SpaceKraft!

Oh man. This is a hard game, and you need a lot of patience to play it. It is not a bad game, don't get me wrong, but you need to constantly correct your trajectory, and thanks to finite fuel and HP, if you don't do well enough, you need to go and farm currency to buy necessary things, thus slowing down your progress.

I hope this is editing my previous review... Before, I was extremely upset - and am still so - because the cables in this game can become kinked permanently and basically prevent you from proceeding further in the game. There are only 5 automatically overwritten save slots so it's very possible to find yourself in a spot where you can't go forward and can't go back - the only option is to completely restart the game. That being said, the overall gameplay is enjoyable, although some of the "missions" are kinda dumb in concept. They're still good puzzles. The Solar Jetman playstyle is lovely. It could definitely benefit from controller support. If you enjoy that kind of game you'll love this, but just pay attention whenever you see the cables that they aren't bent - if you see that, try to reload ASAP.

Looks great, but requires laser-sharp reflexes to play. Cannot recommend this for anyone over the age of 25, sadly.

Simple but fun game.

I bought this because I thought it would be ideal for Steamdeck, unfortunately it's not ideal. I can control the ship using the joystick (which is quite tricky) but not sure how to press 'c' to use a crystal. Still, it looks like a cool game & I'm hoping for an update

This is a "mixed" for me. I lean towards recommending it because it seems to be a one-man project, and it's a novel idea. It's physics based and the physics have some jank to them sometimes (especially when moving cables), but works mostly okay. The gameplay itself is cool, at least in the beginning. After a while, it becomes a tad tedious, and the final planet you visit is just downright grindy. I finished the game feeling that it had overstayed its welcome somewhat. It needs more to become excellent. Whether that's more unique puzzles, more possible upgrades for the ship, or whatever else. It's not bad, and it's certainly worth picking up at a discount (I got it 60% off). But it's far from perfect. The game ends with the text "To be continued", so here's hoping there's a sequel in the works that improves on the concepts and ideas from the first game.