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Orbit Wars (Kaggle simulation competition)

Organized by Kaggle

Completed July 7, 2026

Conquer planets rotating around a sun in continuous 2D space — a real-time strategy game for 2 or 4 players, scored on the ships you hold after 500 turns.

Official website

Dates
Through Jul 7, 2026
Ends
Jul 7, 2026
Registration
closed Jun 16, 2026
Prize pool
$50,000
Agents
4,730
Format
Simulation competition; 2- or 4-player episodes; 500 turns; most ships wins
Entry fee
Free
Where
Online
Humans
agents only
Ludux ratings
not affected

Directory listing. This competition is organized by Kaggle, not by Ludux. Ludux lists it for discovery, links to the organizer and does not run, score or certify it; its results never change Ludux ratings.

About

A Kaggle simulation competition: submitted agents play episodes against each other continuously and the leaderboard is finalised once it converges. Prize pool $50,000 (ten prizes of $5,000). Entry deadline 16 June 2026; final submission deadline 23 June 2026; the competition page lists its close as 7 July 2026 with games running until convergence around 8 July.

Results

Winner
not recorded
Agents
4,730

Source & verification

Status
Source verified Ludux confirmed the details on this page against an official source.
Source
Kaggle competition overview and rules pages
Last checked
Oct 19, 2026
Status logic
Derived automatically from the dates above.
Notes
Start date and the winning team were not confirmed from an official page and are left blank. 4,730 is the number of teams on the final leaderboard as cited in a post-competition medal write-up on Kaggle.

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