Hardspace: Shipbreaker

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 37
  3. Negative: 4 out of 37

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  1. S3XU4LH34L1NG
    Sep 26, 2022
    7
    Pretty fun game with a depressing story. The game drags on wayyyy too long without innovation. The first half of the story is oretty good tho.
  2. Lukrejshyn
    Jun 8, 2022
    7
    Hardspace Shipbreaker is a really good space-simulation type game. It's very original in it's design and can be really relaxing. It also doesn't require much of your time and depending on the difficulty it spaces your shipbreaking sessions between 15 -20 minutes.

    The gameplay offers much variety. In the career mode the game constantly adds new tweaks and difficulties to keep the    Hardspace Shipbreaker is a really good space-simulation type game. It's very original in it's design and can be really relaxing. It also doesn't require much of your time and depending on the difficulty it spaces your shipbreaking sessions between 15 -20 minutes.

    The gameplay offers much variety. In the career mode the game constantly adds new tweaks and difficulties to keep the experience fresh. These can really change the way you approach certain ships. The game also gives you a plenty of tools to work with and they come together to create a really entertaining gameplay loop.

    The upgrade system really adds depth to all the tools you'll be using. Some are just minor QOL adjustments and some can greatly improve and change how you utilize your equipment.

    These were the srongest parts of the game where it really shines. Hardspace doesn't have any major issues but it does have a couple of annoying parts. The game saves only when you get to your hub and doesn't save any upgrades you had after you completed your shift so if you already upgraded something or added a new sticker or perhaps listen to new story dialogue and quit you'll have to do it all over again.

    The physics while for the most part are fun to play with often feel very clunky and this is especially evident when using tethers. The light objects usually will work the way they were intended but heavy ones can often rotate in a weird way and break tethers which makes you waste another one, waste your time making sure it moves the way you want to and it can get frustrating after a while.
    Besides those things Hardspace:Shipbreaker isn't the game for everyone. Some can find it boring or too repetetive since all you will be doing is breaking down ships for the entirety of the time spent in game.

    The story also doesn't add much to the game overall and there really isn't much space for it since most of it is presented through text and dialogue.

    However I personally think it's a blast to play and a really good space simulator. It's targeted for a specific audience and that's completely fine since it doesn't try to copy anyone and instead is it's own creation.    … Expand

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#45 Best PC Game of 2022

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 29, 2024
    100
    Additional variability in gameplay, however, is provided by a decent number of ship types, which was the biggest shortcoming of the preliminary version. Now the game contains around ten ship classes. In addition, the internal layout of each individual ship within a class is different. So you don't have to worry about running into the exact same vessel twice in dozens of hours of play. [Issue#320]
  2. GameCritics
    Oct 19, 2022
    95
    Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a masterpiece. It offers perfectly-tuned gameplay that dovetails flawlessly with the story that it’s telling, and it’s the rare example that manages to make its points entirely through mechanics — even if someone stripped out all of the dialogue, players would still understand what the game has to say about the crushing cycle of worker exploitation under capitalism. The fact that the developers went out of their way to build a believable world and great characters to help players empathize with the people trapped in this corrupt system shows how much they cared about making the best possible version of their work.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Jul 18, 2022
    70
    This is a one-of-a-kind saga about a space rigger, but it needs some memorable moments in order to shine.
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