Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Steam Deck Verified

Blackbird Interactive · Space · May 24, 2022

Yes, worth buying.

At $34.99. It has been as low as $10.49.

89%
Very Positive
22k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 166 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 113 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 22k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story helps you pace yourself slowly.
166 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Really fun gameplay loop, if you think you'd enjoy it you probably will.
113 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Only thing distracting from that is the talking of the characters, but they have wonderful voice acting and seem quite interesting, so I can get behind it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals, music, and atmosphere are all fantastic as well.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The gameplay is fun and satisfying for a sizeable chunk of time and I enjoyed the progression of difficulty where ships became more hazardous to deconstruct and salvage.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I used a PS5 controller and everything functioned well.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters166 reviews
Gameplay113 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Controls7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Bugs9 reviews
89%
Performance7 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $34.99. The lowest we've tracked is $10.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $34.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.