Welcome to Drop Drive!

Instant Space. Infinite Possibilities!
Pioneering drop-style mechanisms in the cosmos.
Prepare yourselves! Gather your crew and explore infinite space with your experimental drop drive technology. Objects are dropped onto the table from about 5 inches, creating a unique galaxy layout with endless possibilities.
As an alien starship captain, explore space, upgrade your ship, mine asteroids, and land on mysterious worlds to sell cargo, pick up passengers, and collect alien specimens. It's time to drop into infinite space!
What Makes It Special:
• Drop-style mechanisms pioneered in space exploration
• Lightweight sandbox gameplay with infinite replayability
• Unique galaxy creation - no two games ever the same
• Strategic resource management meets spatial adventure
• Award-winning innovation: Dice Tower Seal of Approval
Number of players |
2-4* (5 with expansion)
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Time to play |
45 minutes
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Ages |
8+
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Rating |
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Awards & Achievements
- The Dice Tower - Seal of Approval
- SparksPlay Strategic Thinking award
- Unfiltered Gamer - Seal of Approval
- Watch It Played - Top 10 People's Choice
- PlayItYourself - #15 game of the year

Game Mechanisms
- Sandbox
- Pickup and deliver
- Dropping
- Variable player powers
- Path creation

If you like...
- Dungeon Drop (dropping)
- Xia (sandbox, pickup and deliver)
- Firefly (sandbox, pickup and deliver)
- Star Wars: Outer Rim (sandbox, pickup and deliver)
- Merchants & Marauders (sandbox, pickup and deliver)
...then you'll love Drop Drive!
How to Play

Create your ship
Choose your captain and create a unique ship to embark on an epic journey through the stars!

Recreate the Big Bang
Drop asteroids, space salvage, fuel canisters, pirate ships, and even planets over the sun, recreating the Big Bang!

Drop into space and navigate the stars!
Use your drop drive to jump to distant and unknown depths of space, and your rocket drive to navigate asteroids, orbit strange planets, and battle pirates!
Featured Videos
Additional Resources
Official links
Other videos
- Alternative box organization option (using Deluxe Upgrade box rather than Strange Signals)
- Phase Shift Games live play-through with the pre-production copy: https://youtu.be/CbFAe7jNJmk
- Board & Barrel full livestream - how to play, play-through, and review: https://youtu.be/NEYAVttoDh0
- Ant Lab Games play through and review: https://youtu.be/N0r1YM-1J5o
- G.L. Boxing Glove Drop Drive Part 1 - Overview & Rules: https://youtu.be/tXH49QNT0QI
- G.L. Boxing Glove Drop Drive Part 2 - Components & Cards: https://youtu.be/tZHK_7WefEo
- G.L. Boxing Glove Drop Drive Part 3 - Extras and Add-Ons: https://youtu.be/APqL3mlVrbQ
- G.L. Boxing Glove Drop Drive Part 4 - Storage Solutions: https://youtu.be/VraDxvJiEAw
Phase Shift Games
Drop Drive (Kickstarter edition)
4.67 / 5.0
(3) 3 total reviews
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Enhance Your Experience
Expansions, accessories, and bundle options to maximize your gameplay experience.

Expand your universe!
- Strange Signal expansion (and anomaly storage solution)
- Deluxe Upgrade
- Space Mat
- Space Walls
- 5th Captain Pack
- Limited Promo Pack (2021)
- Shipping Shenanigans
- Luxury Links
- Space Coins booster pack
Purchase Options
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Drop Drive COMPLETE bundle
Regular price $169.99 USDRegular price$187.91 USDSale price $169.99 USDSale -
Drop Drive (Kickstarter edition)
Regular price $39.99 USDRegular price$49.99 USDSale price $39.99 USDSale -
Drop Drive: Strange Signals (with trays)
Regular price $29.99 USDRegular price$34.99 USDSale price $29.99 USDSale -
Drop Drive: Deluxe Upgrade
Regular price $29.99 USDRegular price$34.99 USDSale price $29.99 USDSale
Testimonials
"This game is excellent! Easily the best of the three!! This game is a boat-load of fun! There's a ton of stuff I love in this game!" --Michael Wright, Unfiltered Gamer
"Drop Drive… I really enjoyed. I found it offered strategy, it offered powers and abilities, and it really didn’t outstay its welcome, while giving me a fun little experience of navigating the galaxy, picking up asteroids, picking up debris, landing on planets, fighting space pirates - all of that, in roughly half an hour." --Alex Radcliffe, BoardGameCo
"It is pretty neat how strategic you can get in your path, and where you're going to sell, and what aliens you decide to attack on your way. Lot's of fun stuff going on!" --Will Meadows, Tantrum House