Deep ship and base building
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“it is greatly creative and allows you to make your own ships, like actually design them it's so much fun”
Steam review · 4664.5 h played ↗
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%Eleon Game Studios2020Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Simulation
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, janky space sandbox with excellent ship and base building, best with the Reforged Eden 2 mod. Skip it if you want polish, solid combat or a gentle learning curve.
Great for
Builders and explorers who tolerate jank and enjoy designing ships and bases, solo or in co-op
Main risk
Buggy, unpolished and confusing, with weak combat and dated visuals that make many quit early
What players love
Vast galaxy to explore
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Biggest game ever hundreds of thousands of planets and even more outer space”
Steam review · 2559.4 h played ↗
Reforged Eden 2 mod and Workshop support
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“So empyrion alone id say 5/10. Re2 mod online 11/10.”
Steam review · 610.2 h played ↗
Fun co-op and multiplayer community
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game shines in its multiplayer and I encourage everybody to play with friends or a populated public server”
Steam review · 912.2 h played ↗
Charming despite the jank
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The best mindset while playing is " It's very jank, but it's the best damn jank there is"”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Devs keep updating the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“They do not abandon their game And every time i come back to play again I'm amazed by the new experience And new things added”
Steam review · 935.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and unfinished features
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It is so buggy, cyberpunk 2077 (early launch) would have less bugs that this full release (14+ major versions after 1.0) game has.”
Steam review · 27.2 h played ↗
Dated graphics, animations and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the graphics are very low-tier. It's like playing something out of the 90s.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Confusing UI, tutorial and steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I stopped booting up the game beause it felt like I was studying for my uni exams every time I did.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Poor performance and stuttering
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The game runs like complete ass on modern hardware and stutters every time you look around or god forbid mount a ship”
Steam review · 133.6 h played ↗
Weak combat and AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“It has ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE combat.”
Steam review · 437.3 h played ↗
Time-limited anniversary achievement
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“There is an achievement you can only get by playing the game within 1 month after August.”
Steam review · 269 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 / 11, 64-bit system required
ProcessorDual-Core Processor 2.5 GHz or better
Memory10 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD RX 550 / NVIDIA GTX 1050 (min. 2 GB VRAM)
Storage10 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 / 11, 64-bit system required
ProcessorQuad-Core 3 GHz or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Vega 56 / NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti (min. 4 GB VRAM)
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 10 / 11, 64-bit system required
ProcessorDual-Core Processor 2.5 GHz or better
Memory10 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD RX 550 / NVIDIA GTX 1050 (min. 2 GB VRAM)
Storage10 GB available space
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