Avorion
Last updated: 2025-05-14
- 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.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 988
- Helpful reviews
- 71%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 28%
- Protest reviews
- 1%
- 81%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 19%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 1631
- Negative points
- 1065
- Gameplay points
- 526
- Perf. points
- 103
- Rec. points
- 471
- Misc points
- 87
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Extensive ship building/customization freedom | 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. | 96% |
| Diverse gameplay and multiplayer | 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. | 95% |
| Dynamic economy and empire building | 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. | 90% |
| Loot system and weapon variety | 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. | 88% |
| Combines elements of space sims | 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. | 86% |
| Engaging gameplay and freedom | 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. | 64% |
| Tactical and satisfying combat | 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. | 22% |
| Immersive graphics and sound | 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. | 12% |
| Generally positive sentiments | 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. | 7% |
| Pre-built ships from Workshop | 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. | 5% |