Destination Sol

Destination Sol

Steam Deck · unrated

MovingBlocks · Free to Play · Feb 6, 2015

Worth it for the right player.

It's free to play.

79%
Mostly Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 50 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 6 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
40% of themes are praise30% are divided30% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay: Really fun and rewarding, challenging but fair and not overly difficult if you know where to go, and who to shoot.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics: Pretty good, there are some flaws here and there (the planet cores look horrible!)
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
If you're REALLY clever -- and since it's a Single Player game, not multiplayer / PvP, it hurts nobody (else) -- you CAN even "customise" your whole ship, including the ART... if you have the patience, and a calculator, and a simple pixel art-capable editor.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I was able to use my steam controller to play the game but I prefer the keyboard still for this one.
6 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 love4 themes
Gameplay46 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Multiplayer12 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters32 reviews
78%
Interface12 reviews
42%
Audio7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat50 reviews
54%
Crashes16 reviews
69%
Bugs12 reviews
50%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
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