Shortest Trip to Earth

Shortest Trip to Earth

Steam Deck Playable

Interactive Fate · Roguelite · Aug 15, 2019

Worth it for the right player.

At $25.99. It has been as low as $5.97.

77%
Mostly Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 89 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 55 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 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 praise20% are divided40% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Both games have rogue-like elements, such as perma-death and procedural generation, and both games include elements of what some of my colleagues might refer to as 'rogue-lite' elements, such as meta-progression, allowing you to gradually improve your chances between plays through Fate.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
An elaborate game with an interesting world and clever writing... which sadly collapses under its own weight.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics are interesting, with nice-looking star scapes in ship view backgrounds and colourful, though sometimes confusing to comprehend, ship interiors.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
Really did wish the devs did a follow up(DLC in this case) to extend the story or maybe a epilogue as to how it started.
8 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
Gameplay49 reviews
Story and characters44 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Monetization8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface28 reviews
43%
Audio9 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat89 reviews
62%
Difficulty55 reviews
45%
Bugs15 reviews
53%
Crashes9 reviews
33%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $25.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.97.

5 points recordedtoday · $25.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
78
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.