Star Shelter

Star Shelter

Steam Deck Unsupported

Overflow · VR · Oct 23, 2018

Worth it for the right player.

At $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

77%
Mostly Positive
433 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 44 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 433 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
55% of themes are praise27% are divided18% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Any VR game that I dump more than 2 hours in automatically gets one thumb up but seeing as this game made progression feel meaningful and kept me coming back all the way to the ending, it deserves more.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
That means you have an objective at the beginning. which makes getting comfortability up and expansion a quest worth taking so that you can survive better.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I hope they make it endlessly procedural and add multiplayer, then you put a dlc or even sell it after as Star Shelter 2 once its endless with some large floating platforms that can be built upon and multiplayer.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
I really like this game. true it doesn't feel finished but i still really like it. it isn't that expensive either. i hope the devs finish the game. its a survival game in space there are no jumpscares. i find it relaxing combing through a ship or station looking for resources. there is a lot to do you have to like the grind build your base to ridiculous proportions find reserch points to level up skills. and i found an easy solution for the lock problem you have to look at them from the side the rings are in a cone shape formation. oh and don.t have to many items in physical inventory or the game starts to lag (i only had promblems after i had over 100+ items in physical inventory). still i can handle te bugs but i do hope the game wil get a polishing soon.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
don't know if the game is still buggy but i still think about it sometimes (prob a couple of months since i payed it last), wish their was more content and co-op play
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
There is also a robot buddy that can be controller by the VR player, or someone else using your computer (or just by using Steam remote play or Parsec or another service that lets one user control another one's computer), which sounds really fun and once you have some solar panels, it really is fun and handy.
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 love6 themes
Gameplay31 reviews
Story and characters21 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Co-op7 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface31 reviews
68%
Graphics24 reviews
75%
Combat9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs44 reviews
68%
Difficulty10 reviews
70%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
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