Mine. Fight. Evolve.
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Pilot a mining vessel through an asteroid field. Extract ore, sell it at the space station, and upgrade your ship with mining gear and combat systems. Every weapon tier fires differently — twin bolts, piercing lances, scatter fans, and finally a phaser beam that cuts through a whole line of ships. Fit auto-turrets and they fight for you, run regenerating shields that soak a hit before your hull ever feels it, and tow the salvage crates wrecks leave behind back to the dock for far more than the bounty. Raiders attack the station too, so buy it guns and hull before they take your only market offline. Enemies appear as you progress — evolve your ship class from Miner to Gunship to Cruiser.
You start with a basic mining vessel near a space station. Fly to nearby asteroids and hold Space to extract ore.
When your cargo hold is full, return to the space station to sell ore for credits. Use credits to buy upgrades from the station menu.
Mining upgrades increase extraction speed and cargo capacity. Combat upgrades add weapons and shields — you’ll need them.
Starting from Run 2, enemy ships appear in the asteroid field. They’ll attack on sight. Use F to fire your laser (requires the Laser upgrade).
Each Laser tier changes how the gun fires, not just its damage: Pulse, then Twin Pulse, a piercing Lance, a three-shot Scatter, and finally the Phaser — a hitscan beam that damages every ship in its line at once.
Auto-Turrets shoot without you. Point Defense covers one target, the Twin Battery engages two at once, and the Phaser Array sweeps beams across a pack fast enough to clear it while you keep mining.
Shields are a pool that soaks damage before your hull does. They stop recharging for a few seconds after any hit and then refill on their own, so breaking off a fight is often better than pushing through one.
Wrecked ships leave salvage crates worth well more than the kill bounty. Your tractor beam grabs any crate you fly near — no button — and tows it behind you; the credits only bank once you drag it back to the station. Upgrading the Salvage Tractor extends its reach and lets you tow more at once, at the cost of some speed.
From Run 4, some raiders ignore you entirely and go for the station. If they knock it offline you cannot sell ore, cash salvage or buy upgrades for the rest of that run — it is repaired before the next one. Station Guns and Station Hull let the dock defend itself while you mine.
As you buy more combat upgrades, your ship class evolves: Miner → Gunship → Cruiser. Each class changes your ship’s appearance and stats.
Your score is based on total credits earned across all runs. If your ship is destroyed, you respawn at the station but lose your current cargo.
Ore Wars is a free browser-based 3D space game where you mine asteroids, sell ore, and upgrade your ship while fighting off enemies.
Yes, Ore Wars is completely free to play in your browser with no downloads required.
Buy combat upgrades at the space station to evolve your ship class from Miner to Gunship to Cruiser, each with improved stats and appearance.
The laser upgrades through five tiers that each fire differently: Pulse, Twin Pulse, a piercing Lance, a three-shot Scatter, and the Phaser — a beam that damages every ship in its line at once.
Yes. Auto-Turrets target enemies without you. Point Defense covers one target, the Twin Battery engages two at once, and the top-tier Phaser Array sweeps beams across a group fast enough to clear it while you keep mining.
Destroyed enemy ships leave salvage crates worth more than the kill bounty. Your tractor beam grabs any crate you fly near automatically and tows it behind you, but the credits only bank once you drag it back to the space station.
Yes. From Run 4 onward some raiders bypass you and attack the station. If it goes offline you cannot sell ore, cash salvage or buy upgrades until the next run, so you can buy it Station Guns and Station Hull to defend itself.