Everspace

Released: 26 May 2017
Reviewed: 3 Nov 2018
Platform: PC

Really enjoyable roguelite space dogfighter. It's gorgeous, runs really smoothly and the controls are great. You work your way through sectors, killing increasingly difficult enemy ships, looting wrecks and searching for upgrades and materials. Considering it's a roguelite, the story is actually pretty decent and I enjoyed getting to the next sector to see the cut scene. Generally suffers from the core mechanics - shoot, loot, die, upgrade repeat with incremental ship upgrades between runs. I managed to beat the game on easy in 10 runs; final run took 2 hours. I can also highly recommend the Encounters expansion which adds voiced NPCs and quests, bringing the universe to life.

Back to all games