Played Travian or OGame?
A Travian and OGame alternative with scheduled battles
Expansio is a free multiplayer browser strategy game inspired by Travian and OGame. Develop your economy, raise armies and make allies in a persistent world, with scheduled player battles and no paid advantages.
Written by Expansio's developer. This is an introduction to our game, not an independent ranking or an affiliation with Travian or OGame.
| Aspect | Expansio | Travian | OGame |
|---|---|---|---|
| When attacks on players resolve | Once a day, at the world's fixed turn time | When the attacking troops arrive | When the attacking fleet arrives |
| Paying for an advantage | Not possible: no paid resources, power or shortcuts | Gold buys production bonuses and instant completion | Dark Matter, which can be bought, activates officers |
| How a world ends | When the first player completes their monument | When a Wonder of the World reaches level 100 | Open-ended: a universe has no final winner |
| The map | A shared hex map, settled through colonies | A grid of villages and oases | Galaxies of solar systems, planets and moons |
Travian and OGame details describe their standard servers and may differ by server or change over time.
Who is Expansio for?
Players who enjoy building an empire, planning military campaigns, competing for territory and working with allies, but who do not want unpredictable attack times to run their day.
It suits former Travian and OGame players who miss persistent multiplayer strategy and want a different approach to when battles happen.
It is not an idle game. Planning, regular visits, diplomacy and strategic decisions decide how far your empire goes.
What will feel familiar
An empire you develop over time. Resources to invest, research to choose, construction and training timers, armies to send, and real people to negotiate with. Your plans keep progressing after you close the browser.
Your empire keeps moving
Resources accumulate, buildings and research take time, and armies travel across the map. Check in to invest, give orders and coordinate with allies. You can make decisions throughout the day, rather than spending a fixed allowance of moves each turn.
How colonies and the economy workPlayer battles follow a schedule
Sieges, raids against players and landmark battles resolve at the world's scheduled turn. Prepare before that time; you do not need to be online when the battle resolves. Raids against neutral camps resolve on arrival instead.
How combat worksNo paid advantages
Expansio is free to play. There are no paid resources, paid power or paid shortcuts. Progress comes from building your economy, choosing your investments and working with other players.
A campaign with an outcome
Expand through colonies on a shared hex map, contest landmarks and defend the monument that can win you the world. Each world has an ending.
How a world is wonHow do scheduled battles work?
In Expansio's worlds, battles between players resolve once a day, at the world's turn time, which the game always shows.
During the day, players develop their economies, move armies, coordinate attacks and prepare defenses. When the turn arrives, every attack on a player's empire, whether a raid or a siege, resolves at once.
You do not need to be online at that moment. What decides the outcome is how you prepared before it.
In Travian and OGame, an attack lands when the army arrives, which can be at any hour. In Expansio, you always know when the next player battles will resolve.
Read how combat worksRoom for life between visits
Expect to check in a few times a day to manage growth, scout rivals and organise your forces. More frequent visits can help you make use of completed buildings and returning armies.
Check a world's schedule before joining. If you want instant construction, a fixed number of moves per turn, or a world that pauses when you leave, Expansio plays differently.
Read how the game worksFind your world
Create an account to see which worlds are open. Active worlds accept newcomers while usable starting positions remain; joining later means entering a campaign where other players have already progressed.