Relaxing, meditative gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“There is truly nothing as satisfying and relaxing as this game.”
Steam review · 80.8 h played ↗
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Blackbird Interactive2022Sandbox · Simulation · Puzzle
−70%$34.99$10.49
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A relaxing, tactile zero-g ship-dismantling sim with great music and physics, held back by unskippable story dialogue and limited ship variety. Skip it if you hate forced narrative or repetition.
Great for
Players who enjoy chill, methodical job sims with podcasts or music in the background
Main risk
Long unskippable story dialogue and repetitive ships wear on you, especially on replays
What changed in the last 30 days
78 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly repeat the old complaints: unskippable dialogue and the story. Some also mention repetition. No new bug or update is evident, so confidence is modest.
78 recent reviews
What players love
Engaging story and dystopian setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The characters are all very endearing and feels very real, and the voice acting is wonderful.”
Steam review · 72.3 h played ↗
Satisfying dismantling and physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I was astonished about the way this game manages to use phisics in this scenario to make the ships feel like fun to disassemble.”
Steam review · 53.9 h played ↗
Good progression and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I constantly re-play the game, trying new strategies, or working to get the elusive 100% salvage.”
Steam review · 123 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The music makes the game great, could just play it for the music but the game is also very fulfilling”
Steam review · 37.9 h played ↗
Flexible modes and good performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“now I'm playing on Open Shift with oxygen drain disabled and really enjoying it.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unskippable story dialogue
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“You are subjected - after almost every other shift - to unskippable, fully-voice-acted, LOOOOONG cutscenes.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
Weak, preachy story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“A really cool premise and foundation utterly ruined with the devs obsession with telling some kind of over arching story.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Repetitive gameplay and few ship types
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You basically just hit the same ships and do the same process over and over again.”
Steam review · 50 h played ↗
Crashes, stutter, and save bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The game crashes much too frequently”
Steam review · 111.8 h played ↗
Floaty physics and stuck parts
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“a whole chunk of a ship is wedged between the furnace and the processor.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
No content updates, game feels abandoned
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“there has been nothing since then in the way of new content or gameplay.”
Steam review · 284 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 380
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory16 GB RAM
Graphics6 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 980 Ti / Radeon RX Vega 56
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 380
Storage4 GB available space
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