Transcendence (2015)

I think I've barely scratched the surface and I'm hooked. There's so much here. As others state there is some jank: You have to rebind every single key, you have to click 5-6 times for every ship you loot. Just little stupid stuff. I'm telling you, this guy is just a few QOL features away from a masterpiece! So much fun for a potato laptop. Love this game. It's like Star Valor but with a point to it all. SPAZ is too weird for me to figure out, I just bounce off it every time. The best game I've played in this style is Starcom Unknown Space, unfortunately there is zero replay ability on that one. Also if you like this kind of game give Dredge a try.

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I have over 600 hours in this game and recently re-purchased it on Steam. I was initially drawn in by what felt like a mash-up of Escape Velocity: Override and Diablo 2, games that I loved twenty years ago. On the second or third playthrough, my appreciation for this unique hybrid of sandbox trader and dungeon crawler deepened. The opaque crafting and questing systems began to reveal their genius. While the technical execution is imperfect, this being a massive one man labor of love, there is a compelling vision here. The story, and the ship customization, have some great payoffs. It's punishingly difficult at first, but it's very much worth pushing through your first dozen deaths. Keep going. There is so much to discover. If you get far enough to start using the Teraton Fabricators and taking on your first Phobos, you'll be hooked.

Great spacefaring RPG with roguelike elements.

42 hours on record but hundreds, if not over a thousand, from before I bought it on Steam (from their website). I grew up playing this game, and it's one of the only 10/10 games I've ever played. If you're on the fence as to whether or not to try it, do so, because no matter how good you think it is, it's better.

i've been playing this game for 15 years, totally hooked to it