Ostranauts Reviews

Great game, awful tutorial. If you can get past the initial technical overload there's a great "Dad work" game in there.

Obviously since it's in early development there are bugs but I still find the raw mechanics of the game to be fun.

Saw some great recommendations from some of the YT reviewers I subscribe to. Started watching some of the Getting Started and Let's Play to get a better feel. Took the leap in a few days ago. I've loved playing so far. The game has a rich, complex set of mechanics, but not so granular that it becomes Spreadsheet Simulator. I've still only scratched the surface, and I'm already hungry to keep digging!!! Great title.

It really warms my heart to see this game taking shape. The concept and art style are terrific! It's a true early access game, still in development and it's a good purchase if you enjoy playing an early version of a game and providing feedback to a good development team who clearly care about the game. After 125 hours I've died so many times, and each time I find I am more able to get into the universe a bit more deeply... before I get wrecked by some jerk who should NOT be piloting a HUGE SPACE TUG and asphyxiate or freeze (or forget to check my watch and run smack into something). We are all that jerk sometimes... be the space jerk, play Ostranauts.

It has a learning curve that i still have a long ways to go on but when you get familiar with the game-play it turns into a really rewarding sim experience. The developers also have a ton of future content they want to release. The game emulates space ships down to individual parts and wires and simulates everything from social bonding needs to detailed life support. Its quite astonishing and immersive.

in its current state 2/17/2025, its a pretty ,yet occasionally buggy game. With an extremely high learning curve ( I could Just be Stupid ), its has plenty of content if ur able to learn the game and ok with its UI. I would only really recommend if ur have lots of time or are Really desperate for a Space game.

I love everything about this game. The aggressively retro graphics. The beautiful painterly loading screens. The minimal hand holding. The ability to make your own way in the world. Being able to rebuild your ship into anything you want is the chef's kiss. If you liked Firefly and The Expanse then you seriously need to check this out. All this and it is still in early access. It can only only get better from here. Buy it now, you are missing out on a seriously good game if you don't already have it. 500 hours in and I still learn new things every time I load up my save.

Spent days building a ship out of wreckage, paid the entire debt on it. Saved out with zero debt. Launched the save, owed a million $ in debt on a ship worth 1.5mil. Sold the ship to pay the debt as that was the only way to move forward and now am given the choice of assume a new debt on a new ship or not playing. I choose to uninstall.

This game, is kinda addictive. its the perfect dad game. going out to space, finding a space junk of a ship, stripping it clean of any and all items of worth then using its desiccated husk as parts to grow my own ship larger! Landing on abandoned ships and finding pirates and getting mugged of all your worth because your hands are filled with bags of loot and tool, getting your space suit broken, losing air and suffocating, getting arrested by the popo because your illegally salvaging ships... ahhh good stuff good stuff.

It's cool and addictive, but, unfortunately, has cubic tons of bugs. May be some day, but not in this state. Me sad.