Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Graphics: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 58 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 43 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
18 of 43 sampled reviews raised it
Ultimate Space Commando is a massive game stuffed to the brim with a large campaign and tons of content in the other game modes along with richly complex gameplay mechanisms supporting them.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
13 of 43 sampled reviews raised it
Very challenging at the highest difficulty setting, there are some multiplayer options (that I didn't test) for those who look for some online co-op fun.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
12 of 43 sampled reviews raised it
The most peculiar aspect is that all weapons have distinct fire modes, that in turn may have different firing patterns (for example 'star' means cardinal direction plus diagonals, 'free' can reach any square that isn't blocked etc.) and different area of effect (single square, 3x3, 5x5, along a line etc.).
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
9 of 43 sampled reviews raised it
You'll upgrade your gear on the way, meet increasingly scary [s]sprites[/s] monsters matched only in their deadly-ness by their ugliness, and uncover little bits of a surprisingly well translated story on the way.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
6 of 43 sampled reviews raised it
Of course; the best part is multiplayer co-op & head to head battles, which can be done via online or...
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay18 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Combat12 reviews
Story9 reviews
Multiplayer6 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters100% still recommend
Audio67% still recommend
Players complain
Interface89% still recommend
Crashes43% still recommend
Graphics100% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Co-op
- Multi-player
- Shared/Split Screen
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Remote Play Together
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Full price
$9.99
We haven't seen it on sale yet.
3 points recordedtoday · $9.99
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