Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A deeply complex, rewarding thermodynamics and colony-management puzzle with endless replay value. Skip it if you want hand-holding, a chill builder, or dislike looking up guides.
Great for
Players who love systems engineering, problem-solving and learning through failure, Factorio/RimWorld fans
Main risk
Poor tutorial and brutal learning curve mean many players feel forced to watch guides and restart repeatedly
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Gases, liquids, heat, power and automation all run on rules that stay the same no matter how chaotic the colony gets, so when something breaks it's always your fault, never the game cheating you.”
Steam review · 182.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Each map has a different feel and thus the replay value is high.”
Steam review · 1655.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it's extremely gratifying to complete a build correctly and see it in action, with immediate effects.”
Steam review · 990.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Your "Duplicants" are full of personality. They stress-vomit, cry, binge-eat, and perform hilarious animations, making you genuinely care about keeping them alive.”
Steam review · 109.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“ONI has amazing ongoing support and development.”
Steam review · 4224.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“The game performs excellently on less powerful systems, including those with onboard graphics.”
Steam review · 4224.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The game is good for those that enjoy failing and restarting over and over and over”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“If you have to look at a wiki just to figure out how to play the game, the devs have failed miserably.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It is not fun trying to organize a colony when you have to constantly micromanage a bunch of suicidal toddlers.”
Steam review · 72.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Everytime they update thge game (way too often) I am having to spend hours trying to get it working again”
Steam review · 572.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“The Aquatic Care Station is content that should have been part of the base game”
Steam review · 282.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“by cycle 800 the game just becomes entirely unplayable and it starts just killing your PC?”
Steam review · 1480.4 h played ↗
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+ Huge replayability and freedom
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+ Striking Soviet retro-futurist atmosphere
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