Unmatched creative freedom in building
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Greatest aspect is the fact that you make every little thing yourself. From Internals to the hull and turrets.”
Steam review · 1140.4 h played ↗
From the Depths
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Brilliant Skies Ltd.2020Sandbox · Vehicular Combat · RTS
−70%$24.99$7.49
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A staggeringly deep vehicle-building combat sandbox with campaigns, loved by engineering-minded tinkerers. Skip it if you want to pick up and play: the UI, controls and tutorials are rough.
Great for
Patient tinkerers and engineering fans who love designing ships, planes and weapons for hundreds of hours
Main risk
Steep learning curve, clunky UI and poor tutorials make many quit within the first hours
What players love
Huge depth and near-endless replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“have genuinely thought about this game everyday for the last 6 years and still have only just scratched the surface.”
Steam review · 788 h played ↗
Campaigns, adventure mode and workshop
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Not just an empty sand box (but it can be that if you want in designer mode) there is also a few full campain game modes that you can pit your creations and strategic skills against.”
Steam review · 1202.7 h played ↗
Rewarding when your creation finally works
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“When everything finally clicks the dopamine of watching your vessel take on ships 2 to 3x more expensive and coming out victorious is a hit like no other game will provide.”
Steam review · 229.8 h played ↗
Runs well and is fairly stable
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“It isn't a death sentence to my computer even when several multi-million material crafts are brawling”
Steam review · 84.7 h played ↗
Helpful community and Discord
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“discord support is GOD TIER”
Steam review · 181.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Awful, unintuitive UI and controls
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Arguably the most in-depth engineering simulator on the market. But it hides behind the worst UI ever developed.”
Steam review · 113.2 h played ↗
Extremely steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The "leaning curve" isn't even a curve, its a wall you have to scale before you actually start having fun.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Terrible tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I can only conclude that the Tutorial is designed to make you quit with rage.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Camera and Heartstone changes ruined it
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“first the camera changes now i cant roam without a heart stone in campaign they keep ruining my fun in the campaign”
Steam review · 397.4 h played ↗
Balance nerfs and removed systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“the devs are terrible at balancing and will nerf game mechanics into the ground on a whim”
Steam review · 4442.9 h played ↗
Poor and broken AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“the AI system is such a awful mess of jank, overcomplication and needing a borderline programming degree just to ensure your ship/tanks dont endlessly drive in circles”
Steam review · 251.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows10
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows11
ProcessorIntel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 7800 series
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows10
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
Storage4 GB available space
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