team. In the game, Send feedback in Settings (or F8) sends a bug report, idea or balance note to the developers, with an optional screenshot.
Yes. Every image on this page was rendered by the game, in the same renderer that runs in your browser, at the Cinematic preset. A few battle and fleet scenes were set up in the game's developer ship viewer: we placed the ships by hand, then they fired their real weapons with the game's own effects. None of it is concept art, a pre-rendered trailer or AI imagery.
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