The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation

Wait66%

Mixed · 443 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Supercube · Top-Down · Jan 20, 2023

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
31
Full audio3 of 31
Subtitles31 of 31

Should I buy The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 443 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 161 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise38% are divided37% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
29 of 161 sampled reviews raised it
At first, its intriguing and exploration is fun as you jump around, or use your Rover, which I have lost two to getting stuck on a rock, searching for what lies around the corner.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
9 of 161 sampled reviews raised it
From the perspective of the visuals its outstanding, though the rover needs a bit of optimization (i'm not a pro but i would say the lights of the rover make the game drop to like from 70ish to 30-20ish. Maybe the lights or the rover itself needs optimization asap. If the camera isnt near the rover the game runs smoothly again !!!ONLY when the rover is on the field with lights on this happens!!!).

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay29 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
86% still recommend
Story
50% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
52% still recommend
Difficulty
71% still recommend
Performance
75% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$29.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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