Commanders of the Void

Open pre-alpha test is over!

Thank you everyone for participating! Development now continues. Future tests will be announced here and on Discord.

Ok, but what is this game about?

Commanders of the Void is an online RTS (real-time strategy) game where you play against others using your own spaceship designs. It features both ranked and casual matchmaking.

Your avatar is commanding the flagship of your fleet, on top of that you have dozens of crew members and multiple ships at your disposal.

How to win in CotV? Assemble a fleet of your best designs and kill the enemy commander!

Features already implemented

  • Ship combat including boarding other ships
  • Very simple Sign Up process in-game
  • Matchmaking system
  • Region support (at the moment US-East and Europe)
  • Basic local practice against a dummy bot
  • Ship designer to design your own ships with basic selection of parts
  • Fleet manager to create fleets
  • Crew management with the ability to change their name and gender, and view their stats
  • Global top players list, basic ELO and XP
  • Global in-game chat
  • Global in-game news
  • User profiles, match histories and other things stored in a global database

Features implemented in the future

  • Professionally done graphics
  • Large amount of different ship parts and modules
  • Much improved rank and ELO implementation
  • Proper ship part unlocking via player XP
  • More maps and map features
  • Proper bots
  • ... and many more improvements, most notably making the game more fun by tweaking the gameplay until it feels great

- ApinaLabs 2025