# Star Atlas > Next-gen space game built on Solana. Power to the People! Star Atlas is a futuristic MMORPG metaverse game in which players can create profiles, choose factions, race ships, engage in dogfights, and impact the game's ecosystem through decision-making. It is set in a virtual solar system with immersive play-to-earn mechanics and a robust economy. Star Atlas is a space-themed, blockchain-based video game that combines grand strategy, role-playing, and space exploration elements. It caters to players interested in a virtual universe where they can engage in mining, trading, crafting, and combat activities, with the game's economy driven by mining gameplay. The game encourages claim staking to expand empires and establish strategic trade routes, allowing players to captain deep-space, crewed spaceships to discover assets that can be mined, refined, and traded through a network of installations and the Universal Marketplace. - Type: Company - Sector: Gaming - Status: Active - Founded: 2020-10-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Star_Atlas ## Products - [Star Atlas game](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Star_Atlas): Star Atlas is a blockchain-based, space-themed, grand strategy video game set in the distant future year 2620, featuring NFT-based in-game items and a dual token economy. (Game, Live, Main Product) ## Assets - [Star Atlas token (ATLAS)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Star_Atlas): ATLAS is the utility token of Star Atlas, a space-themed metaverse game on Solana. It is used as a medium of exchange to buy ships, resources, crew, and other in-game assets, and is received as rewards for reaching milestones. The token is inflationary by design and aims to match the growth of the in-game economy, providing a flexible monetary base that scales with player activity and ecosystem expansion. (Utility) - [Star Atlas DAO token (POLIS)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Star_Atlas): POLIS is the governance token of Star Atlas, a space-themed metaverse game on Solana. It is used to vote in the Star Atlas DAO, control its treasury, and govern the metaverse and game. The DAO uses a voting-escrow model in which POLIS tokens are staked in an escrow account in return for voting power, favoring long-term holders with greater influence over game development and economic policy. 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