Why SpaceInvasion

Your empire among the stars

Everything a true Spacepilot needs — deep strategy, real-time battles and a universe shaped by thousands of players.

Fleet construction

Design and combine dozens of ship types into powerful fleets and send them across the galaxy.

Alien galaxies

Hunt down powerful alien bosses whose black holes warp entire galaxies around them.

Synth network

A vast, deeply interconnected skill network with 347 nodes and different play-style mechanics to specialise your empire.

Planet & base building

Build up every planet brick by brick — mines, factories, shipyards and defences in a living base view.

Fleet actions

Watch every mission live — saves, recycling runs and attacks racing across the universe in real time.

Research

Climb a deep tech tree to unlock stronger ships, buildings and abilities for your empire.

Specialisations

Shape your own playstyle with powerful specialisations — economy, military, espionage and more.

Events

Regular events, contests and limited-time universes with exclusive rewards to win.

Changelog

Recent updates

Patch2026-06-11

Wavebreaker Outpost Event and new Design

  • UI: Beta Layout: Introduced a new Beta Layout available in settings, covering buildings, research, production, weapons factory, defense, economy pages, fleet command, Alien Waves, Interdimensional Transmitter, planet bar, and live resource display.
  • UI: Interdimensional Transmitter: Updated Transmitter page to show detailed overview of extra bonus every 10 activations and transparent display of possible rewards and chances, reflecting existing values.
Patch2026-06-03

Changes, Updates and new Outpost!

  • Recycling Yard: It is no longer possible to use the Recycling Yard via Merchant+ if an attack is less than 60 seconds away to prevent harassment attacks.
  • Merchant+: Merchant+ now exchanges resources when starting research if the required resources are not available.
Patch2026-05-18

Forum Migration and Game Changes

  • Forum: The forum will be migrated to a new server separate from the main server structure to improve availability even if Bitmeup servers have issues.
  • Rubblefield Event: Fixed a logic error where global rubblefields were not adjusted by universe speed, causing excessive farming values.

All patch notes →

Endgame depth

The Synth network

A vast skill-structure network with 347 interconnected nodes and different play-style mechanics. Plan your build, branch into specialisations and min-max your empire — open the live planner and see the complexity for yourself.

Open the Synth planner
Ships, tech & tools

Build, simulate, conquer

Dozens of ships, buildings, defences and research to unlock — plus free tools to plan every move before you make it.

Leaderboards

Legends of the universe

Real results from live universes — the biggest battles ever fought and the champions who conquered them.

🏆 Battle Hall of Fame

  1. 1
    dzik1975vsCµlúmbàNexus · 2025-07-24
    8.654.793.955.000
  2. 2
    dzik1975vsBumblebeeNexus · 2025-11-25
    8.512.723.210.000
  3. 3
    The~Chosen~OnevsCommanderSirius · 2025-11-24
    5.216.752.876.200
  4. 4
    Reilyghtvs-alfredo88-Nexus · 2026-01-25
    5.129.023.112.000
  5. 5
    MiHa1965_1vs.MacGyver.RETRO · 2025-11-02
    4.932.782.768.000

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Also available

SpaceInvasion 2

SpaceInvasion 2 is the newer, more cinematic version of the game. Our community loves the classic retro style so much that we focus mainly on SpaceInvasion (Classic) — but if you prefer the more modern look, SI2 is right here to dive into.

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Our story

A living legend since 2007

SpaceInvasion has been running for over 19 years — with TV ads, a huge community and a couple of owners along the way. And it is still alive and actively developed.

Published over the years by
Bigpoint2008 – 2011
2011 – Today
SpaceInvasion 7Games retail CD
True story: SpaceInvasion even shipped on a 7Games retail CD.
  1. 2007
    Galaxy Destroyer

    A small team launches the browser strategy game that would become SpaceInvasion.

  2. 2008
    Relaunch by BigpointBigpoint

    Bigpoint takes it over and relaunches it as SpaceInvasion — running until the end of 2011, even with TV advertising.

  3. 2011
    Independent again

    Chupa and Dschi found SpaceInvasion UG, take the game over, merge every world into the RETRO universe and ship a wave of new features.

  4. 2012
    SpaceInvasion 2

    The more cinematic version of SpaceInvasion launches.

  5. 2013
    The BitMeUp network

    We found BitMeUp UG and grow a whole network of games around SpaceInvasion.

  6. 2015
    GeNeSIS speed universes

    The first GeNeSIS (Generation Next SpaceInvasion Speed) universe launches — a fast-paced series that still runs today.

  7. 2018
    The Nexus fusion

    The German, International and Russian universes merge into the new Nexus universe.

  8. 2019
    Sirius

    Sirius launches — a universe with special attack zones and new defensive strategies for your units.

  9. 2020
    Aliens & black holes

    Alien attacks and galaxy-warping black holes arrive — later joined by a powerful boss out to conquer the galaxies.

  10. 2022
    Nexus Raid ↗

    A more RPG-style side of SpaceInvasion: build a fleet of tank, healer and damage ships and take on aliens solo or with a 5-player team.

  11. 2023
    Now on Steam

    SpaceInvasion arrives on Steam, reaching a whole new audience.

  12. 2024
    Infinity & Astral fleets

    Our latest endless universe, Infinity, introduces Astral fleets — recover your fleets even after a battle.

  13. 2025
    The Synth network

    The Synth network goes live — now a central core feature, with a deeply interconnected skill tree of 347 nodes.

  14. Today
    Still going strong

    We still publish and actively develop SpaceInvasion — and players keep coming back to a game that is very much alive.

With thanks to our team
Team lead
Nodelay
Special thanks for years of dedication
Current team
SmuggyVeneroGibron
Tools
Bald EagleHazzitGarfield
Testing
KingKamaZapp
Former crew
SnoopySshadowTrinityMuschuCremeSmokeFogger