EVERSPACE™

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%2017

$19.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A gorgeous, smooth-flying arcade space roguelite that is cheap on sale but repetitive and grindy. Skip it if you dislike restarting runs or want Freelancer-style freedom.

Great for

Roguelite fans who want arcade dogfighting with stunning visuals, cheap on sale

Main risk

Runs become repetitive and grindy, and the restart-on-death loop wears thin quickly

What players love

Stunning visuals and atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“This is one of the most beautifull space roguelites that you will ever see.”
Steam review · 46 h played ↗

“The space looks so good you want to stop every second and take a screenshot.”
Steam review · translated · 110.7 h played ↗

“Even almost 10 years after release, the space looks amazing.”
Steam review · translated · 31.3 h played ↗

Addictive roguelite loop with meaningful upgrades

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Its got a really addictive game loop and nice to see how far you can survive.”
Steam review · 120.6 h played ↗

“This is one of the few games I sincerely enjoy getting spectacularly destroyed in, because it gives me a way to come back stronger than before”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗

Smooth, responsive flight and combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Great game if you like agile, fast paced space combat. Flight controls are very smoooth.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗

“it feels incredibly joyous, expressive, and frenetic to me”
Steam review · 14.8 h played ↗

Very cheap on sale, great value

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“I don't see how you could not recommend this for under $1.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

“At a 90% discount it's simply great.”
Steam review · translated · 2.8 h played ↗

Interesting story and good voice acting

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“a well-acted and well-written story”
Steam review · 398.9 h played ↗

“it has decent story, the deaths are part of it, the characters are great and fun”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗

Runs well on modest hardware

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“this one ACTUALLY RUNS WELL ON HIGH SETTINGS!!!!”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive and boring over time

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“if a roguelike gets boring after just a few hours, then it has failed miserably.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗

“The gameplay gets boring after just a couple of hours.”
Steam review · translated · 9.8 h played ↗

“There is practically no enemy variety, with about 4 common enemy types and likewise almost no weapon variety.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

Poor controls and controller/HOTAS/VR support

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“the controls (for controller) are complete trash.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“DOES NOT WORK WITH VR, despite advertising to the contrary.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“Awful controls. On an Xbox gamepad I couldn't swap the sticks.”
Steam review · translated · 4.6 h played ↗

Grindy, slow progression

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Having to rebuild all the components/upgrades during every run is cumbersome and very much not fun.”
Steam review · 154.6 h played ↗

“the most critical flaw is how grindy Everspace became after 15 hours”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗

Unfair difficulty and frustrating restarts

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Now I have to start from the beginning? WTF why?”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗

“I hyper space and instantly get killed by several pirate”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

Crashes, save loss and technical bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“I liked the game, until it crashed and I lost all my progress.”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗

“Wasn't able to open it. Constant UE4 crash.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Poor tutorial and unexplained mechanics

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“Die in the tutorial before we expect you to? Enjoy not being told 90% of the systems in the game!”
Steam review · 51.6 h played ↗

“Game starts with a tutorial, but tutorial explains almost nothing”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OS32/64-bit Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10

ProcessorIntel CPU Core i3

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5870

Storage12 GB available space

Recommended

OS32/64-bit Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10

ProcessorIntel CPU Core i5

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X

Storage12 GB available space

OS32/64-bit Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10

ProcessorIntel CPU Core i3

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5870

Storage12 GB available space

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