Lightracer Ignition is a space strategy game where you determine the fate of entire civilizations, whether they rise or fall. The game's premise is based on the "Big Rip" hypothesis, wherein all matter is slowly being torn apart by the expansion of the universe. The game tells the story of several civilizations struggling in the twilight of the universe.

You are the navigator of a high-tech "ark," leading your compatriots to escape annihilation by the big rip. To accumulate the energy required for navigation, you must construct an orbital ring that will envelop an entire planet to consume the planet's mass.