A cozy atmospheric exploration game about making your home in space, finding your way in a strange and whimsical universe, and the impact you have along the way.
Positive
13 Steam reviews
| LANGUAGE | AUDIO | SUBTITLES | INTERFACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | — | — | Y |
just started playing but as another reviewer said its similar to objects in space, as in you live in your ship you repair it etc but also like a life sim you grow food craft things investigate things in a lab, and also you can do missions ( delivery, dont know if there is more) like the game great potential there is no game similar that you live truly in your ship, have been looking for something like this, dont know how i miss it til now
This is really cool and has potential to be so immersive. It already is very nice! I hope the devs keep working on it and add mouse only controls pretty please for accessibility? <3
I really like this. It's cozy, and it captures the day-to-day of being on a spaceship. Shower, eat, sleep, wait to get to your destination. Very calming. Not much in the way of excitement just yet, but the relaxation is nice after a long day at work.
Looking forward to where the game goes. This fits a niche that few games have filled.
The game is excellent bones for a great game in the future.
Right now the game has some stuff to do but a lot of it is hit button & wait.
You have to walk everywhere which isn't bad but is time consuming.
There are no directions and the map doesn't really help so finding things means just wandering around to find it.
The farming function has no explanations of how it works and I can't find any help online.
Over all it sounds like I am being quite down on this game but honestly I love the idea and the bones are great but it is clearly not done is all.
I AM hoping there will be more customisation of the ship & outfits.
It's a game with a more relaxing feel. You basically stay in your ship managing possible problems, with survival elements, missions and focused on exploration. Updates take a long time to arrive, if they ever do. That's the biggest problem. Very little exploration content. There's only a small system with very few planets/places. And these are still just small areas. There's no big cities, no planet with a huge area to be explored, nothing like that. The space travel mechanics and the way you can interact with loot, asteroids and drifting ships are perfect, but all of these are also very small and repetitive. The worst of all is that space travel, even with a hyperdrive, is very slow, you spend hours going from one place to another (and there are few...) and it gets boring. To make matters worse, due to RNG, your ship has faults that you need to find the components to fix it (the game does this well, since you can loot or craft them on your ship). However, it is frustrating to waste hours trying to arrive at your destination and when you are almost there, the ship has a problem and there is no effective communication on the screen about it, or an audible alert that calls your attention, and if you are not careful... you are automatically taken back to a repair site (paying some credits for this) and if you want to return to your destination you have to travel hours and hours again. The save system does not allow you to load at an earlier point, which is terrible. Anyway, the game has a good foundation, a good concept and execution, but it lacks content and variety and a better balance of what is available in the gameplay, such as travel time.
Although this game is tagged as "RPG" and "Adventure" it is more of a cozy life sim set in space. I enjoyed my time playing it but, as it is Early Access, there is very little content and plenty of bugs. I was able to do the main story (if you could consider it that) in less than five hours and afterwards there is nothing but repeating delivery quests. However, this game has immense potential and as I went through it I saw many placeholders for future content which got me excited for what this game may become. I could begin listing things I would like to see added in the game but I have a feeling the devs already have the same ideas and it is just a matter of time and work. I am giving this game a Thumbs Up for the concept and the potential it has but, as an early access game, it feels more like a technical demo than an actual game. That being said I'm not sure if it is currently worth it's asking price. I hope the developers stick with it and turn it into the amazing experience it could become.
I've been looking at this for a while and decided to go ahead and get it and I'm glad I did. I have 70 min. in it so far and if they do what they have planed it's going to be very good. The biggest problem I'm having now is finding my way around the ship. The store page gives you no idea as to how big the ship is. It's very simple. About the only keys you need are the WASD and C. C interaction key but I wish it was the F key. Some games I have use the F key and I think it is easier to use. Shift toggles run and walk. It's kind of a niche game and may be a little slow for the run and gun crowed. My recommendation is, if it sounds like something you would be interested in, get it.
Has potential
Objects in Space was the first great space came from Australia. It promised great things, came through on some of them, but then the developers gave up. If you are (like me) still mourning its demise then rejoice!
Starwisp Hyperdrive feels like the spiritual successor (with some added Ostranaught DNA). It also comes from a land down under. It also has numerous ship systems that frequently need repairing. And it promises a great deal still to come.
I do hope so. I do wish the developers every success and hope they will stick with this for longer than their predecessors.
The game is in EA, with all that is implied by that - bugs, missing content, QoL. But it is already an interesting experience.
So I like the potential of the game, it seems cool and well thought out, however it needs a better tutorial and male character models. I picked he him and still gotta small boobed girl no matter which way I played with the customization.
But I'll definitely keep it and hope they keep improving on it.
I think I'm REALLY REALLY gonna like this game. This is something I've been looking for.....for a long time. I really hope they get to keep updating this and adding more. Give it a shot, it may not be for everyone but the fanbase for this game is out there for sure.
At time of writing this I'm the first review! Cool!
Okay so...here's the thing. I had a back and forth in my head about whether I should give this game a thumbs up or a thumbs down. I wish there was a neutral button. Because that's how I feel.
I suppose I eventually gave it a thumbs down because it's not quite there yet.
Don't get me wrong, the game isn't awful or terrible or broken or anything. It's just not finished. As it is currently I wasn't having any fun. I wasn't eager to return. I'm not really invested or interested in anything in the game other than it's idea.
The idea of this game is really interesting to me and oh how I wish it were designed better. Or complete. But currently it's just boring. I spent most of my time doing nothing.
Wanna research that biological sample? Sit and wait.
Wanna refine that crystal into fuel? Sit and wait.
Wanna recycle that old metal junk? Sit and wait.
Wanna travel to a planet or space station? Sit and wait.
Wanna craft something? Sit and wait.
The majority of my play-through was sitting and waiting.
Plus you have this really large ship with all the stuff spread out randomly. The research room is over there, the crafting room over there, the fuel over there. The ship has multiple rooms for people to sleep on but you can only sleep in your own personal bunker even though no one else lives on the ship. Which is all the way over there. To drive it's all the way over there. I mean...you move slowly and yet you have to walk all over around this big ship navigating and getting lost over and over again to find random things so you can sit and wait then run all over the ship again to get to this point so you can sit and wait.
With no background music and very little ambiance or sound effects it made the game feel dead.
Maybe one day this game can become something more interesting and fun but as of this moment it just wasn't, which is why I decided to give it a thumbs down. Which I hated to do btw cuz of how much I liked the idea of this.
If you'd like a more in-depth look at the game then please check out the video on my YouTube channel (link below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydli8Al17ko
Otherwise, thanks so much for reading and I hope I managed to help some of you out there spend your money wisely.
Version 0.1.10 Review:
This is a typical cozy sim where you live life. in Starwisp Hyperdrive, you fly your ship around and make deliveries, You also land at locations, get in your shuttle and hunt down asteroids, and there is potential for combat, although I didn't see any in the first 2.5 hours. Changing clothes, eating, showering and just checking on your ship systems for any changes/damage that needs attention while your ship makes its way to your next chosen destination is your time typically spent.
It occupied a few hours of my time to visit 4 of the 5 locations and fiddle with the ship.
Currently there is no tutorial but almost everything I was able to figure out just by playing with it.
It also was a bit on the quiet side, (not much background music or sound effects for text readouts) and a few visible bugs, but I expected as much being a early access version and I'll be excited to come back for more.
