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

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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Screenshots

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