All reviews

Space

26 games reviewed, ranked by score.

Oxygen Not Included

Oxygen Not Included

A Thermodynamics PhD Wearing a Colony Sim

91
FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL: Faster Than Light

Twelve years of rerouted shields and panicked airlocks

90
Dyson Sphere Program

Dyson Sphere Program

Factory Building That Reaches Past the Stars

88
Heat Signature

Heat Signature

Spaceship heists where every mistake becomes a story

86
The Message from Deep Space

The Message from Deep Space

First contact you solve yourself, worth the geometry grind

85
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

Every thruster placement decides a fight you haven't fought yet

83
ENDLESS Space 2

ENDLESS Space 2

The 4X where your factions actually feel alien

83
Cobalt Core

Cobalt Core

One-axis ship combat that clicks, enemies that don't keep up

82
BATTLETECH

BATTLETECH

Salvage, rebuild, roll out: a mercenary loop that punishes every mistake

80
Stellaris

Stellaris

A galaxy of emergent stories trapped in a paywall

79
Terra Invicta

Terra Invicta

The deepest strategy game nobody bothered to explain

79
Quasimorph

Quasimorph

Clone-fed raids that grip, until loot luck runs the late game

77
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order

EA's Best Apology Is a Soulslite With a Lightsaber

76
Voidling Bound

Voidling Bound

Breeding voidlings is a joy, three mission types aren't

76
Angels Fall First

Angels Fall First

Board an enemy carrier mid-match, past the menu clutter

74
Dome Keeper

Dome Keeper

Dig, defend, repeat: the perfect 30-minute itch

74
Chorus

Chorus

Drifting Saves This Space Shooter From Its Own Plot

71
MegaFactory Titan

MegaFactory Titan

Pull-belt maglevs are genius. The clutter around them isn't.

70
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

Crisis after crisis, until the BSG dread becomes admin

69
EVERSPACE

EVERSPACE

Gorgeous space roguelike that mistakes grind for difficulty

69
Ostranauts

Ostranauts

Salvaging derelicts thrills, until a bug eats your save

68
Sketchy's Contract

Sketchy's Contract

Loot-rich alien contracts, sunk by mission-wiping crashes

68
Eden Crafters

Eden Crafters

A warming planet, undone by belts that won't snap

66
Astro Colony

Astro Colony

The conveyor loop satisfies, the controls fight every cable

64
Space Haven

Space Haven

A Gorgeous Space Sim That Optimises Itself Into a Box

64
Halo: Campaign Evolved

Halo: Campaign Evolved

Gorgeous rooms, recast voices, and a login wall on a solo campaign

52