TAXINAUT
TAXINAUT is a space-taxi sim / adventure in which you play a war veteran searching for a friend in the underbelly of a sci-fi fantasy world while trying to make ends meet as a taxi pilot.
Explore an open galaxy as a lonely TAXINAUT carrying fares across alien worlds. Descent onto planets and fly over alien cities and landscapes. Land at bars, diners, garages and many other common and exotic locations. Interact with the locals to ask for directions or learn about the many esoteric and sinister aspects of the Kyprei-41 galaxy. Experience a variety of items and effects like food, equipment, weapons, damages, repairs, injuries, diseases, cures, mental states, permits, memberships, etc.
Your search for “Birdie” will take you into a dark world of exploitation and cloning, and maybe give some insight into the nature of VUDU (the galaxy’s currency, energy and life-force), cycling (the act of dying and being reborn) and the Nexus (an ancient network of places where VUDU can be stored and people are reborn).
Game Discussion
Steam User 5
Excellent game! Under the nice old-school graphics is a deep taxi game in an insanely vast universe. Wonderful game both if you like optimizing things (due to the plethora of upgrades, systems, vehicles) or just to zone out a bit while playing. Two thumbs up!
Steam User 6
Lovely little taxi driver in space sim. Takes place in a massive galaxy with considerable depth of story and lore despite its simple presentation. Excellent for casually playing with one hand on the mouse and the other holding a chilled beverage.
Steam User 1
This game scratches my Crazy Taxi and X4 itch perfectly. I love how casual the game is when I want it to be.
Steam User 2
So I picked this up last night because the premise looked very appealing. I was not disappointed. Its a very chill game where you take on the role as a planetary taxi driver with the ability of also traveling off planet and interstellar travel. You collect fairs and buy new ships and upgrade them. There are tons of planets and galaxies and tons of upgrades and items to use. There is also some very nice music that plays over the ships radio. There is a lot of dialog with passengers and over the radio. You also have to sleep and eat and pay rent but its not like a survival game that can be stressful, its very chill. It really takes me back to games like "Starflight" on Sega Genesis or PC and Star Control 1-2. Its an awesome retro inspired game and the developer intends to keep adding to it for many years to come if it sells decently. Its very playable now. Big thumbs up.
Steam User 1
Interesting slow-burn taxi driver sim, lots of strategy involved right out of the gate and the low-tech style of UI and interaction adds to the strategy. You have to know where to look and what to do, and it forces you to experiment a bit as you learn. Ambience and style are pretty cool, humor is light but funny, and you can tell there is some thought behind the game systems. Overall a pretty interesting game that definitely relies on patience and being detail-oriented, but still very engaging. Would like to see it have enough success to receive some expansions in the future.
Steam User 4
Excellent, awkward, weird, but fun space taxi game. It eases you into the game, but there's more to it than you'd expect. Beware taking jobs to uncivilized planets without the appropriate equipment.
Steam User 5
I've had a great time playing Taxinaut over the years. The dev has kept it updated, and the hours on Steam don't represent the time I've spent in it since I first bought it on GOG. It does have a learning curve, but once you get the hang of it the interface is easy to use. The interactions with your riders are cute, and sometimes rude, but always interesting. I recommend it.