While brain-power and carefully thought out strategies are certainly the focus in Offworld, it is still an RTS. Knowing your shortcuts and hotkeys can give you an edge over your opponents and allow you to gain the advantage early on with just a little bit of extra speed.
Keys
Description
Ctrl+Shift+Down
Sell all owned resources at once
Alt+Sell Resource
Sell all of a selected resource all at once
Tab
Scroll through headquarters and colony
Spacebar: + key, - key
Pause the game
+
Increase game speed
-
Decrease game speed
WASD
Scroll the map in the key's respective direction
Ctrl or shift buy/sell
Buy or sell 1 or 100 units per click respectively, instead of 10
Ctrl + Click on building
Turn building on/off
Ctrl + Shift Click on building
Turn all buildings of selected type off
Backspace
Scrap selected building
Shift+Backspace
Scrap all buildings of the selected type
C
Claim tile
B
Bid on auction (when available)
~
Toggle between the available resources and resource stockpiles
Z
Press and hold to hide all buildings
E, R, T or Y
Found a Expansive Colony
R
Found a Robotic Colony
T
Found a Scavenger Colony
Y
Found a Scientific Colony
Alt + (Shift +) click
Send a shipment early (or all shipments of that type)
