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title: "Citadel — High-Stakes Gunship Sandbox MMO"
description: "A high-stakes gunship sandbox MMO. Inside the machine. Into the war. Factions need your guns."
canonical: "https://www.thecitadel.com/"
content_type: "machine-readable marketing page"
language: "en"
---

# Citadel

> A high-stakes gunship sandbox MMO. Inside the machine. Into the war. Factions need your guns.

Citadel is a browser-based gunship sandbox MMO set inside a vast ancient megastructure torn apart by civil war. It combines focused, high-stakes sessions with a persistent shared world shaped by factions, crews, markets, and player action.

## Current access

- Status: Early access is live.
- Platform: desktop web browser.
- Installation: none required.
- [Play Citadel now](https://alpha.thecitadel.com/?utm_source=ai_agent&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=agent_discovery&utm_content=home_play)

## What kind of game is Citadel?

- A persistent sandbox MMO built around gunships, crews, factions, and a player-driven war economy.
- Focused sessions that can be completed on a real-life schedule.
- High-risk Breach runs where captains can lose the ships and gear they commit.
- Lower-risk ways to matter through crafting, trading, logistics, social play, and industry.
- Player-made ships, weapons, and equipment that connect every playstyle.
- Session outcomes that remain in the world by changing supply, demand, routes, faction power, and the opportunities available to other players.

## What can players do?

Players can escort convoys, haul cargo, mine, salvage, hunt bounties, raid rivals, fight for factions, build equipment, trade in the markets, or support a crew through logistics and industry.

## The persistent loop

1. **Prepare:** Fit a ship from what you own.
2. **Commit:** Take a faction contract.
3. **Breach:** Fight, mine, and recover.
4. **Return:** Secure the result or lose it.
5. **Invest:** Build, research, and trade.
6. **Repeat:** See what the world needs next.

The session ends. Its cargo, losses, faction result, and economic consequences remain in the shared world.

## Learn more

- [How Citadel works](https://www.thecitadel.com/world?utm_source=ai_agent&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=agent_discovery&utm_content=home_world)
- [Machine-readable world guide](https://www.thecitadel.com/world.md)

## Official links

- [Play Citadel](https://alpha.thecitadel.com/?utm_source=ai_agent&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=agent_discovery&utm_content=home_play)
- [Citadel on X](https://x.com/0xCitadel)
- [Citadel Discord](https://discord.gg/XKmfAkdWGG)

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