Oxygen Not Included

Buy97%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 144k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Klei Entertainment · Colony Sim · Jul 30, 2019

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$24.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
16,774
concurrent players
#97 by players on Steam
Achievements
51
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
4
Full audio4 of 4
Subtitles0 of 4

Should I buy Oxygen Not Included?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 71 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 144k player reviews · updated

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
33% of themes are praise45% are divided22% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
71 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This expanded gameplay allows you to leave your initial base for more than just a method of harnessing points of interest on the star map and then coming back, and has you focus on setting up a string of settlements in the star map that will support each other by sending different resources to each other that may not be abundant or available on other planetoids/asteroids.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
On the normal difficulty, it also allows you to work on a failing colony for quite some time.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
4 – The style remains consistent with no deviations from the expected design concepts and visuals.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay71 reviews
Difficulty29 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
80% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Linux compatibility
67% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
86% still recommend
Multiplayer
100% 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
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$24.99

The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $24.99

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