Every decision matters.
A turn-based, multiplayer tactical space combat simulator for your browser. Hard sci-fi. No shortcuts. No aliens. Just physics, sensors, and the cold vacuum between you and your enemy.
Enter the BridgeOverview
A turn based tactical space combat simulator that runs entirely in your browser. No install, no client — just your crew, your ship, and the decisions that keep them alive. Command warships in a universe where physics is law and information is power.
Campaign Mode
Lead your ships through a series of scenarios. Ships carry over damage, fuel and ammo. Be wasteful now, come to regret it in the next mission.
Fleet Action
You can bringt your ships to symmetrical fleet engagements or crafted scenarios to test your skills against other commanders or NPCs.
Core Systems
No drag. No speed limit. No brakes. Momentum is conserved — every thrust burn commits your ship to a trajectory. Flip-and-burn maneuvers, high-speed jousts, and the terrifying math of closing velocities on an integer grid.
Your ship carries its momentum between rounds. Changing direction costs fuel and time. Overshooting a target at full burn is not a bug — it's a tactical mistake.
Ships face in 45° increments. Weapon arcs, sensor coverage, and shield facing all depend on which way your bow points — and rotating costs you a round.
You don't fight what you can't see. The sensor model distinguishes between passive detection, active radar, and electronic warfare — each with tradeoffs that shape every engagement.
Every system on your ship radiates heat. Passive sensors detect this signature at range — the hotter you run, the farther away the enemy can detect you.
Active radar reveals distance, orientation, and ship class depending on the target's actual radar cross section — but the emission betrays your position.
Jam enemy fire control, evade jammed radar frequencies, and coordinate sensor links.
Switch radar bands to trade detection range for sensitivity to smaller targets.
Energy and heat are the currencies of action. Every system needs energy and generates heat — reactors, engines, weapons, shields. Managing your energy budget is as important as managing your ammunition.
Store heat to stay invisible, or vent it into space to keep systems safe. The choice between stealth and survival drives every round.
Route limited reactor and battery power to the systems that need it most. Once your reserves run dry, every allocation matters.
Exceed your thermal capacity and components start to fail. The hotter you run, the higher the failure probability — catastrophic cascades are a real risk.
Vent heat through heat sinks, then eject depleted units and replace them with fresh ones to shed heat rapidly. But keep in mind: heat sinks don't grow on trees.
Weapons hit specific sides of the hull. Damage propagates through internal structure. Every fight leaves scars — and every ship breaks differently depending on how it was built.
Cannons and railguns bypass shields but can ricochet off armor. Lasers burn through armor but can be partially blocked by shields. A weapon type for every situation.
Hits land on the 2D cross-section. Armor deflects kinetics by chance. Explosives flood-fill through structure with directional armor shadowing. Components fail as their cells are destroyed.
Launch salvos from dedicated bays. Missiles carry their own momentum and fly independently across multiple rounds. Interception is possible — but never guaranteed.
Flak, laser PD, and fighter wings engage incoming salvos in sequence. Hit probability degrades with distance. Close-range intercepts are far more reliable than long shots.
Small craft launched from carrier bays. Fighters intercept missiles and enemy strike craft. Bombers carry heavy ordnance for close-range strikes against capital ships.
Shield emitters protect each hull side independently. DC teams repair destroyed cells between rounds — if spare parts last.
Your ship is only as capable as the crew manning it. Seven officers cover the bridge's key disciplines, while crew morale can strengthen — or undermine — their performance under pressure.
Assign skill points to match your ship's needs and your playstyle.
Directs the bridge and keeps the crew focused under pressure.
Coordinates targeting, weapon fire, and point defense.
Manages radar, passive detection, and contact identification.
Oversees reactor output, heat, emissions, and efficiency.
Leads repairs, containment, and the use of spare parts.
Runs jamming, countermeasures, and sensor-network warfare.
Plans efficient burns, rotations, and evasive maneuvers.
Creation Tools
Ship & Missile Workshop
Design ships cell by cell on a 2D cross-section grid, then build missiles from modules and configure their propulsion, guidance, sensors, and warheads.
Scenario Editor
Paint asteroids, gas clouds, and terrain on the tactical map. Place ships, set factions, define mission goals, briefings, and win conditions. Build your next engagement.
Mission Logic
Wire mission events together visually. Trigger NPC behavior changes, faction communications, and objective reveals based on in-game conditions — no scripting required.
Universes
Create your own universe with custom lore, maps, factions, and scenarios — or use the official Cosmic Conflict universe as your setting.
Cosmic Conflict is in alpha. New systems ship regularly.
Jump in at play.cosmic-conflict.net