Drifter
Celsius Game Studios · 2014 · Simulation, Indie, Space, Sandbox, Early Access
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Mixed58% · 180
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About Drifter
Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky. Take on the role of a spaceship captain attempting to eke out a living among the stars by trading goods between star systems, hunting pirates for bounties, mining asteroids for valuable ore, or even becoming a pirate yourself. The choice is yours!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
No updates. Dead game.23 found this helpful
This was one of the games that taught me to never buy early access. Years ago it showed promise, a sort of 2D, simplified sandbox space game. Then it was abandoned and I'm never getting my money back19 found this helpful
- [b]Drifter's[/b] Kickstarter ended in [b]2012[/b]. - Drifter has not received any update whatsoever since [b]2018[/b]. - In [b]January of 2022[/b], the creator updated Kickstarter to say (among many things), that we'll start seeing updates soon and that we'll hear from them again, soon. They also said that it is clear the game will never be what they had hoped and cited various issues like the $81k the Kickstarter raised being insufficient, having ADHD, transitioning, etc. - [i][b]We have not, in fact, hear from them soon. Or ever, as of the middle of 2025[/b][/i]. Thirteen years later, there is no reason to believe the game will ever be done (or even updated). Even the creator has all but stated that they have given up. I would, at this point, expect that any update/release would just be to get it "over with" and off their mind by saying "it's now 1.0!, we did it!" when all that will likely have been done is ticking the version upward. Things happen. We all wasted our money. I have no ill will, but absolutely do not purchase this game. If, by some miracle, a finished product ever arises, I will gladly revisit my review.10 found this helpful
~12 years since the original Kickstarter, 6 years since the last update even occurred. Another developer who just took advantage of Early Access to line their own pockets and then abandoned the project. And still the store page remains up and still lets suckers buy it... My advice, don't. This game is like Star Citizen, it will never be done, without looking nearly as good nor having nearly the ambition that Star Citizen does. If you want to throw money away, at least throw it somewhere where the dreams and promises being made warrant the forever-in-development status.7 found this helpful
Crashes for me whenever leaving a station or doing anything that might be more graphically significant. My computer is able to handle much more intense games, but not Drifter. Was unable to find a fix that worked.
I like it, A simple space game.. Better than StarField.
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