Oxygen Not Included: The Bionic Booster Pack Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-25
- Bionic dupes are strong and fun
- Bionics have unique breathing and needs
- Bionics excel in space and hostile environments
- DLC lacks content and feels half-baked
- Bionic duplicants have poor AI and bugs
- Bionic duplicants require excessive management
Emotions
Archetypes
- Sample precision
- Helpful reviews
- 91%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 9%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 48%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 52%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 175
- Negative points
- 235
- Gameplay points
- 247
- Perf. points
- 6
- Rec. points
- 46
- Misc points
- 67
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Bionic dupes are strong and fun
| Players widely report that bionic duplicants are powerful, fun, and introduce fresh gameplay. They shake up the colony-building cycle and offer new ways to play. | 70% |
Bionics have unique breathing and needs
| Bionic duplicants breathe only when needed, have deep oxygen tanks, and do not pollute the environment with CO2. They sleep less frequently than normal duplicants. | 42% |
Bionics excel in space and hostile environments
| With internal oxygen tanks, bionics can work in vacuum, unbreathable areas, and asteroids without atmosuits. They also excel in rockets due to no food requirement and longer work cycles. | 40% |
DLC adds new buildings and tools
| The Bionic Booster Pack introduces useful new buildings such as Flydos, data banks, remote work stations, and boosters. These additions expand automation and base functionality. | 40% |
Bionics work well with regular dupes
| Mixing bionic and normal duplicants provides flexibility and synergy, allowing colonies to leverage the strengths of both types. This combination adds variety and balance. | 40% |
DLC adds challenge and new playstyle
| The DLC is likened to a challenge mode with new challenges and a different way to play the game. It offers fascinating new opportunities and forces new builds. | 36% |
Bionic dupes don't eat
| Bionic duplicants replace food and farming with batteries and power, simplifying early-game food management and removing the need for ranches or food preservation. Colonists only need oxygen and occasional sleep. | 35% |
Flydo drones are useful and cute
| Flydo drones are considered amazing, cute, and excellent for base expansion. They can pass through one-tile corridors and last many cycles on a battery. | 32% |
Power and battery management
| Bionics rely on batteries instead of food, making power generation a critical resource. Batteries, dischargers, and mobile power sources change base design and resource economy. | 28% |
New buildings enhance automation and rockets
| Buildings like the robot pilot module, data miners, and remote controls are useful and work well with rockets and automation. They add new options for colony management. | 22% |
Bionics are good for early and mid game
| Bionic duplicants are strong in the early game, providing high work efficiency and solving digging. They become even more efficient in mid and late game with sustainable power. | 22% |
Bionic dupes change resource economy
| A bionic-only colony completely shifts the resource economy, bypassing food production and focusing on power, water, and metal. This changes early-, mid-, and late-game priorities. | 20% |
Boosters enable modular skill system
| Boosters allow bionic duplicants to have up to 8 modules and easily swap skills without skill resets if facilities are available. This makes them highly adaptable and suited for mid-to-endgame bases. | 16% |
New cosmetics and animations are positive
| The DLC adds new cosmetics and hilarious animations, such as eating boosters and guzzling oxygen, which are appreciated by players. | 13% |
Bionics are distinct from robots
| Bionic duplicants are cybernetically enhanced organic duplicants, not robots. This distinction is important for understanding their mechanics and lore. | 6% |