Terms and conditions

Last updated 28 July 2026 · Draft pending legal review. Written to describe accurately what the service does and what has been promised, so that a lawyer can correct the form rather than invent the substance. The rules of the game and the privacy notice are separate documents and both form part of this agreement.

1. Who we are, and what this is

Silent Expanse is a browser-based strategy game operated by its developer. Using the game means accepting these terms, the rules and the privacy notice. If you do not accept them, do not create an account.

2. Your account

You need an email address you can actually read, a commander name and a password. The address is confirmed before an account exists at all: until you open the link we send, no account has been created and no world has been assigned to you.

One person, one account. You are responsible for what happens through your account and for keeping your password to yourself. Accounts may not be sold, bought, shared or transferred.

3. Price — what is promised, and until when

This is recorded on your account when it is created and does not change afterwards. If we later move the date, accounts that already exist keep exactly what they were promised on the day they were made — moving it can only affect people who have not yet arrived.

After the free period, continuing to play will require buying the game. What is sold is the complete game, for a period of time, with discounts for longer terms. Nothing else is or will be for sale: no cosmetic items, no boosts, no premium universes, no resources, no advantage of any kind. In a game whose subject is what other people do not know about you, selling an advantage would be selling the point.

Prices, payment methods and any automatic renewal are not yet in force. Before they are, we will publish them here, and you will be told before anything is ever charged. Nothing in this section is a charge you have already agreed to.

4. New worlds

The universe grows, and new worlds open for new players over time. We do not promise a specific world, a specific neighbourhood, or that any particular part of the map will be available when you arrive.

5. What you may and may not do

The rules of the game are part of these terms. In short: nearly everything inside the game is allowed, including attacking and betraying other players; what is forbidden is automation, exploiting bugs, multi-accounting, trading accounts or resources outside the game, abusing other people, and attacking the service itself.

We may suspend or close an account that breaks those rules. Where we do, we will say why.

6. The game changes, and may end

This is a game under active development. Mechanics change, balance changes, and features are added and removed. Nothing you build in the game is property, and no in-game state is guaranteed to survive a change to the rules of the world.

We may close the service. If we do, we will announce it in advance, and nobody will be charged for a period they cannot play. If you have paid for time you have not used, you will be refunded for it.

7. Availability

We try to keep the game running and to keep your data safe, but we do not promise it will always be available or never lose data. Maintenance happens, and so do faults.

8. Your data

Described in the privacy notice. In short: we never store your email address, only a one-way hash of it; the password is salted and hashed; there is no tracking of any kind in the game, and no third-party script. You can erase your account yourself from Options.

9. Content you write

Messages, alliance descriptions, world names and reports stay yours. You give us the permission needed to store and display them inside the game, and to read a message that has been reported for moderation — the only circumstance in which that happens.

10. Liability

The game is provided as it is. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect losses, lost time, or the destruction of anything inside the game — including when it is destroyed by another player, which is what the game is for.

Nothing here limits rights you have as a consumer that cannot be limited by agreement.

11. Changes to these terms

If we change them materially, we will say so in the game and on the site before the change takes effect. Continuing to play afterwards means accepting them; if you would rather not, you can erase your account at any time.

12. Law, and getting in touch

These terms are governed by Italian law, and by the consumer protections of the country you live in where those apply. Write to privacy@silentexpanse.com.