WRECKONOMICS
01
Strip the scrap.
Tap a ship to peel away its plating. Fill the collection pad, sell your haul, and fund your first automatic arm.
HULL PLATING → CREDITSA SPACE SALVAGE IDLE GAME
Wreck ships.
Build an
empire.
One ship. One salvage arm. A whole lot of potential. Strip wrecks, automate the hard work, and turn every last fragment into your next big upgrade.
Start your shiftFREE TO PLAY NO DOWNLOAD NO SIGN-UP
BAY 01 OPERATIONAL
ACTUAL GAMEPLAY / YOUR FIRST SHUTTLE
SMALL BEGINNINGS. INDUSTRIAL AMBITIONS.Inspect the operation
01 / THE OPERATION
One wreck.
Three ways to profit.
Wreckonomics is a free incremental game about finding value in the things the universe throws away. Every vessel travels through your three-stage salvage line. You decide how fast it moves.
02
Pull the components.
Recover the machinery hiding underneath. Add extraction arms and tune the line to keep the good stuff moving.
SHIP SYSTEMS → CREDITS
03
Break it all down.
Fracture the remaining frame. Nothing gets left behind as the next vessel arrives and the cycle starts again.
LAST FRAGMENTS → CREDITS02 / WORK SMARTER. WRECK HARDER.
Your first tap
is just the
beginning.
The satisfying part? Watching the operation you built take over.
Build your salvage bayMake the machines work for you.
Install automatic arms, speed up recovery and automate selling. Find the bottlenecks, then build your way out of them.
Bigger ships. Better opportunities.
Move beyond the humble shuttle. Take on larger vessels, watch for rare salvage, and put every credit back into your line.
Clock out. Come back to progress.
Your automated bay earns while you're away. Return to a shift report, collect your progress and plan the next upgrade.
Refit. Restart with an advantage.
Reach lifetime goals and refit for permanent salvage licences. Start your next operation with more earning power.
03 / FIELD NOTES
Before you
clock in.
A few things worth knowing about your new line of work.
What is Wreckonomics?
Wreckonomics is a space salvage idle game you play in your browser. Start by tapping a spaceship to strip its hull, then use your earnings to automate three production sections: scrap, components and fragments. Upgrade your equipment, unlock larger vessels and grow your salvage business.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
Wreckonomics is free to play. There's no account to create and nothing to download. Open the game and start your first shift.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. The portrait-first bay is designed for touch screens and also works with a mouse on desktop. Use a modern browser with JavaScript enabled. If 3D isn't available, the game can continue with its text controls.
Will my progress be saved?
Your game saves automatically in your browser on this device. Keep using the same browser and site to continue your bay. Clearing site data or using a private browsing session can remove your save. Moving from the homepage to /play keeps your existing progress on this site.
Does the game progress while I'm away?
Once you install automatic equipment, your bay can earn offline progress. When you return, a shift report shows what happened while you were away. Manual actions need you to be there, so get your automation running before you clock out.
What makes this an incremental game?
Each sale funds improvements that make the next sale more valuable or more frequent. You balance recovery speed, storage and selling across a connected production line, then refit for permanent bonuses. Small decisions add up to a much bigger operation.
YOUR BAY IS WAITING
There's a fortune
in the wreckage.
Play Wreckonomics — free
Open your browser. Roll up your sleeves. Start wrecking.