IXION

IXION is an atmospheric and visually Sci-Fi simulator, which in reality turns out to be not a deep strategy, but a rigidly scripted puzzle. The main advantage of the game is an excellent puzzle to optimize the limited space of six station sectors. The main disadvantage is catastrophic linearity and crutches of complexity: the game infuriates with stupid logistics between warehouses, puts pressure on an artificial timer in the form of constant wear and tear of the case and punishes for a good game, breaking the economy with sudden plot triggers. This is strictly a one-time project that is worth going through for the sake of aesthetics and the initial challenge, but as an honest economic simulator, it is untenable due to zero replayability.

A lot of wasted potential in this game, a lot of potentially good ideas, none of them executed well except the soundtrack. If I had bought this at full price I might have had the motivation to explain in detail... If you're looking at this and think managing a space station would be fun, try the original 2001 Startopia (not the remake).

OMFG, this game is the ♥♥♥♥, but if you're stupid, you're gonna struggle

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ one foot in the grave ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ☐ All Audiences ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Below Average ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☑ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☑ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ …

Very cool city builder with a very cool story

I absolutely loved IXION. After playing for 33 hours, I can honestly say I enjoyed every minute of it. What stood out most was the constant need to adapt. There were always changing variables to manage, and even when everything seemed stable, a new problem would appear and challenge the systems you had built. You could never become complacent because one poor decision could quickly create a chain reaction and put the entire station at risk. The infrastructure management was excellent. Planning ahead was crucial, from organising production and resource storage to keeping the population fed, healthy and working efficiently. Every system felt connected, and success came from understanding how all the different parts of the station affected each other. IXION felt like a proper management simulator. It rewarded careful planning, quick reactions and the ability to recover when things went wrong. The constant pressure of trying to stop the station from falling apart made every success feel earned. For me, it was a fantastic game and an easy 10/10.