ICARUS
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To start I tried to avoid all info and most betas of this to go in fresh without any prior opinion or jaded by the opinions of others and I must say… this game is a giant piece of crap.
Runs like trash on a 3080/5900x, 32 Gigs DDR4, and on a NVME SSD to start which doesn’t help. Enemies lack proper pathing, AI spawn out of the air on top of you in scripted “missions”, had 2 bears land on top of me, then figured it was coming the 2nd time and 4 wolves pop out of the air… difference being this time I got them all stuck on each other and they sorta made a wolf pyramid while I sniped at them.
– Real player with 29.0 hrs in game
15 hours of play time later edit: Still running smooth, still a lot of fun, has thirty dollars worth of content in my honest opinion. Running 8 player missions is still hilarious.
Oh jeez okay Icarus. Well right off the bat 10/10 is my score for it. 100 out of 100, it’s exactly what I wanted when I first saw the silly trailer a few years back.
Tl;dr: PVE survival game with good coop, good character growth options, fun stuff, decent gameplay loop, really dedicated dev team. I’ve spent more money on far worse games that got less play time than the beta of this game.
– Real player with 28.6 hrs in game
Astrodition
In Astrodition, all gamemodes can be played online with up to 8 players! Invite your friends or hop into an existing lobby to play either competitive or cooperative gamemodes! Every playthrough is unique in this procedurally generated world!
Story
After crashing on the dwarf planet Ceres, you will need to grow food, repair the damaged spacecraft, and keep an eye on your suit’s oxygen level! After exploring the planet’s surface, gather resources by harvesting Meteorites, Graphite Rocks, and Iron-Rich Clay Deposits. Once you are self-sustainable, set out on a journey to uncover the mystery of why you crashed! But watch out for radioactive zones and leaking suits!
Space Dodgeball
Space Dodgeball has you moving in all three dimensions to out manoeuvre your opponents. The objective is simple, hit the other team while avoiding incoming dodgeballs! But be careful, dodgeballs can be caught and thrown back! Play 4v4, or 1v7 if you are feeling confident! Let the best astronauts win!
Capture The Flag
Team up with other astronauts and work together! Fight your way to the opponent’s flag and take it back to your spacecraft to score a point! Hit the other team with dodgeballs to stop them from reaching your flag, you will need to work as a team to win!
Free Play
In Astrodition, Free Play can take place both on the ground and in space! Have fun without worrying about keeping your astronaut alive! You can spawn in all items and decide when you take damage! The planet is your playground, so build structures, drive around, and craft to your heart’s content!
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
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Needs more development time and testing alot of stuff only half works and the inventory system needs alot of work. They need to change the inventory system as well as change the way your character gets energy replenished, it is currently too tedious to eat/drink. Cannot recommend this game, especially at that price. I see what they were going for and it is a cool concept, but for the price there is much better games for the same if not cheaper. I would like to recommend this game and give a good review, but in its current state I cannot. Hopefully it will get better and I think they should take ideas from games like Space Engineers on how to execute this games functions much better. For now this review will remain negative until much needed improvements are made.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Breakwaters
CLOSED BETA/EARLY ACCESS REVIEW!
So I was lucky to be one of the people being able to play around with the closed beta and even though we didn’t have access to all the EA content and even though we ran into quite a few bugs at the time (most of whom have been fixed or being worked on right now), I had a ton of fun playing this.
It’s a relaxing survival and exploration sim with many things to explore, craft and build.
The water physics are amazing. You can basically manipulate the water to do anything, if you know how.
– Real player with 32.1 hrs in game
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Got an early review copy and was excited to try this as it had been on my radar since seeing the trailer earlier this year. Unfortunately the flaws became readily apparent pretty quickly.
Pros:
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Looks nice
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Water mechanics are interesting
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Gathering resources and crafting are easy
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Armor and weapons don’t lose durability
Cons:
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Movement feels really off
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Even after lowering the sensitivity the camera is still way too fast
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Combat is not good at all, there’s no blocking, dodging or rolling and enemies have very basic attack patterns
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
Gatewalkers (Alpha)
It’s ALPHA but let me just say one thing, It sure doesn’t play like an ALPHA!
I jumped in the game first thing when the demo came live. I played for 9 hours straight in stream on twitch.tv and you can go check it out. No shameful plug at all. It’s there, go watch it. Anyway, if you want a top down RPG with some amazing mechanics and great elements of game that take you back to some old school classics with modern graphic engine and some amazing snub references to things that seem very familiar this is one for sure to check out.
– Real player with 16.6 hrs in game
Pros.
If you are looking for a dungeon crawler type game i highly recommend. This is an actual great game! Great Graphics, awesome gameplay/controls, and even this being in alpha even i personally have not had any bugs or glitches with it. It is similar to diablo with the combat and dungeon crawler game play but with a super cool twist; (if you have ever played albion online) it also shares similar traits to albion with the open world type maps but are not nearly as big and they are procedurally generated so you get something a little different if you go back to the same map. There is also mats for crafting tons of different types of weapons and armor for the build that your running (similar to albion on the weapons; so your skills you use are dependent upon what weapon your using). In that same statement it IS NOT nearly as grindy as albion was with farming mats and not to mention the constant annoyance of other people farming the same mats as you and waiting for them to respawn since it is a singleplayer/co op game. The UI is pretty nice and simple not super complex or fancy. The skill tree is a shtting of the pants moment at first sight so it takes a second but it is easy to understand. There is herbs, berries, etc types of ingredients that you use in crafting various foods and drinks which can give you buffs like, increased healing, damage, damage reduction, stamina regen etc. There is hidden chests and challenges that you can do in the maps which gives you more rare materials. And there is even effects from the world on your character on certain maps like them being filled with gas in areas to even being night time which affects you in different ways.
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
Gatewalkers
Gatewalkers is a cooperative action RPG game with survival elements, where players travel across different worlds in order to save their own. Explore procedurally generated worlds, face hostile inhabitants, face challenges like extreme weather conditions, toxic atmosphere, lack of water and more.
Key features:
TEAM CO-OP
As a Gatewalker, one of the chosen few, you can go through the Gate and explore the worlds that lay on the other side. Team up with up to 3 other players in this team-based survival. Fight terrifying monsters, survive extreme weather conditions, follow the orders given by the Guild, and most importantly, stay alive!
WORLD EXPLORATION
Explore the procedurally generated worlds with unique terrain features, plants, and creatures. Discover new resources and crafting materials. Face various environmental hazards: toxic or unbreathable atmosphere, terrifying darkness, penetrating cold, and much more. Each world type introduces a unique survival mechanic that forces you to adapt. Finding food, water or wood to start a fire may be impossible. Consider carefully what to bring with you on the expedition, as no one really knows what awaits on the other side of the Gate.
TEAM SURVIVAL
Surviving alone in an unknown world is really hard. But with teammates at your side, you at least stand a chance. Share the responsibilities: start a fire to let others warm up, build a tent to let your mates rest, warn them about the dangers lurking in the night. The key to surviving is cooperation between you and your team.
SKILL BASED COMBAT
Isometric skill-based combat without auto targeting. Your skills may miss, and you can dodge enemy attacks! Good positioning during combat, balanced use of skills, proper timing and team synergy are all crucial to victory.
CRAFTING
Choose an item to craft. Discover the appropriate recipe. Raid different worlds to gather required resources. Find or create a crafting station. Finally, build the item and use it!
YOU ARE WHAT YOU WEAR
There are no predefined character classes. Each item gives you a unique set of skills, so try tinkering with different builds. Take heavy armor and a healing staff to support your mates in the front line by tanking and restoring health. Remember, you are, what you wear!
PROCEDURALLY GENERATED WORLDS
Each time you pass the Gate you will land in a different, procedurally generated world. This gives you countless opportunities, offers constant challenges, and forces you to adapt in order to win in changing conditions! Always stay cautious, modify your strategy, make fast decisions and face their consequences, because you never know what waits around the corner.
Green Hell
I was hesitant to get this game because I thought it would be a more “realistic” and less interesting version of The Forest, but thankfully it has its own thing going for it.
Still, it’s difficult not to make comparisons since they are both survival/crafting games that involve similar challenges in a similar setting.
Where Green Hell differs the most is its emphasis on the survival aspect of the game. This is something I greatly appreciate since I don’t care a lot about base building and it makes the solo campaign more complex and enjoyable.
– Real player with 78.6 hrs in game
It’s definitely fun and having no idea what you’re doing and having to figure everything out yourself - regarding the survival part, not the story part - is enjoyable. I only struggle with the combat style, which is, honestly, horribly crotesque. The devs found a creative way to make this game with, i guess, it’s lacking funds, seem more cool by making the noise superb while we handle still images when traversing our memories. It makes it unique and fun. The forest is fun, for sure, personally I’d love it to be much more diverse in things you can eat, that are dangerous, etc. Like… I wanted a bit more realism and amount to explore and figure out for yourself. While I was also hoping for great building possibilities, I found these lacking (or maybe I haven’t truly figured out how to get a roof and build a 2-story building).
– Real player with 76.6 hrs in game
Valheim
Odin won’t let me go outside anymore and I have Stockholm Syndrome
Early in the year 2021, I heard about this game a decent amount of people were talking about: “Valheim”
It appeared to be some sort of Survival Craft / Sandbox title taking place in a Norse mythology setting, and since I love both, I thought to myself: “Hey, let’s give this a try!”
Several months later, I’m unable to tell if that grunt I just heard came from some creature in the game or my own stomach because of the pasta I ate raw in order to minimize the time spent on something else than building, slaying monsters and gathering materials.
– Real player with 961.0 hrs in game
I’m going to start with the good. This is a great game; with I think a great future. There’s plenty to do and it looks good. The simplicity works well. I love the building, really love the building. Yes there are dead areas in the world at the moment; but I know that will be filled in eventually. If you haven’t played this game, please pick it up. It’s worth a spot in your collection.
Now to the reason I can’t play this game anymore, and I have a little story for you. For some time now there has been a world destroying bug in the game. Your world progress will be reset back to the first day. Anyway, during covid lock, I’ve been separated from my girlfriend. UK to US travel has not been permitted until a few days ago. This game was our game. We spent weeks building a huge castle together. We laughed together, we talked about bad things going on in our lives, we got drunk together while playing this game. Some days, we just played quietly while listening to music together. What we built was huge, towers to their maximum possible height. Wide area’s paved with stone floor for housing and other buildings. We had friends come in to help us gather the stone; while also drinking and having a good time. Then about a week ago we loaded in to play after a month break to find everything was gone. EVERYTHING.
– Real player with 395.0 hrs in game
Into the Midnight
Into the Midnight is a halloween themed co-op multiplayer survival game full of mystey and fantasy. Team up with your friends, build a base, hunt creatures and survive one more day. Gather resources to craft items and structures that prepares you to surprises.
Start with nothing.
Prepare yourself for worse.
Resolve mysteries.
Proceduraly generated worlds.
Game is over when you die.
Metal Heads
I’ve been helping out with testing the game (the online multiplayer) for well over a year now and i have seen a lot of improvements with it so far and it has come a long way since Pax Aus 2019.
The game itself is great fun online (yes there are issues but it is early access and what early access game doesn’t have issues) and even better when playing locally with friends. There are plenty of mini-games to play as well as a bored game mode that allows you to place items on the map to hinder others or yourself if you aren’t careful. The game has a solo Dev and Andy Gillion working on the music for the game.
– Real player with 20.4 hrs in game
The game was for a year on my steam-wishlist, and now it’s released. Yeah, it is buggy … but what else do you expect for a Early Access game? The minigames are really funny, and the game has many potential to be the next big party game. So buy it and support the developer behind the game, so that he can fulfill his vision of the game.
Furthermore he is active on Discord, in contrast to another game in this genre on steam, where the devs are lost, lol.
– Real player with 13.0 hrs in game
Project Winter
if I were Adam and my goal was to create something beautiful, it would be this game
– Real player with 40.0 hrs in game
The best game in the genre, really needs more recognition.
– Real player with 32.3 hrs in game