Underplayed Gems

Hardspace: Shipbreaker (2022)

Hardspace: Shipbreaker cover
Developer
Blackbird Interactive
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Simulation
Rating
4.5 of 5, 22,158 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 33 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You carefully slice through derelict spaceships in zero gravity, balancing peaceful precision with the occasional jolt of danger as you dismantle wrecks for profit and upgrades.

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What players say

Players praise the methodical ship-dismantling loop and physics, calling it a chill blue-collar simulator in space. But many are frustrated by unskippable story dialogue that interrupts play, and some find the ships repetitive, the progression slow, and the ending anticlimactic.

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