Threshold

Guide the world through the arrival of AI.

A five-minute strategy game about the next twenty years. AI spreads from one region across a living globe. Every upgrade you buy pushes on five pressures: jobs, trust, safety, energy and fairness. Let any of them hit 100 and history takes a turn. Six endings, from Shared Abundance to The Great Pause, and no single right answer.

Play

How to play

01Pick a starting region. AI adoption begins there and spreads along trade, data and migration links.
02Tap the glowing bubbles to collect Insight. Collect several in a row for a combo.
03Spend Insight on upgrades across three branches: Capability, Society and Safeguards.
04Watch the five pressure meters. Warnings appear at 80. At 100 something breaks.
05Answer event cards before their timer runs out. Your four advisors will disagree.
06Reach 2050 to see which future you built.

Controls

Rotate the globe
Phone · Drag
Keyboard · Drag or arrow keys
Zoom
Phone · Pinch
Keyboard · Scroll or + / −
Collect a bubble
Phone · Tap
Keyboard · Click
Open upgrades
Phone · Upgrades button
Keyboard · U
Pause
Phone · Pause button
Keyboard · Space
Game speed (½× to 3×)
Phone · Speed button
Keyboard · 0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Action	Phone	Keyboard and mouse
Rotate the globe	Drag	Drag or arrow keys
Zoom	Pinch	Scroll or + / −
Collect a bubble	Tap	Click
Open upgrades	Upgrades button	U
Pause	Pause button	Space
Game speed (½× to 3×)	Speed button	0 / 1 / 2 / 3