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Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
79 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Its a great concept executed very well that is unfortunately completely ruined by a heavy handed reddit tier communist power fantasy storyline. If the game had not focused on preaching the virtues of commi bs through…”
“I love this game so much, and I keep coming back to it over and over. It's a fantastic game to 'get in the zone' and just take apart ships. I constantly re-play the game, trying new strategies, or working to get the…”
“horribly awful story with a superiority complex - i am supposed to feel bad for my "coworkers" who ive only known for a week and justify their rude behavior against people im supposed to hate for being corporate…”
25 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Amazing game with a surprisingly good final sendoff to the story. Great replay value.”
“I love this game. I put some time into it and played through the story 2 times and will sometimes hop in just to tear down a ship while listening to podcasts or watching YouTube. This game is very difficult to start but…”
“[h1]That was a daaaamn good game![/h1] It was a bit long at times but damn that was a good ending! I really cant find a single reason why i wouldnt want to recommend this game! Just keep an eye on the goal you set! and…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Super addictive. There's something genuinely therapeutic about methodically cutting apart spaceships in zero-G. The progression system is satisfying and the physics feel great. My only complaint is that I wish there was…”
“Hardspace: Shipbreaker is such a unique experience. Scrapping spaceships might sound boring, but the tension, physics, and planning make every cut satisfying. There’s a real sense of accomplishment when you salvage a…”
“One of the best feel good games I have played in a while. story is simple but moving. game mechanics are solid and progress at a good pace to keep you from getting bored. lil secrets. this is a true gem. Tho I…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Amazing game with a surprisingly good final sendoff to the story. Great replay value.”
“Es de esos juegos a los que constantemente vuelvo, al final del dia no es un juego extremadamente desafiante pero tampoco para no prestar atencion, esta super bien optimizado, no pesa casi nada y es bueno para jugar…”
“I love this game so much, and I keep coming back to it over and over. It's a fantastic game to 'get in the zone' and just take apart ships. I constantly re-play the game, trying new strategies, or working to get the…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Es de esos juegos a los que constantemente vuelvo, al final del dia no es un juego extremadamente desafiante pero tampoco para no prestar atencion, esta super bien optimizado, no pesa casi nada y es bueno para jugar…”
“I love this game. I put some time into it and played through the story 2 times and will sometimes hop in just to tear down a ship while listening to podcasts or watching YouTube. This game is very difficult to start but…”
“Fun game, easy to understand and quite chill.”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“Been a long time supported. Super disappointed in the story and the attempt to appease certain groups. Sad times could have been an amazing game.”
“Its a great concept executed very well that is unfortunately completely ruined by a heavy handed reddit tier communist power fantasy storyline. If the game had not focused on preaching the virtues of commi bs through…”
“For the love of god give us a way to skip the story.”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Its a great concept executed very well that is unfortunately completely ruined by a heavy handed reddit tier communist power fantasy storyline. If the game had not focused on preaching the virtues of commi bs through…”
“gameplay is quite fun, though it's quite repetetive towards the end, with not much increases in difficulty or new mechanics, the game is also quite long to complete and it does feel like it's dragging towards mid to…”
“Super addictive. There's something genuinely therapeutic about methodically cutting apart spaceships in zero-G. The progression system is satisfying and the physics feel great. My only complaint is that I wish there was…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Played for about 67 Hours or so. Then all of a sudden it just randomly starts crashing, even the crash report maker doesn't even finish to tell me what is wrong with it. Have seen a few posts here and there from other…”
“At one point, I'd actually recommend this game. I found it to be really cool and almost meditative to play. However, For the longest time recently, I've not been able to play with my gamepad, like... over 2 years at…”
“A lot of fun, but not being able to skip the dialogue makes you FURIOUS. This has been a complaint for years, from what I gather, so I guess the devs just don't give a flying F*%# about feedback? It is truly, truly…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Played for about 67 Hours or so. Then all of a sudden it just randomly starts crashing, even the crash report maker doesn't even finish to tell me what is wrong with it. Have seen a few posts here and there from other…”
“I love the puzzle of ideally scrapping a ship. It's a really fun, relaxing kind of puzzle game. That being said the Steam Cloud function only half works. For example it will save your progress between SHIPS, it will not…”
“fun game but salvage gets way too easily stuck at the processor”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I find this game to be somewhat meditative. I enjoy the process of breaking down the ships, and the build to better tools, and bigger, more complicated ships. As others (many others) have mentioned, the storyline gets old quick and is not skippable. If going for additional…”
— a player, Steam review · 120 hrs played“if this game ever gets workshop support it will be a true masterpiece. the workers rights story kinda mid, but its something i guess.”
— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played“A satisfying little labor simulator in space. I found everything overwhelming at first, but by the time I finished the story campaign, everything felt a little too easy since I had learned tricks and workarounds for all the difficulty spikes the game throws at you. This is the…”
— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Space · Sci-fi · Simulation · Physics · Singleplayer · Destruction · Sandbox · Puzzle · First-Person · Space Sim · Strategy · Futuristic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.focus-home.com/games/hardspace-shipbreaker |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 380 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: 30 FPS in 1920x1080.