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Star Explorers

82% positive of 244 Steam reviews

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Released
2018
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, GOG, itch.io

Made by Schmidt Workshops.

About the game

Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.

Tagged by players

  • Space Sim
  • Space
  • Procedural Generation
  • Boomer Shooter
  • Open World
  • Old School
  • Aliens
  • Dungeon Crawler
  • Retro
  • Sandbox
  • Nonlinear
  • Sci-fi

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    Love the graphics style. Love the space setting and freedom. HATE the UI layout. First off, this game needs controller support BADLY, even on mouse and keyboard the UI make next to no sense. If the controls were actually re-engineered to be even remotely intuitive I'd give this game high marks but it's near unplayable and it really feels like you spend more time fighting with the UI than anything else. This is a…

    2 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Star Explorers feels like No Man's Sky with PS1 technical limitations. The UI for navigating the solar system is incredibly confusing and the gameplay itself is basically landing on planets and wandering into labyrinthian style caves to grab resources. It's visually ugly and not very fun to play.

    25 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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