Oxygen Not Included
In the space-colony simulation game Oxygen Not Included you’ll find that scarcities of oxygen, warmth and sustenance are constant threats to your colony's survival. Guide colonists through the perils of subterranean asteroid living and watch as their population grows until they're not simply surviving, but thriving… Just make sure you don't forget to breathe. Build Extensive Bases and Discover What it Takes to Survive: Everything in your space colony is under your control, from excavation and resource allocation right down to plumbing and power systems. Resources will begin depleting with your first breath, however, so be sure to dig fast if you want to live. It’s Mind Over Matter with Stress Simulations: Keep the psychological impact of survival at bay with fun leisure activities, great accommodations and even better food for your colony. Duplicants each have different and potentially destructive ways of reacting to stress, so be sure to always keep them happy. Whatever the cost. Avoid Boiling with Thermodynamics:
Game Discussion
Steam User 64
This game is helping me through tough times.
Ever since I was little, I have always been looking for activities to fill my time, whether it be drawing or playing various video games. I've never wanted to be alone with my thoughts. As I am approaching 21, I need that more than ever. This game is not only providing me with an escape but also helping me find motivation to solve difficult problems in my real life.
"Oxygen Not Included" can be very daunting to a new player, I won't deny that. However, this game gives you all the tools you need to be successful, and being able to make mistakes and grow from them is a fun and engaging process. This is crucial because, just like in the real world, you are going to make mistakes along the way. The game rewards you for never giving up. Even if you fail one colony, you always learn something new to make the next one even stronger. You will have dupes die, feel that loss, and feel like there is no way of pulling your colony back on its feet. However, you can never lose unless you give up, which I think is a mindset I didn't fully understand before playing.
Not only that, but the community is still thriving. You can always find ways other people tackled hard problems, which never fails to fill me with inspiration. I find myself constantly asking how I can implement various newfound builds and ideas into my colonies to make them even slightly more efficient.
This game is extremely rewarding because you are playing against yourself. The main obstacle is your lack of understanding and fear of messing up. If you can conquer that, you can conquer anything this game can throw at you. You just need to push yourself.
Thank you, Klei, for teaching me this, and thanks for making an awesome game.
Steam User 54
Oxygen not Included is a great survival simulator with a robust set of map and character options allowing everyone to play to their own tastes. The dev team is highly involved and constantly adding new content to keep older players engaged while, at the same time, they continue to make small balance adjustments to keep play even. As someone who started playing this game back in the before times, I really appreciate their work on it. The game is fun, the difficulty ranges from challenging to relaxed, the humor is right up my alley, and the DLC is high quality and affordable. I rarely post like this, but Klei deserves a pat on the back and an attaboy. Good job, and thank you for an amazing game.
Steam User 60
If losing time were an Olympic sport, Oxygen Not Included would snatch the gold medal with a mischievous grin. Picture this: I ventured into the game, armed with determination and a faint hope of maintaining a semblance of a functioning base. But alas, my duplicants seemed more interested in performing slapstick routines than managing oxygen levels! Each attempt to create a sustainable ecosystem ended with a cataclysmic collapse, leaving me staring at the screen in a mixture of awe and disbelief. Hours melted away like ice cream in a heatwave, as I tinkered with plumbing, wrestled with power systems, and futilely attempted to micromanage the chaos. My life now consists of before-ONI and after-ONI, with a vast chasm of lost hours in between. If you're ready to bid farewell to your spare time and embark on a rollercoaster of hilariously disastrous endeavors, Oxygen Not Included awaits, ready to whisk you away into a whirlwind of perplexing joy.
Steam User 37
Nearly 1200 hours and counting. I can't believe this game even exists and I dread the day I may not be able to play it. Honestly it's a base building colony game with so much depth, freedom, and complexity to thrill a wide range of gamers. Beyond that it lets me express creativity and pushes me to problem solve in a way that truly satisfies.
Maybe not for everyone but I truly think this game is a marvel and I've encountered few games that rival it's longevity and charm.
Steam User 38
This game is addictive. It looks so easy, cartoonish but don't be fooled, this game has such a complexity to it, it will suck you in and won't let you go. I am desperately looking for more games like this.
Steam User 34
+ One of the Deepest simulations you can find
- CPU killer
+ Delicious complexity and challenge
- Wiki/guides are nearly mandatory
+ Huge sense of accomplishment
- Time sink
+ Charming, freaking adorable colonists re: animations and sounds
- Their autonomy will piss you off
+ Once you're hooked it is extremely addictive
- Expect to fail. However:
+ Friendly, helpful and ingenuous community (steam guides, ONI subreddit, youtubers)
- Game has come a long way but still needs a few things
+ Lots of subtle humor
+++++ Ridiculous value for the price
The genius of this game is that it makes a hardcore simulation seem more like an adventure. Other deep sims like Factorio or Satisfactory, or even rimworld, have a more serious tone and lack this level of detail on the colonists and environment. At the same time it's just as punishing in its own way. In ONI, every tile matters to some extent. So that makes it my most played thing of all time. Review is long overdue actually :)
Steam User 24
This game is a ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS! but that's why it's so good
- The moment you find yourself uninterested or bored, a new problem arises for you to solve on your own.
- You can build a world how you see fit or go meta. It's your call
- The learning arc can be steep but it's understandable considering the amount of different stages in technogoly advancement in terms of plumbing, electrical, ventilation, food/resource supply, to even bloody happiness and ect.
- There is no in game purchases to tempt you to spend more money and you unlock skins as you play the game. Besides the extra dlc's but they aren't expensive and you can get them on sale
- Probably runs amazing on a Smart fridge with mcdicks wifi
- At times you can turn your brain off but then shortly after, I usually find 1 or 2 of my lil dudes suddenly dead. So be advised