Slipways Reviews

I have smol brain and this is a big thinky game, but i still have fun.

It's good and somewhat relaxing. Just wish that there was a mode where you had unlimited turns, but had to get a certain amount of score to finish a run.

while the overall gameplay loop is pretty fun and satisfying, there are some issues that just break it for me: - things are often extremly rng dependant with map generation - many times there just isnt a good way to build in places or you have to gamble on what is in an unexplored area. it just feels like one is way to much at the mercy of the map gen - evry run quickly feels samy and the little changes that exist in the campaign mode dont really help with that - the tutorial would really benifit from a more more actually showing the player what to do insteading of throwing a textwall at them

One of those games that seem fairly simple when you first start but the strategy actually goes super deep the more you play. Absolute distillation of gameplay for those who love turn-based synergies.

The developer must be a genius for the amount of graph theory and mathematics that had to go into making this. The game can be very chill or extremely hard based. Played nothing else quite like this game.

Slipways is an economy builder, like so many others, but Slipways really stands out. It stands out by being so balanced and clean. So the game is bland you ask? No - that's the incredible thing, each problem has many different legitimate solutions. So it's a cake walk, then? Also no! The game has an incredibly high skill ceiling. And it achieves all that while [list] [*]Being fast paced [*]Having [i]excellent[/i] undo-functionality [*]Having a very functional UI [*]Being pretty [/list] It even has a [i]campaign[/i]! With a story! And it's [i]good[/i]! So really, Slipways isn't an economy builder, like so many others. Slipways is in a league all of it's own.

Easy to learn but challenging enough to keep interest. A fun, addictive game.

While Slipways might not have the same depth as Stellaris and the likes, it feels like a way more approachable (and polished) game - after only 2.2h I already feel like I'm playing the game, and I have very much fun doing so :D

Super clever puzzle game. It is a bit overwhelming the first couple of games, but incredibly satisfying to slowly get better at. Can really burn away hours if not careful. A tip is to hold in CRTL or ALT to get overviews of planet productions and possible connections.

It squeezes everything possible out of the concept. If I were to list pros and cons, there would be numerous pros and zero cons. Unfortunately, the concept is just to connect points in the most efficient way, and no amount of excellence changes that After you've had a few decent runs and "decent" score won’t satisfy, the game becomes too hard for a time killer yet too simple to maintain interest. I mean, you'll need to put some serious chess-level brainwork in to get a high score on a high difficulty Anyway, it's a replayable session-based puzzle that somehow manages to give you a Civ-like vibe. Worth trying 100%