Avorion

Last updated: 2025-05-14
Summary
  • Extensive ship building and customization freedom.
  • Diverse gameplay and multiplayer experience.
  • Dynamic economy and empire building elements.
  • Loot system and weapon variety to discover.
  • Repetitive, grindy, and slow progression.
  • Clunky controls and user interface.
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Reviews
(sample size)
988
Helpful reviews
71%
Unhelpful reviews
28%
Protest reviews
1%
Positive points
1631
Negative points
1065
Gameplay points
526
Perf. points
103
Rec. points
471
Misc points
87
Point
Extensive ship building/customization freedom
Description
The game features extensive ship building and customization. Players can design ships from scratch using a block-based system, with control over size, materials, and internal components. The Steam Workshop integration allows players to share and download ship designs.
Importance
96%
Diverse gameplay and multiplayer
Description
The game offers diverse gameplay options, including trading, piracy, mercenary work, and empire building. Players can interact with various AI factions, form alliances, engage in wars, and influence the game world. Multiplayer mode enhances the experience with cooperative play and large-scale battles.
Importance
95%
Dynamic economy and empire building
Description
The game features a dynamic economy where supply and demand affect prices. Players can build stations, establish trade routes, and manipulate the market by building or destroying factories. Automation of resource gathering and trading is possible through hired captains and fleets.
Importance
90%
Loot system and weapon variety
Description
The game features a loot system with randomized stats for weapons and subsystems, adding a Diablo-like element. Players can find, build, or buy various weapons, turrets, and fighters. The game also includes a research system to unlock new technologies and improvements.
Importance
88%
Combines elements of space sims
Description
The game combines elements of various space sims like X3, EVE Online, and Space Engineers. It offers a more accessible and less complicated experience compared to EVE Online, with features like ship building, fleet management, and a dynamic economy. The game also allows for single-player and multiplayer experiences.
Importance
86%
Engaging gameplay and freedom
Description
The game is praised for its engaging gameplay, vast universe, and freedom of choice. Players can explore, build, trade, and fight in a procedurally generated galaxy. The game offers a sandbox experience where players can freely choose their path and role in the universe.
Importance
64%
Tactical and satisfying combat
Description
The game features tactical and satisfying combat, with both small dogfights and large-scale fleet battles. The combat system is intuitive yet engaging, with a variety of weapon types, defenses, and modules. The game also includes a damage model where each ship component has individual attributes.
Importance
22%
Immersive graphics and sound
Description
The game has high-quality graphics and visual design, creating an immersive space atmosphere. The sound design is also well-done, with excellent music and sound effects. The game's visuals and sound contribute to a convincing sense of being in space.
Importance
12%
Generally positive sentiments
Description
This cluster expresses general positive sentiments without specific details. The reviews state that the game is fun, amazing, and worth the price. Due to the lack of specific feedback, the importance score is reduced.
Importance
7%
Pre-built ships from Workshop
Description
The Steam Workshop offers pre-built ships that players can load and customize, avoiding complex ship design. The ability to use Workshop ships is a saving grace for the game.
Importance
5%