Underplayed Gems

Dust Fleet (2023)

Dust Fleet cover
Developer
Orbiting Disco
Publisher
indie.io
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Strategy
Rating
3.8 of 5, 228 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 9.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A tense tactical space sim where you manage resources and command fleets in a gritty sci-fi setting.

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What players say

Players praise it as a solid single-developer space RTS that mixes Homeworld and Sins of a Solar Empire elements. They note the campaign is short but the skirmish mode offers replayability, the AI is challenging, and frequent autosaves mitigate bugs. A few find the strategy shallow and the campaign frustrating without regular saves.

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