It depends on what you're after.
At $29.99. It has been as low as $7.49.
- Story and characters: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 312 player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
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In terms of open-world exploration, it achieves it differently than Freelancer did: rather than travelling between systems, in Starlink the main characters travel between planets within just one system; Atlas.
The gameplay and overall experience are good but the game might become a bit repetitive after few hours tho.
On a technical side the graphics are nice, great performances, it's fluid and smooth.
Character's have decent background stories and the voice acting is great and doesn't get annoying as you fly around saving the star system.
Also online coop or versus multiplayer could have been a great addition.
Starlink's modernity gives it improvements over Freelancer, however, including built-in controller support, more immersive graphics, and multi-platform ports, with Proton making playing it easier than an HD-patched Freelancer on the Steam Deck.
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Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.
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