SpaceBourne

Item: SpaceBourne
Rating: 78
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-12-03

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Summary

Impressive graphics, rich content, diverse activities
Accessible, flexible gameplay with intuitive controls
Engaging storyline, homage to classic space sims
Pervasive lack of polish and numerous bugs
Unrewarding economic loops and repetitive quests
Weak voice acting and poor translation

Emotions

Satisfaction19%Enjoyment12%Frustration11%Disappointment10%Excitement7%

Reviews (sample size): 130
Helpful reviews: 86%
Unhelpful reviews: 12%
Protest reviews: 2%

78%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
22%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 773
Negative points: 543
Gameplay points: 148
Perf. points: 14
Rec. points: 131
Misc points: 77

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	86% Avg playtime 1.2h	96.7% Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime	1712.7% Avg playtime 18.3h	10074.6% Avg playtime 36.7h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	0.1 rev/day
Last 30d	0.2 rev/day
Quarterly	5.2 rev/qtr
Days covered	2,606.1 days

Point	Description	Importance
Impressive graphics & visuals. Description Players frequently commend the game's impressive graphics and beautiful visuals, particularly in space environments, planets, and nebulas. The detailed ship designs and well-produced cutscenes further enhance the immersive aesthetic, often surprising players given its indie nature. Importance 93%	Players frequently commend the game's impressive graphics and beautiful visuals, particularly in space environments, planets, and nebulas. The detailed ship designs and well-produced cutscenes further enhance the immersive aesthetic, often surprising players given its indie nature.	93%
Rich content & diverse activities. Description The game offers a substantial amount of content beyond the main storyline, including numerous side quests, bounty hunts, mining, trading, and faction missions. This variety ensures long-term engagement and caters to different playstyles, preventing boredom. Importance 92%	The game offers a substantial amount of content beyond the main storyline, including numerous side quests, bounty hunts, mining, trading, and faction missions. This variety ensures long-term engagement and caters to different playstyles, preventing boredom.	92%
Accessible & flexible gameplay. Description The game is lauded for its low learning curve, simple and fluid controls, and overall ease of entry, making it approachable for new players. Furthermore, players appreciate the flexibility in adjusting difficulty and choosing their own pace and playstyle. Importance 91%	The game is lauded for its low learning curve, simple and fluid controls, and overall ease of entry, making it approachable for new players. Furthermore, players appreciate the flexibility in adjusting difficulty and choosing their own pace and playstyle.	91%
Intuitive UI & controls. Description Players appreciate the game's intuitive and functional user interface, noting its clarity and ease of use, especially with standard keyboard and mouse controls. The detailed and immersive cockpit view, along with support for peripherals like HOTAS, further enhances the control experience. Importance 91%	Players appreciate the game's intuitive and functional user interface, noting its clarity and ease of use, especially with standard keyboard and mouse controls. The detailed and immersive cockpit view, along with support for peripherals like HOTAS, further enhances the control experience.	91%
Engaging storyline. Description The game features an interesting and well-constructed main storyline with engaging characters and plot developments that keep players immersed. While not always described as 'top-tier,' the narrative is consistently found to be fun, curious, and a solid foundation for the space adventure. Importance 89%	The game features an interesting and well-constructed main storyline with engaging characters and plot developments that keep players immersed. While not always described as 'top-tier,' the narrative is consistently found to be fun, curious, and a solid foundation for the space adventure.	89%
Homage to classic space sims. Description Many players experience a strong sense of nostalgia, frequently comparing the game to beloved classic space simulators like Freelancer, Wing Commander: Privateer, and EVE Online. It successfully captures the spirit and gameplay elements of these older titles while offering a fresh, modern experience. Importance 83%	Many players experience a strong sense of nostalgia, frequently comparing the game to beloved classic space simulators like Freelancer, Wing Commander: Privateer, and EVE Online. It successfully captures the spirit and gameplay elements of these older titles while offering a fresh, modern experience.	83%
Highly enjoyable & great value. Description Players consistently praise the game for its high entertainment value, especially considering its affordable price and the fact it was developed by a single person. They find it fun, engaging, and a rich experience that often exceeds expectations. Importance 81%	Players consistently praise the game for its high entertainment value, especially considering its affordable price and the fact it was developed by a single person. They find it fun, engaging, and a rich experience that often exceeds expectations.	81%
Impressive solo developer effort. Description The game garners consistent praise for being an incredibly ambitious and polished project, particularly given its development by a single person. Players are deeply impressed by the dedication, passion, and high quality achieved, frequently likening it to AAA titles. Importance 74%	The game garners consistent praise for being an incredibly ambitious and polished project, particularly given its development by a single person. Players are deeply impressed by the dedication, passion, and high quality achieved, frequently likening it to AAA titles.	74%
Responsive & active developer. Description The developer receives high praise for being extremely responsive to community feedback, actively engaging with players, and consistently providing updates and bug fixes. This dedication contributes significantly to the game's positive reception and ongoing improvement. Importance 71%	The developer receives high praise for being extremely responsive to community feedback, actively engaging with players, and consistently providing updates and bug fixes. This dedication contributes significantly to the game's positive reception and ongoing improvement.	71%
Engaging space combat & exploration. Description The fluid, satisfying, and dynamic space combat is a major highlight, praised for being easy to learn yet offering depth. Players enjoy the rich open-world experience with diverse activities such as bounty hunting, trading, mining, and faction interactions, often drawing favorable comparisons to classic space sims. Importance 48%	The fluid, satisfying, and dynamic space combat is a major highlight, praised for being easy to learn yet offering depth. Players enjoy the rich open-world experience with diverse activities such as bounty hunting, trading, mining, and faction interactions, often drawing favorable comparisons to classic space sims.	48%
Detailed customization & progression. Description Players appreciate the extensive ship customization options, featuring a wide variety of ships, weapons, and modules for detailed upgrades. The inclusion of both character and ship-specific skill trees provides a satisfying RPG progression system, enhancing strategic planning. Importance 46%	Players appreciate the extensive ship customization options, featuring a wide variety of ships, weapons, and modules for detailed upgrades. The inclusion of both character and ship-specific skill trees provides a satisfying RPG progression system, enhancing strategic planning.	46%

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