Oxygen Not Included

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 148 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 21 out of 148
  3. Negative: 11 out of 148

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  1. Outrate
    Feb 27, 2019
    7
    Great game, great bug support, but no character generation or design.
    You can't even choice appearance of crew so it's always looks pretty stupid even considering comic style.
  2. aknight4678
    Aug 30, 2021
    2
    I'm sorry but with all the hours of put in to this game I just found it boring as hell, there's so much repetition in this game , it's just extremely dull and nothing of interest, just like this review, booorrrrrriiiiinnnggggg.
  3. Caerleon
    Dec 21, 2017
    8
    One of the masterpieces. The game does not leave time for rest. Every step should be thought through, so as not to break the fragile infrastructure of the base. Constant updates and additions to diversify the gameplay.
  4. TESSSERACT
    Jun 11, 2017
    10
    This game is very addictive. The first time is the worst, but you get better fast. Once you learn the basics, the game starts to open up. You have to work with what you have, and it is a challange. You would be amazed how much you learn in actual real world science as well. The fact that this game is still in early access is great, because there is going to be more content in the future. IThis game is very addictive. The first time is the worst, but you get better fast. Once you learn the basics, the game starts to open up. You have to work with what you have, and it is a challange. You would be amazed how much you learn in actual real world science as well. The fact that this game is still in early access is great, because there is going to be more content in the future. I love this game very much.… Expand
  5. eafx
    Apr 24, 2018
    10
    When it was first announced, it was not good. But they did something and made this a masterpiece. Every step should be thought, if you do something wrong, then you're f#*cked.
  6. Sarkyn
    Jan 1, 2019
    10
    This game has barely managed to replace Factorio and Rimworld to win my "most hours ever spent" award. I find myself scrawling designs for cooling systems on napkins. I'm at nearly 1000 hours and the game hasn't even been released yet. My 1000+ cycle base is great and all, but the itch to roll the dice and start again is overpowering... Very well crafted game, very engaging and comedic,This game has barely managed to replace Factorio and Rimworld to win my "most hours ever spent" award. I find myself scrawling designs for cooling systems on napkins. I'm at nearly 1000 hours and the game hasn't even been released yet. My 1000+ cycle base is great and all, but the itch to roll the dice and start again is overpowering... Very well crafted game, very engaging and comedic, but it's the depth of the interconnected imperfect systems that become the game in the long run. Well made, well made.… Expand
  7. PrincessRose
    Feb 8, 2021
    5
    This game is very addictive to play however the game does not have any good tutorials or show you how to do the majority of things needed and I found it very difficult to figure out what Iam doing. I failed so many times as have no idea what Iam supposed to be doing.

    I had to look up guides to be able to have my colony survive. I made the mistake of using the microbe musher for food as    This game is very addictive to play however the game does not have any good tutorials or show you how to do the majority of things needed and I found it very difficult to figure out what Iam doing. I failed so many times as have no idea what Iam supposed to be doing.

    I had to look up guides to be able to have my colony survive.
    I made the mistake of using the microbe musher for food as I thought that's what you are supposed to use. You are actually meant to research and farm as soon as possible.

    I really dislike being shoved into a game blindly and feeling totally overhelmed and having no idea.

    So I rate the game 5/10 for lack of helpful guidance that I think the game needs. There should be a third game mode called Newb mode where it has a proper good tutorial. And those that don't want help or like figuring it out themselves can choose the other modes.

    I can't recommend as I find the game way too complex which causes the game not to be fun for me.    … Expand
  8. Voyou
    May 23, 2021
    2
    An hour in the game and I haven't managed to assign any task to anyone. Wherever I click I get a popup with a ton of text to read, but no action button anywhere. Apparently, keyboard shortcuts are mandatory. If that's the case, if the coders or vi or emacs didn't die virgins and had children who wrote software with the same level of interface retardation, then I'll rate them a zero asAn hour in the game and I haven't managed to assign any task to anyone. Wherever I click I get a popup with a ton of text to read, but no action button anywhere. Apparently, keyboard shortcuts are mandatory. If that's the case, if the coders or vi or emacs didn't die virgins and had children who wrote software with the same level of interface retardation, then I'll rate them a zero as well. If not, if I'm missing something, then it's only the tutorial that I rate at zero. In any case, I don't have time to waste on incompetence.
    Mind you, the game is text-super-heavy, which was a clue, and there is a UI scaling, which should be a positive, however when scaled up to a comfortable read, the popups don't fit fully on-screen any more; they are useless. Game makers not grasping that they don't need big icons, big permanent elements, they only need big fonts, for the texts that appear temporarily, one by one.
    Also, not surprisingly, the game does not provide the entertaining ability to save progress during missions. Which means its entertainment value is a big fat ZERO. In fact, this is the case for any game that this company made, so their incompetence is not a case of amateurism but clearly of low intelligence.    … Expand
  9. DrowsyBuzzard17
    Sep 24, 2018
    10
    An absolutely beautiful game in which you must lead your colony to survival. It is good for those who want a survival challenge without having to worry about monsters, but want to have to work with a number of different aspects and countless ways to combat problems.(Food= Grills= Heat= Cooling= Plumbing= Resources= Mining= Food. Good thing you start out with a fair amount of food...
  10. bobbigomb
    Nov 23, 2018
    9
    Patch every 1-2month with new feature.
    Game stable, small bug, fantastic for beginner or expert.
    Good replayability.
  11. Ionianwarrior
    Feb 23, 2019
    10
    I've put more hours into this game than I ever thought I would. I started playing in early access and they just keep patching in new features and smoothing out the old ones (in a good way). It's the kind of game that sits in my library and waits for me to launch it again. I then binge it for a week or two and then go back to other games until I decide to play this one again. I suspectI've put more hours into this game than I ever thought I would. I started playing in early access and they just keep patching in new features and smoothing out the old ones (in a good way). It's the kind of game that sits in my library and waits for me to launch it again. I then binge it for a week or two and then go back to other games until I decide to play this one again. I suspect it will remain installed on my machine long after other "AAA titles" have been played and discarded. There are just some games that have that "one more turn" appeal, and this one falls firmly into that category. Each cycle (day) more things get accomplished and more progress is made, and you look forward to the next one each time. There are still some confusing concepts and the difficulty has varied dramatically over the course of the development. I am still trying to decide if it's hit a sweet spot or if there are still pits/peaks on that front.

    The short answer is that this is a fun strategy game that looks small at first but has an amazing amount of depth and complexity once you get into it.    … Expand
  12. Fyzel
    Mar 9, 2019
    9
    Great alpha release so far. The game progression takes a bit to get used to. Effectively going from one emergency to another. Some come up slowly, others more quickly.

    I thought I had power all sorted out when I found a gas vent. Found out later that the gas wasn’t producing as quickly as I had hoped leaving me with a huge power emergency mid game.

    Can’t wait to see the finished product!
  13. Agathra
    Oct 5, 2019
    5
    So I ended up not enjoying this game, but I'd still recommend it to... *most* people. Weird? Probably, but here's the thing: I would only recommend you do NOT play this game if, like me, you don't do well with technical jargon & math. Want an example: here's a line FROM A BEGINNER'S DISCUSSION on the game in a discussion thread:

    "1 Steam Turbine's cooling equals    So I ended up not enjoying this game, but I'd still recommend it to... *most* people. Weird? Probably, but here's the thing: I would only recommend you do NOT play this game if, like me, you don't do well with technical jargon & math. Want an example: here's a line FROM A BEGINNER'S DISCUSSION on the game in a discussion thread:

    "1 Steam Turbine's cooling equals (525-450)K*4.179kJ/kg/K*10kg/s=3134kw per second"

    I can't cope with that statement, and that's JUST for one item within one branch of a whole bunch of stuff you need to balance.

    Having said that? I did give it a couple hours of playtime to test it out. Because it is a seriously adorable game and I love it and wish I *could* play it. The animations are cute, the critters are cute, the characters are cute, even the dang materials are cute. The game as a whole is really well done and I'm sad that I tend to get confused when numbers and technical jargon start muddying the mix, because I really would like to play more! So yes, if the above sentence makes you ask "what's so confusing about that?" then you are probably gonna love this game, and you should buy it and play it now, and while you're at it, could you please enjoy it enough for the both of us?    … Expand
  14. Gme
    Sep 24, 2021
    0
    This used to be an 8/10 review but now it's owned by the CCP. Stay away at all costs.
  15. bentoboxkiller
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    Game is very good, if you enjoy micro management.
    If you are not into calculating where to go from this pause to the next, might not be the game for you.
    Game learning curve is basically a up arrow.
  16. metacriticuser8
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    This game suffers from typical indie company problems. It is very bad optimized and suffers performance problems, which makes the game unplayable in the lategame state, which is necessary to have to enjoy the game. Therefore just 1 point. Maybe write better code, this is embarassing
  17. Errtai
    Jul 2, 2023
    10
    I've got 700 hours on this game and I've never felt so much like a genius when creating a base. Then I check what other people have done and feel like a dumbest person on earth. 10/10
  18. pongkrit03
    Jul 22, 2020
    10
    One of the best building management simulators I have ever played, and I have played a lot of this kind of games, I didn't expected ONI to be this good ! (My friend recommended this game to me longtime ago but I just have chanced to play it recently) Animation also looks cute. I have spent 100 hrs in it already, so addicted. Anyway, the game is not hard but you have to read a lot in WikiOne of the best building management simulators I have ever played, and I have played a lot of this kind of games, I didn't expected ONI to be this good ! (My friend recommended this game to me longtime ago but I just have chanced to play it recently) Animation also looks cute. I have spent 100 hrs in it already, so addicted. Anyway, the game is not hard but you have to read a lot in Wiki (You can even find wiki ingame) it needs time to remember plants, buildings, gases so on. Devs also have good communication with community. The game is not perfect yet, it has so much potential to be even better and devs still continue to improve it too, which is great.

    For indy game to be this fun, I have to give them 10/10. Cheap price, high quality and unique concept. It is not easy for me to give 10 you can check my account but This game deserve it totally. I will wait for dlcs and expansions.    … Expand
  19. umbershap
    Feb 2, 2020
    8
    This is a great game. Art and sound is good. Game is stable there is no slowdown or stutter when you expand your base.
  20. llow
    May 26, 2020
    9
    Incredibly addicting base building, survival game. Stay away!

    They continue to release new features and bug fixes to make coming back to this game every so often a worthwhile experience.

    Again be warned, very addicting.
  21. GustaCNXFL
    Aug 24, 2020
    10
    muito melhor jogo de gerenciamento! arte bonita e trilha sonora divertida e muito leve e roda na maioria dos computadores!
  22. EmeraldKnight
    Jul 23, 2020
    9
    Watched a streamer for months before I brought the game. It is a great time sink. I have enjoyed it more than I was expecting. Looking forward to multiplayer if it becomes a thing.
  23. keshudioo
    Dec 20, 2020
    9
    This is game is a masterpiece. I just wish I was better at it.
    It has a great dev support. They always release new patches and make changes from time to time. The game itself has huge replayability. Nice cartoon graphics, depth in mechanics. Really challenging.
  24. apokalipto
    Aug 23, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  25. OldManGamerOMG
    Jan 30, 2021
    7
    The game is fun, but does not run smoothly. My system has 64gb ram, 11gb GPU and running a new intel extreme processor, and the game still has issues the later into the game I get. Around cycle 350 to 500, the game becomes frustrating with taking up to a couple of minutes for the auto save function to perform its task, before the game will continue. It might appear that your game hasThe game is fun, but does not run smoothly. My system has 64gb ram, 11gb GPU and running a new intel extreme processor, and the game still has issues the later into the game I get. Around cycle 350 to 500, the game becomes frustrating with taking up to a couple of minutes for the auto save function to perform its task, before the game will continue. It might appear that your game has crashed, but this is just how the game performs. This does not seem to be as reliant as system design as just the bottleneck in game design.

    The speed up process also become a bad choice with any more than 16 duplicates, as the game takes the same amount of time to go through its checklist to see who performs what task, regardless of speed selected to play. This means that playing accelerated gameplay will result in an increase duplicate idle time ratio comparatively. When racing the clock on anything, always run in the slowest/normal speed, else you can end up wasting time and failing to accomplish tasks by their deadlines.

    Be careful altering the priority settings, as this can essentially stun lock duplicates, making them do jitters instead of accomplishing anything. For some reason, if two tasks are equal in importance for a duplicate, they will sometimes (and often in later cycles) cycle between the two tasks, doing nothing but a two step shuffle between the first step towards each task, but no further. I found this especially problematic with tidy tasks between gathering ice and anything else. I had to set the resource box for the ice to a lower rating, so it would end up getting those last, which solved most of the two step shuffle issues.

    The game performs excellent for the first 200 or so cycles, and is very fun, but after that, it because a race to patience versus success. I find that I reset the game often, starting over, just because I am tired of the auto save feature making the game play tedious. I consider this a major game issue, and would rate the game far more favorably if they can fix this. As is, this is a fun game that I recommend, but expect your patience to be tested if you venture through many cycles, instead of rush to the finish line.    … Expand
  26. Yustan
    Jul 27, 2023
    9
    Сложно, но чертовски интересно Оксиген имеет очень высокую проработку и геймплейную глубину. Она довольна сложна в освоении, но когда у тебя всë-таки получается построить базу, которая даже имеет надежду к существованию - ты чертовски радуешься. В игре масса возможностей для различных путей к обустройству колонии, что даëт тебе большую свободу (хотя это наступит и не сразу) Мега приятное иСложно, но чертовски интересно Оксиген имеет очень высокую проработку и геймплейную глубину. Она довольна сложна в освоении, но когда у тебя всë-таки получается построить базу, которая даже имеет надежду к существованию - ты чертовски радуешься. В игре масса возможностей для различных путей к обустройству колонии, что даëт тебе большую свободу (хотя это наступит и не сразу) Мега приятное и уникальное визуальное оформление, а также аудио. Всë это заставляет тебя часами напролëт сидеть и пытаться потихоньку улучшать свою базу и условия для жизни дублекантов. Perfect… Expand
  27. Ben_ben
    Nov 3, 2021
    10
    Interesting management and construction. Explore the product line and build your base.
  28. PlayGamesTooMuc
    Apr 16, 2021
    8
    I really like this game and wish there were more games like it. The game for the most part is really cool and good for everyone until automation comes in, not that it's too complicated but it just doesn't really fit in with the rest of the survival aspect. I got 122 hours out of this game until I stopped playing it. I had a blast. I died 4~ times and kept on replaying.
  29. StarkAgentos
    Jun 7, 2022
    8
    Крутой космический симулятор выживания с видом сверху и красивой графикой.
  30. dante068
    Jun 9, 2023
    10
    Very addictive and I love the art style. This is the kind of game for those who love The Sims and SimCity.
  31. eymo
    Sep 15, 2022
    10
    İt s the best colony game and it s really hard like heat rad food water i mean every think
  32. hjikqfbiuqdbiqw
    Aug 24, 2023
    8
    ONI is one of a kind.
    There is no comptetitor that can come close to its management simulation.
    The atmospheric aspects and the many other layers, which are all connected to each other and therefore productivity or survival are great and this game could easily be a 10/10, especially because it is the pioneer in this field. But to make it a 10/10 experience it has to be played with    ONI is one of a kind.
    There is no comptetitor that can come close to its management simulation.
    The atmospheric aspects and the many other layers, which are all connected to each other and therefore productivity or survival are great and this game could easily be a 10/10, especially because it is the pioneer in this field.

    But to make it a 10/10 experience it has to be played with mods. The basic version doesnt include many quality of life things, that mods can add. Mods also add so much content of buildings or UI.
    Due to the Steam Workshop support mods are great to install, but still tedious to search and find them as well as go over the struggle of a new patch and identify broken mods.

    Steam Workshop support is great though.    … Expand
  33. Quazder
    Aug 22, 2023
    0
    Too hard to understand and iam not willing to invest 10+ hours in to just learn the game to be actually able to play it at somehow decent level
  34. FoxInsurgency
    Aug 20, 2023
    9
    Un gioco spettacolare! Partendo dalla colonna sonora rilassante al gameplay che può passare da un momento di tranquillità ad un momento di panico a causa di un'imprevisto o di un tuo errore. Lo raccomando a tutta la gente che come me ama i punta e clicca per rilassarsi o far passare il tempo.

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. GameGrin
    Jul 30, 2024
    80
    A time sink that will keep you hooked right up until your last Duplicant.
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  2. GameStar
    Jan 10, 2020
    87
    Oxygen Not Included is a challening, complex survival building game for creative tinkerers and fans of automatisation.
  3. The Indie Game Website
    Aug 16, 2019
    90
    While there are niggles to the experience, from relatively frequent frame rate drops at the start of each cycle and the AI occasionally getting confused to the game outright crashing (which is naturally quite frustrating), these issues seem like the aftermath of Early Access. With the game having a decent swell of community support and the developers just as keen to keep improving, Oxygen Not Included appears to be going onwards and upwards – or whatever direction you fancy, really.
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