Stationeers: Zrilian Species Pack Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-22
- DLC adds playable alien species
- Deep rewarding engineering gameplay
- Unique emergent gameplay experience
- Fun but punishing gameplay loop
- High replay value and freedom
- DLC lacks meaningful content
Emotions
Archetypes
- Sample precision
- Helpful reviews
- 71%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 29%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 78%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 22%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 66
- Negative points
- 44
- Gameplay points
- 85
- Perf. points
- 3
- Rec. points
- 21
- Misc points
- 40
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Zrilian DLC adds challenge
| The Zrilian species introduces a new playable alien that breathes flammable volatiles and exhales nitrous oxide, requiring players to manage different atmospheres and adding significant complexity. This creates a hardcore, punishing gameplay loop that is rewarding for experienced players. | 97% |
Developers are passionate and supportive
| The developers actively engage with the community, listen to feedback, and provide frequent updates, including daily beta patches. Their genuine care and motivation are evident and highly appreciated by players. | 87% |
Deep and rewarding engineering gameplay
| The game offers immense depth with numerous mechanics and systems to master, rewarding creativity, intelligence, and experimentation. It provides brain stimulation through trial and error and is perfect for engineering-minded players. | 76% |
Unique and emergent gameplay
| The game's unique concept, especially with the Zrilian DLC, leads to emergent gameplay such as using exhaled nitrous oxide as rocket fuel or creating explosive atmospheres. This sets it apart from typical games focused on loot drops and cosmetics. | 75% |
Fun but punishing gameplay loop
| The Zrilian character offers an extremely fun experience for those who enjoy punishing loops, similar to a speedrunner's challenge where one mistake can end a run. It is challenging but entirely possible, providing a great sense of accomplishment. | 72% |
High replay value and freedom
| Every little factor multiplies replay value, and the game provides the freedom to do whatever you want, including solo sandbox play for extended periods. The DLC adds substantial new content that further enhances replayability. | 64% |
Provides additional challenge with volatiles
| The Zrilian species requires players to deal with volatiles and nitrous oxide instead of oxygen and carbon dioxide, adding an additional challenge, particularly in managing two separate atmospheres in a base. | 50% |
DLC is a nice way to support
| Purchasing the DLC is seen as a nice way to support a great game and its dedicated developers. It delivers exactly what it advertises and is a great addition for those bored with standard playthroughs. | 49% |
Perfect balance of realism and fun
| The game strikes a perfect balance between realism and fun gameplay, being adorable yet unforgiving. It is perfect without being a pain in the ass, and provides substantial challenge while remaining unique. | 47% |
Successfully played on hardest difficulty
| Players have managed to complete playthroughs on the hardest difficulty, such as Europa with unfitting starting conditions, and even launched a rocket as the Zrilian. Easy difficulty with the DLC character is also entirely realistic. | 46% |
Great with friends in multiplayer
| The game, especially with the Zrilian DLC, is more fun in multiplayer as systems must be designed to accommodate different species, leading to humorous and challenging interactions. Playing with human friends adds an extra layer of enjoyment. | 42% |