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Ostranauts
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
52 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Look, honestly, its one of those times I'd say a neutral review is in order, because the tension, the progression- from the very start to what I'd roughly consider 'midgame' (a very vague term because this game is…”
“This game should be right up my alley, and in almost all aspects it is. It is gritty, has a distinct survival feel, good game loop, good characters, and success at anything feels hard earned and therefore even more…”
“This latest one - this is it Fire in the Hold, folks! Salvaging, mining, combat, racing, all the things. Go have fun in space!”
17 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game should be right up my alley, and in almost all aspects it is. It is gritty, has a distinct survival feel, good game loop, good characters, and success at anything feels hard earned and therefore even more…”
“"Deep systems, slow burn — worth it if you're patient" I found this game while looking for something with deep vehicle customization and a living world around it. Ostranauts delivers on both fronts, but it earns your…”
“Do you like The Expanse? Do you think Kenshi is for casuals? Welcome home. Ostranauts is a brutal, 2D, system-heavy sim where your biggest enemy isn't space pirates, it's your own inability to read the operational…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Ostranauts has been in development for a LONG time. At times, it was in a rough state with persistend annoying bugs and issues that carried over from update to update. The developer is an absolute machine though,…”
“Do you like The Expanse? Do you think Kenshi is for casuals? Welcome home. Ostranauts is a brutal, 2D, system-heavy sim where your biggest enemy isn't space pirates, it's your own inability to read the operational…”
“Traveler based top down space RPG. This is an early release, Indie game…. And I love it! There are bugs, some quite funny, but the Dev team is responsive and patches are frequent. I would best describe the story as…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game should be right up my alley, and in almost all aspects it is. It is gritty, has a distinct survival feel, good game loop, good characters, and success at anything feels hard earned and therefore even more…”
“i have played and enjoyed plenty of RPGs in my life, and i've played and enjoyed countless hours of The Sims since i was a kid. and yet, after all these years, this game is the first time an RPG has left me feeling like…”
“Traveler based top down space RPG. This is an early release, Indie game…. And I love it! There are bugs, some quite funny, but the Dev team is responsive and patches are frequent. I would best describe the story as…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“An awesome space game that can be a bit hard to love. You have to be fairly resilient to jank and general awkwardness to be able to appreciate the full extent of this work of art. There is a thick veneer of clunky…”
“Great game and fantastic atmosphere (heh). It's similar to the "The Expanse", in how gritty and grounded it feels. I find myself coming back to this game, the tone and "feel" of the setting is hard to beat. It's very…”
“A truly Unique game, an incredibly satisfying space sim, with a focus on salvaging, recondition and building space craft in a hard sci-fi setting with a generous dash of the paranormal. A nice balance of active detail…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“You can't stop random people from wondering your ship eating your food drinking your vodka, pirates are impossible to negotiate because they forget every 5 seconds, random crashing every 30 min and Overly simple yet…”
“I can't recommend this game, especially if you're a software engineer. At first glance this game looks awesome: space, systems, ship building. But after some time you will see this game internally is an engineering…”
“Ostranauts has been in development for a LONG time. At times, it was in a rough state with persistend annoying bugs and issues that carried over from update to update. The developer is an absolute machine though,…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Look, honestly, its one of those times I'd say a neutral review is in order, because the tension, the progression- from the very start to what I'd roughly consider 'midgame' (a very vague term because this game is…”
“You can't stop random people from wondering your ship eating your food drinking your vodka, pirates are impossible to negotiate because they forget every 5 seconds, random crashing every 30 min and Overly simple yet…”
“[h2]Don't buy it, the project is abandoned[/h2] The game was released for purchase in 2020. Let's see what we get after 6 years: - Updates once every 2-3 months - We can do a whole [b]TWO[/b] (!) types of quests: -- Fly…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“You can't stop random people from wondering your ship eating your food drinking your vodka, pirates are impossible to negotiate because they forget every 5 seconds, random crashing every 30 min and Overly simple yet…”
“I can't recommend this game, especially if you're a software engineer. At first glance this game looks awesome: space, systems, ship building. But after some time you will see this game internally is an engineering…”
“An awesome space game that can be a bit hard to love. You have to be fairly resilient to jank and general awkwardness to be able to appreciate the full extent of this work of art. There is a thick veneer of clunky…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“You can't stop random people from wondering your ship eating your food drinking your vodka, pirates are impossible to negotiate because they forget every 5 seconds, random crashing every 30 min and Overly simple yet…”
“played about an hour, finished the tutorial ship scrapping and tried to go back to the station to sell everything. as docking is an under-explained and overcomplicated process, I smashed my ship into the side of the…”
“mechanics of the game is overcomplicated and there is no manuel to help u for some of them. they just leave u in space with no explanation. game tutorial just teaching you the simplest mechanics of the game. literally i…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“An awesome space game that can be a bit hard to love. You have to be fairly resilient to jank and general awkwardness to be able to appreciate the full extent of this work of art. There is a thick veneer of clunky…”
“played about an hour, finished the tutorial ship scrapping and tried to go back to the station to sell everything. as docking is an under-explained and overcomplicated process, I smashed my ship into the side of the…”
“Sadly I can't recommend the game in its current state. There are just to many bugs and the movement is very clunky, interrupting any game flow. For example, you can't queue actions and always have to quit actions…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 77.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“[b]Ostranauts is a good game but it comes with some very real flaws.[/b] There’s something deeply satisfying about drifting through a space scrapyard, carefully dismantling derelict ships piece by piece, repairing components, and selling them for profit. The salvage loop is…”
— a player, Steam review · 225 hrs played“To all the fellow masochist and autistics I wholeheartedly recommend this game. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Ostranauts is a game where your imagination does a lot of the heavy lifting—and when it works, it’s beautiful. Expanding your flimsy starter craft, managing systems, surviving one small mistake at a time… there’s something here that feels right. It taps into that quiet fantasy…”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Ultrawidescreen Support, Saving Improvements, AI Lag Fixes, and More
Hey Folks! Update v1.0.0.17 is now available on Steam, and your clients should be updating shortly. This is a hotfix to 1.0, which includes ultra widescreen support, reduced hard drive hit when saving
AI Emergency & Airlock Handling, Plots, Combat and Wounds, and Other Fixes
Hey Folks! Update v1.0.0.12 is now available on Steam, and your clients should be updating shortly. This is a hotfix to 1.0, which includes some fixes for AI, plots, combat, wounds, and other issues.
Fixes for Save on Exit, Tutorial, and Plots, Plus Improvements to Gigs, KO
Hey Folks! Update v1.0.0.11 is now available on Steam, and your clients should be updating shortly. This is a hotfix to 1.0, which addresses issues with the game not closing, plot and tutorial advance
Prison, Brawling NPCs, and Racing Improvements, Plus Several Null Fixes
Hey Folks! Before I get into the usual patch notes, I just want to apologize for the issues many of you experienced with the build. While we figured there would be some pain points revealed with launc
Ostranauts 1.0 Out Now! 🚀
Hey Folks! We are happy to announce that after 6 years in Early Access, Ostranauts has reached 1.0 status! Watch the 1.0 trailer and see some of the new features in action: 1.0 Highlights: New endgame
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Top-Down · Cyberpunk · Open World · Simulation · Open World Survival Craft · Procedural Generation · Space · Sandbox · RPG · Spaceships · Immersive Sim (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | https://bluebottlegames.com/games/ostranauts |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (or newer) Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent) Storage: 2 GB available space