Freedom to pick your own career
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It's basically impossible to get bored of this game, because you can always switch to something you haven't done before or haven't done recently.”
Steam review · 2049 h played ↗
Elite Dangerous
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Frontier Developments2015Space Sim · Simulation · Action
The verdict
A vast, immersive 1:1 Milky Way space sim with superb flight feel, but steep learning curve, grind and aggressive monetization. Skip it if you want action or hand-holding.
Great for
Patient players who love space, self-set goals, HOTAS/VR flying and slow sandbox play
Main risk
Poor onboarding and grind make you bounce, or login/account issues stop you playing
What players love
Immersive atmosphere, sound and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“From the soundscape to the visuals this game knocks it out of the park.”
Steam review · 1008.1 h played ↗
Massive 1:1 Milky Way scale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“there's no other game that will give you *our* galaxy in this kind of personal detail.”
Steam review · 1499.5 h played ↗
Great with VR and HOTAS
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Visually stunning on VR (I am using a quest 3)”
Steam review · 1572.9 h played ↗
Helpful community and third-party tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“There are great 3rd party tools to assist in the game and a really good community that can help you along the way.”
Steam review · 1591.3 h played ↗
Excellent flight model and ship feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“THe space flight physics (alone) are awesome, everything else is a bonus really :)”
Steam review · 67.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Login, account linking and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Can't even play the game anymore because they broke the login flow at some point.”
Steam review · 21 h played ↗
Pay-to-win monetization and greedy devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“FDev have officially moved into pay to win.”
Steam review · 1304 h played ↗
Brutal learning curve, poor onboarding
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“They didn't bother to make proper tutorials in 11 years.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow and empty gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“boring repetitive grind, copy/pasted content, and meaningless hamster wheel.”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗
Clunky controls and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“keyboard mapping, mouse mapping, joypad controller mapping is appauling.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Excessive grind, esp. engineering
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Engineering is still effectively mandatory if you want to participate in combat without being hopelessly outclassed.”
Steam review · 2259.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8/10 64-bit
ProcessorQuad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 470/AMD R7 240
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 8/10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770K Quad Core CPU or better / AMD FX 4350 Quad Core CPU or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows 8/10 64-bit
ProcessorQuad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 470/AMD R7 240
Storage25 GB available space
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