Monotonous and repetitive, and repetitive.

I honestly think its a really great game and i would recomend it to anybody that likes survival games that have multiple difficulties, the things i dont like about it is that you cant exit fullscreen and its really easy to get stuck, for example trying to get to many things built, or not having enough metal to make your metal maker, but overall its a really good game and hope you find this review helpfull in making your decision to buy it or not.

I can say I really only downvote this one as an attempt to garner some extra attention to its flaws, rather than an accurate representation of my dissatisfaction with it.

All in all, it is a pretty fun game, and it's easy enough to get lost in for a few hours (I have at least 3 more not on record because they were offline and didn't seem to take officially on steam), but the frustrations of the game are worth enough highlight, and can at least for the most part seem so easily fixable that it desperately needs to be addressed en masse.

Many of the gripes already posted deal with most of the things I'd bring up, so for anyone who's already read an onslaught of those comments, you don't have to continue with mine, but if you stick around, these are things that absolutely need to be changed and/or edited if possible. This is a game with just so much potential to be a great one, but there are so many poor design and gameplay issues that it can never really hold the kind of potential it makes for itself. I can guarentee that this game would easily sit among my favorites of all time if these can be addressed:

1) The absolute BIGGEST issue with the game: The AI's mindnumbing stupidity, no sense of self-preservation, and lack of ability to properly control work priorities. Where your colonists can starve to death while you have mountains of food stockpiled in the bio-spheres (Not even in the storage facilities where they should be cause the colonists are too lazy and stupid to move them there), setting a factory to be a work priority but running out of spares at night when you desperately need windmills running at full capacity, ore and starch being left out in droves while no one mans the factory that you've set a priority, leaving completely full work tables, and machines halfway through production only to come back 2 days later, even when you already have a pad built for a new building that only needs Metal, and so, so many more examples of idiocy that completely break the game. Some people would love to have in depth control over worker priorities, but the only fix that really needs to be made, at least short term, is to stop having the AI ignore such menial, routine tasks that go entirely against their own interest to STAY ALIVE, or at the very least which just make absolutely no sense at all.

2) Overly minimal interface: There aren't too many buttons you need to click to find certain information about your colony, but it does border on the side of not being enough. Especially when it comes to what's stated above about not having much control over AI, you also tend to lose control over how you can manage things like energy, landing port settings, etc. The only option for curbing energy consumption is to shut EVERY non-essential (so basically everything except energy and oxygen producing buildings) thing with one click, or painstakingly (and time-wastingly, if you're running really low on energy stores) go building by building shutting off power to them (or machines in them if not the whole building), and doing the same thing when you have power.

3) There really isn't too much to do for the kind of game it is. There is a decent ENOUGH amount of building types, and obviously some repeats will be necessary for a successful colony, but it doesn't seem like quite enough to add depth to each colony. Fitness/leisure facilities really only amount to a bar with basic drinks, and a few treadmills and pull up bars. You only get two "types" of vegetables, and 5 kinds of each to produce, and even the number of buildings in the entire game seems too easy to build one of each in a single sitting. While it does work fine enough, it does make the game feel more shallow than it could be. One comment already stated there isn't really much of an endgame, and to add to that point, it seems your only REAL purpose is just build one of each building till your satisfied, and move on to the next, more challenging, planet. And the problem with this kind of motivation to play the game is you don't even really need to stay on a planet that long to unlock the next one. So long as you can garner a decent-sized, sustainable population, you really only stay with a colony as long as you don't grow bored of it. This one may be more of a personal gripe than a mechanical one, but still one to note.

Overall, if you've managed to read through all of it, I do have to say I enjoy the game enough to continue playing for it, and especially in hope that at least a few fixes can be made to it in time. It's worth getting cheap for sure, I got it as part of a humblebundle, so in my case, it certainly far exceeds its price point. If you get it for a decent sale, I doubt you could do wrong. But my biggest concern is for those considering getting it at full price, and with everything I and others have brought up, you purchase at your own risk. For a 20 dollar game at full price, you really can't do too much harm, as I can guerentee that this is a game that can be addicting and fun to play, just so long as you don't try to have too many expectations about what you're getting.

Well, I like this game in general.

I like the feel of creating a thriving base. There is something fulfilling about seeing ships landing, and little dudes walking around doing stuff.

But, as others have pointed out, if you start a game, and the location is bad... just restart the game. There is no harm in doing that. But you CANNOT overcome a bad starting location.

I wish there was more low level information about the morale, and I wish the AI was smarter about who does what and when.

For example, take supply ships.

If you do end up selling to a trader a bunch of goods, you don't get anything OFF LOADED from the ship until ALL OF YOUR IMPORTANT AI's have stopped doing what they are doing, and carried stuff TO the ship.

I really wish I could set priorities for my little dudes... some things are really more important than others, and some things you want done with certain people.

There really is no insight into how the game decides who does what.

In reality, I would imagine that there is some base commander who divies out the work, and sets daily work schedules. This game certainly should have something like that. If it did, you could perhaps then be able to actually set priorities without overriding the in-game AI.

I do like to play this game though. I enjoy whiling away the hours just building bases.

It's fun.

This is a very fun and challenging game. I love that you can go back to previous saves before your colonists die some gruesome death that is totally not your fault. Keep up the good work Madruga.

Great game and addictive but fades out quickly after a couple of hours. Could have been something awesome with more environments variation, bigger map, more in-depth technology system, etc.. I guess I just miss a "Maxis" touch

very fun game till you beat it. then its just pointless. cant really expand or do anything with its clustphobic starting area.

Fun for a limited period until you're self-sustaining. Then it's just a progression quest

This game is a little gem. Its definitely a challenge. Its quite fun trying like hell to run things smoothly so everybody survives. It's definitely a good feeling when you realize that you are self-sufficient and can start thinking about growing your base.

This game is great as is, but I really think it could grow more in terms of content. More building types/colonist types/more food options/etc. But this game is really great with what it has now. I would definitely reccomend this for anyone who likes anytype of micromanagment game.

Its a very engrossing game aswell, its easy to look up and suddenly realize its been serveral hours. I seriously hope this game is still receiving new content. As far as bugs go, I haven't encountered any that I have noticed. Which is rare for many games these days, although I only have like 10 and a half hours played at the time of writing this, so maybe too soon to tell but it feels very solid. I've been able to get a stable base with just over 100 colonists, and am in the process of trying to pump out driller bots to replace the workers in the mines.

Fun times.

They have fixed a lot of the problems that were making game play difficult in early release. The game is enjoyable and I feel you get your money's worth from the time you invest to complete the game and the challanages.

I hope there will be more content comming.