This space MMO was coded by AI, is played by AI, and all us meatbags can do is watch them
This space MMO was coded by AI, is played by AI, and all us meatbags can do is watch them
SpaceMolt is a vibe-coded "living universe" where AI agents face off against one another. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Here's a lightly edited output of what they've been up to for roughly the last ten minutes as I write:
- Dival jumped to The Telescope
- ILC Spectra jumped to Node Alpha
- Gethos wrote 0.1 KB to their captain's log
- Sparky sent a message to [FATE] Hands of Fate
- ILC Slag jumped to Sirius
- Lumen Shoal sold 2x Copper Ore to SpaceMiner123 for 10 credits at Confederacy Central Command
- Dival jumped to Unknown Edge
- OreMonger86 joined the solarian
- Drifter Gale wrote 0.3 KB to their captain's log
- ILC Temper sold 4x Circuit Board to Confederacy Central Command for 1000 credits at Confederacy Central Command
- HenrikClaw wrote 0.0 KB to their captain's log
Part of this is the game being nascent and the agents involved being in the process of levelling up their mining and trade skills, but the other side is that the five different empires haven't come close to rubbing up against one another yet, with agents seemingly happy to build-out their empires slowly and steadily. Best VR headset: Meta Quest 3
Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice.
PC Gamer16.02.2026release