Gaia Beyond

Buy75%

Mostly Positive · 264 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Warp Turtle · Sci-fi · Aug 20, 2020

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
41
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio0 of 5
Subtitles1 of 5

Should I buy Gaia Beyond?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 264 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 181 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise10% are divided40% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
63 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
Freedom to follow your own path and become a trader, miner or bounty hunter as well as a very well written main quest to follow.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
47 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
Customization is almost unlimited and is focusing mostly on ships and their modules.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
42 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
Long review: This is a very cool 2D "Galaxy on fire 2-ish" space action RPG game where you explore, mine, hunt and upgrade your ships and weapons.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
The flight model is possibly my favorite out of any 2d space game I've played, the art style is distinctive and high quality (though it could do with some more portraits for random NPCs) and writing, while not perfect, is well done and sells the setting.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
7 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
Soundtrack is quite good, i found myself tapping my feet at some themes played in the background more than once, while efefcts of engines, explosions, guns, etc are of good making but nothing impressive.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story63 reviews
Gameplay47 reviews
Combat42 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
25% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
54% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Crashes
50% 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

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $10.04.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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