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DarkOrbit, twenty years in orbit

DarkOrbit opened in 2006 as a Flash game and is still running in 2026. When browsers dropped Flash at the end of 2020, Bigpoint moved it to a small desktop client. You register on the website and fly through that client.

The basic loop takes ten minutes to learn: fly out, shoot aliens, bring the cargo home, upgrade. The depth arrives later, with drone formations, ammunition types and the company wars on shared maps. Expect a slow first week while your ship catches up.

Three companies, MMO, EIC and VRU, each with its own home sector.
Upgrades come gradually, so the hours you put in show on your ship.
Clans fight for battle stations on contested maps.

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