Helium Rain (2018)

- Developer
- Deimos Games
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Genres
- Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 4.0 of 5, 337 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 2.4 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
You command a fleet in a living economy where every trade and skirmish ripples through the market, blending real-time flight with long-term planning.
tacticalstrategicimmersiveeconomy-drivencustomizablemoderate pacingsystemic consequences
What players say
Players like the newtonian flight model and trading, but opinions split on the third person camera which disables some controls. The game is free and the developer open sourced it before retiring.
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