Underplayed Gems

Lonely Astronaut (2018)

Lonely Astronaut cover
Developer
Greyson Richey, Nicholas Lives
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating
4.5 of 5, 38 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

Piloting a corpse through a cosmic graveyard with a single button, blending clumsy physics with dark humor and a surprisingly poignant if nihilistic tone.

one-buttonarcadephysics-baseddarkly funnydifficultatmosphericscore attackmorbid

What players say

Players describe it as a simple one-button arcade game about a dead astronaut dodging asteroids, with physics that take time to learn. Sentiment is split: some call it a fun short distraction, others say it feels too shallow and more like an interactive art piece.

Screenshots

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