ESA SHIELD is a scientific video game funded by the European Space Agency that lets you take on the challenges of the Space Safety domain!

Play now!

The PC version of ESA SHIELD is now available as free Early Access game on Steam and will be presented at the Gamescom 2025.

ESA SHIELD Gameplay

In ESA SHIELD, you lead the Space Safety Programme of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Your mission is crucial: Protect the infrastructure on Earth and in space from real cosmic hazards such as asteroid impacts, solar storms, and space debris.

The game is a science-based planetary protection simulator that combines elements of tower defence, rogue-lite, and classic strategy games.

More information is available on Steam.

ESA SHIELD at Gamescom 2025

If you are at Gamescom 2025, visit us at the Indie Arena Booth (Hall 10.2 – Booth 39).

We'll be there for you throughout all Gamescom days (20.08. – 24.08.2025). Come say hi and talk to us about space safety and your ESA SHIELD gameplay experience!

Join the community

• Discord: Join here – share ideas, report bugs & help us improve!
• Instagram: @esa_shield_game – stay up to date with the latest news

Coming soon

Stay tuned for the mobile game version of ESA SHIELD as well which will be released for Android and Apple later this year.

Acknowledgment

ESA SHIELD is an outreach initiative of the European Space Agency, developed in the cooperation project Gaming for Information and Outreach of the Space Safety Programme between Steinbeis Transfer GmbH an der Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da) and the Institute of Flight Systems and Automatic Control (FSR) at TU Darmstadt, under a programme, and funded by the European Space Agency (4000147837/25/D/KS).