Flexible, addictive ship builder
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Honestly, building ships in this game feels like crack.”
Steam review · 608 h played ↗
Avorion
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Boxelware2020Sandbox · Space Sim · Flight
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, flexible space sandbox with a standout block-by-block ship builder, fleets, trading and co-op. Skip it if you dislike steep learning curves, grind, or shaky late-game performance.
Great for
Ship-building tinkerers and X4/Freelancer fans who like open-ended sandbox play, solo or in co-op
Main risk
Poorly explained learning curve and clunky builder/UI, then grind plus lag and crashes late game
What players love
Huge open-ended sandbox freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“want to be a merchant, you can. want to be a traveling merc, you can. want to run your own empire and conquer the galaxy, you can.”
Steam review · 143.3 h played ↗
Workshop designs and mods add replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“i use other peoples designs from the workshop cause im not good at ship building at all. hundreds of designs to choose from”
Steam review · 240.7 h played ↗
Great co-op and multiplayer with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Co-op also works smoother than any game I have played in recent memory.”
Steam review · 116.5 h played ↗
Fleet management and automation fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“you can continue to get captains for ships you build, so you can run ten ships each on five hour missions while you sleep”
Steam review · 423 h played ↗
Runs well and good value
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“under 1GB install, runs well on older rigs.”
Steam review · 349.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Lag, crashes and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Runs incredibly poorly. Massive load times to generate new sectors”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
Shallow, static world and grindy progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Factions exist but they're completly static. They don't build stations, they barely have any ships, they don't trade as far as I know.”
Steam review · 24.1 h played ↗
Clunky, unintuitive ship builder
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the building system absolutely pissed me off when it came to making literally anything look good with wedges or whatever the blocks would NOT line up no matter what”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and steep onboarding
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the onboarding process for a new player is one of the worst I've ever seen in any game”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
2.0 update removed automation and added gating
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Post-2.0, you can no longer plan mining or trade routes”
Steam review · 1110.7 h played ↗
Single-player runs a local server, causing lag and failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The client works fine, but the background server is overloaded as all hell. Yes, my pc is massively overkill for the game. I am in singleplayer.”
Steam review · 75.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or higher
ProcessorIntel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce 550 or equivalent (full OpenGL 3.0 support required)
Storage1 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 or higher
ProcessorIntel i7 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia Geforce 1050 / Radeon RX 460
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or higher
ProcessorIntel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce 550 or equivalent (full OpenGL 3.0 support required)
Storage1 GB available space
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