Cozy, relaxing, low-pressure vibe
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Building out the base is stress-free with full refunds (it even gets you perks), the game's visual style and music is just gorgeous”
Steam review · 52 h played ↗
Lightyear Frontier
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%FRAME BREAK2026Farming Sim · Open World Survival Craft · Base Building
−20%$29.99$23.99
US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A cozy mech-farming sim with Satisfactory-style progression, great in co-op. Skip it if you want the old story-driven Early Access game or hate grinding crops by hand.
Great for
Cozy-game fans who like Satisfactory-lite progression, mechs and co-op farming with friends
Main risk
Repetitive grind with automation locked late, plus a 1.0 overhaul that dropped the story and charm.
What changed in the last 30 days
50 recent reviews
Recent negatives center on the 1.0 release: players say it changed the game into a quota-meeting factory-style game, removed story and charm, and wiped or reset upgrades and mech transformations.
50 recent reviews
What players love
Deep farming, building and exploration loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the farming is a major component, and it is surprisingly deep with its fertilizer types, and different crop mutations”
Steam review · 65.3 h played ↗
Mech is a fun, unique farming tool
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it's a farm tractor, it sows hundreds of seeds in seconds with a power of a machine gun, it's a work truck that can drive up mountains, it's the BEST.”
Steam review · 52 h played ↗
Addictive and improving with updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“One of those games where you plan to play for 30 minutes and suddenly 3 hours have passed!”
Steam review · 79.6 h played ↗
Beautiful art style and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“First of all, the game looks gorgeous.”
Steam review · 163.8 h played ↗
Great in co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game has one of the most reliable, easy to use, and stable co-op of any game in recent memory.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Grindy, repetitive progression
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Progression seems to be "grow 20 wheat, grow 200 wheat, grow 2000 wheat"”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗
Automation unlocked too late and feels weak
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The problem is that this doesn't get unlocked until phase 12, which is currently the second to last step of the game.”
Steam review · 85.4 h played ↗
Huge but empty world, slow travel
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The map is GIGANTIC, yet somehow EMPTY. Your mech is INCREDIBLY SLOW.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
1.0 overhaul lost the charm, story and original concept
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This game's 1.0 came at the cost of it's charm and personality, now it's just a generic open world survival craft game with a mech.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Weight limits and tedious manual chores
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Why do the storage boxes only hold 150lbs worth of items? I didn't come here to play inventory management simulator.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Mech trips on pebbles; clunky physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Movement sucks; the mech physics are unfun, you trip on pebbles constantly, can't run through forests, and running uphill makes you fall.”
Steam review · 18 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-4170 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 460
Storage10 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 6600 / NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1660 Ti
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-4170 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 460
Storage10 GB available space
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