A space game for Android
Thread the gates. Every one buys you time.
Somewhere past the last charted star, your path begins: one ring of light in the dark, then another past it, then another past that.
All you carry is a clock, and it is always running down. Every gate you fly through fills it back up.
Free to play, with no adverts. For Android 11 and later.
- 4levels of mercy
- 4ways to choose where to fly
- 8finishes for four hulls
- 0adverts
How it plays
The clock is always running down
Every gate you thread buys time back. How much depends on how cleanly you go through.
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1
Slip through the middle
The clock fills back up. Catch the edge and it fills a little less.
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2
Keep the streak going
String gates together and every one is worth more than the last.
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3
Never drift by
Pass a gate without threading it and you get nothing at all: your streak falls to zero, and the dark carries on taking seconds off you.
On the way
Rock, dead satellites and other saucers
Around you: rock that has been tumbling since long before anyone was watching, dead satellites still pointing the way they were left, spent rocket stages, and other saucers with somewhere else to be.
Behind all of it a ringed planet, and a band of stars close enough to count.
- Swipe to steer, or fly on the arrow keys of a keyboard.
- Double-tap to hang in place: the run pauses until you carry on.
Difficulty
How much mercy do you want?
Four levels, from wide openings and a generous clock to none at all.
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Cadet
Wide openings, a generous clock.
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Pilot
The standard run.
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Ace
Tight openings, crowded fields.
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Legend
No mercy at all.
Courses
Every stretch of space has an address
Every run is built from a short code, and the same code raises the same stretch of space on anybody's phone: the same openings in the same places, the same rock, the same silence.
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Random
New space every launch.
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Daily
One stretch a day, shared by everybody, with your best score on it.
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Code
Paste in whatever you were sent, or open a shared course link.
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Design
Lay out your own stretch of space and let it loose.
The designer
Draw your own stretch of space, then send it
The designer hands you the spacing, the size of the openings, how much is out there and what it is made of, and draws you a map of the whole thing before you commit. Reroll until you find a shape worth sending.
Send your code to someone and they fly precisely what you flew. Go down, pass on your score with the code attached, and wait to hear whether they got further.
- A map of the opening stretch, seen from above, before you launch.
- Every result comes with its code, ready to copy or share.
The saucer itself
Four hulls, eight finishes and a mixer
It is all paint: every hull flies identically. Whichever you settle on is the one drifting past behind the menu.
- ScoutThe classic disc
- CruiserWide and heavy set
- InterceptorSwept delta wing
- OrbiterRinged survey pod
- Steel
- Titanium
- Orbital
- Gold Foil
- Carbon
- Chrome
- Cobalt
- Copper
None of them right? The mixer paints the hull any colour you like. The Scout in Steel is free; every other hull and finish, and the mixer, come with Premium.
For the minutes you actually have
Stop when you need to, carry on when you can
A run waits for you, and the game gets out of the way of everything else on your phone.
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Hang in place
Double-tap, or press Esc on a keyboard, and the run pauses. Pulling down the notification shade pauses it too.
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Pick it up later
Set a run down mid-flight and pick it back up later. If Android closes the game in the background, the run comes back paused.
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Upright or sideways
Turning the phone pauses the run instead of ending it, and landscape shows the world at the same size as upright.
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Your music keeps playing
Music and effects have separate switches, and anything you already had playing keeps playing, with the game mixed over the top.
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A keyboard, if you like
Fly on the arrow keys or WASD. Return or an arrow launches a run.
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Feel every gate
A small buzz when you pass or miss a gate, and a click under every button.
The game itself
A look around
Screens from the game on an Android phone.
Scroll sideways to see them all. Open any screen to see it larger.
Price
Free to play, with no adverts
Premium adds Legend, every way of choosing where to fly, and every hull and finish. You can cancel it at any time.
Free
- Cadet, Pilot and Ace
- New space every launch
- The Scout hull in Steel
- Your best runs and their codes
- No adverts
Premium
Everything in the free game, and all of this:
- Legend, with no mercy at all
- The daily course, shared by everybody
- Courses from a code or a shared link
- The course designer
- Every hull and every finish
- The paint mixer
Subscription terms Weekly, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Google Play account when you confirm. The subscription renews automatically until you cancel it, and you can cancel it in Google Play at any time. Google Play shows the prices in your own currency.
Free to download
For Android 11 and later.
Scan the code with your phone to open the game in Google Play.
Private by design
Your scores stay on your phone
There is no account, no sign-in and no analytics. Everything the game remembers is kept on your own device.
- On your phoneYour scores, your settings and a paused run are saved on the phone. Android's own backup can copy them to your Google account.
- No accountNo sign-up, no email address and no password.
- No advertisingNo banners and nothing that interrupts a run.
- No trackingNo analytics and no advertising identifiers. Nothing about you is collected or sold.
- Plays offlineThe game needs no connection to play. It goes online only to ask Google Play about your subscription, and to open a link you tap. The one permission it asks for is vibration, for the buzz at each gate. Google Play sends its own crash reports, which describe the crash and not you. Read the privacy policy.
Questions and answers
What people ask
Is Saucervia free?
Yes. Cadet, Pilot and Ace are free, on new space every launch, in the Scout hull in Steel, and there are no adverts.
Premium adds Legend, the daily course, courses from a code, the designer, and every hull and finish.
How do I send someone the course I flew?
Every run has a code, and the end of a run shows it, ready to copy or to share with your score. Whoever enters that code flies exactly the same stretch of space.
Flying a code you were sent comes with Premium.
Does it need an internet connection?
No. The game plays offline. It only goes online to ask Google Play about a subscription.
What happens if I turn the phone or switch to another app?
The run pauses, and nothing is lost. If Android closes the game while it is in the background, your run comes back paused.
Can I play with a keyboard?
Yes. Steer with the arrow keys or WASD, launch a run with return or an arrow, and pause with Esc.
Which phones does it run on?
Any phone or tablet with Android 11 or later.
How do I cancel the subscription?
In Google Play: tap your profile picture, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
You keep Premium until the end of the period you have paid for.