Naberon is a real-time space 4X strategy game. The player explores a galaxy under fog of war, colonizes planets and manages their population, food, energy and taxes, researches technologies without a fixed tech tree, and designs ships and tanks from modules. Wars are fought on two levels: real-time fleet battles in space, and real-time ground battles after carriers land tanks on a planet's surface, where the terrain divides the planet into build zones. Random events such as pirate raids, refugees, distress calls and a market with timed deliveries shape each game. It can be played solo against AI empires, or online with other players, cooperatively or against each other.