Void Bastards

games fun but all the "mutated" people just look like what you'd see walking down the street in birmingham so they were kinda lazy with the enemy design

It's decent for a single playthrough, but it's not the type of game I could sink a hundred hours into.
To summarize the core gameplay loop: you need to craft an object for story progression which requires certain parts, so you go on your map which lets you fly to neighboring ships through a branching map (similar to FTL, though this map goes forever), every ship will have a part needed for crafting something which you can see from the map so go look for the parts you need for story or for upgrades you want to make. Outside of parts the ships will also have materials which if you gather enough you can make the parts you need. Before boarding a ship you will see what enemy types are there, and what random positive/negative modifiers the ship will have (no lights on, lots of fire, enemies drop extra loot, etc.) and based on that you pick your weapon loadout and board the ship. Then go around looting everything quickly while dealing with enemies, some enemies you will want to kill while others you want to incapacitate/avoid.
The game is fun while you are still learning what every enemy does and what weapons are best, and learning what ships you want to target and which you want to avoid. But after you've learned it all the game becomes a grind for materials, and I don't feel the actual gameplay of dealing with enemies while looting is very exciting once you've essentially solved it. Fighting enemies is mostly in tight corridors so the action isn't high intensity shoot outs, it's mostly "oh this enemy is small and fast, let me use my shotgun" or "this enemy is tanky, let me stun him" and then you move on. I feel the game is missing something compared to say FTL wherein between the different builds and crews you get you can put in a lot of time testing out a variety of ways of beating a run, or compared to Gunfire Reborn where the fun combat can carry the game.
So I'm going to recommend it because I think enjoying 13 hours for a game is a respectable amount, but if you want a roguelike to put countless hours in I don't think this is it.
TLDR: game is fun to learn, but becomes tedious once you've finished learning.

This game was so much better than I could have hoped. I ended up putting almost 100 hours into it and I still don't feel like I'm done with it at all. It calls to me every time I scroll by it in my games library. The only reason I haven't played even more is I don't want to burn out on it. It's the type of game you revisit every year or so to replay the campaign on hard, and that is my intention. I could barely stop myself from re-installing it again early, so I settled on leaving a review instead.
Basically you're on a prison ship stranded in a graveyard of derelict ships. You have a shuttle capable of visiting these derelict ships in sort of an FTL-style beacon to beacon travelling method. These derelict ships still have their crews aboard who have been corrupted by some kind of space madness and are hostile to you. If after looking at the scan of the ship, you decide the risks of boarding are worth the items you might find on board (fuel, food, special parts, building materiels, ammo, money, even augmentations to your genetic structure to give you different abilities), you go into FPS mode and raid the ship.
The core of the gameplay is finding what you need on the ship, while fighting/avoiding the many dangers awaiting you. It's very System Shock-esque. Then using what you've obtained, you can craft needed parts, new weapons, armours, devices.. all sorts of things to get you ready for further challenges when you decide to go for the really valuable stuff deeper in.
Anyway, that's just a summary of what you actually do in the game. It really doesn't do justice to just how intense it is boarding ships and how interesting it is trying out new weapons and devices and how much tension there is in the game just keeping your character alive.
Highly HIGHLY recommended.

The unique art design breathes fresh life into the genre, offering a memorable and immersive experience. Despite its familiar mechanics, the game's execution and atmosphere set it apart, making it a standout title in its own right.

Short review: an enjoyable enough rogue lite FPS that manages to entertain for a time, with its colourful but bleak design and its scavenging system... unfortunately, after a few hours, the flaws of its mediocre shooting system begins to show... and it becomes repetitive (at least, for my taste), but! if grinding and keep looting stuff is your jam, then you'll probably have more a fun time than I have.

Only worth it on sale. A clean, crisp roguelike experience. Definitely a game that belongs in anyone's library for its standout presentation and performance.

Void Bastards has a unique art style, an addictive gameplay loop and is balanced enough to make you want to play it more than once.

The game's main quest is well introduced, but it gets a little tedious. But I imagine that the main focus of the game is on surviving and using resources in the best possible way. In this regard, the game is simply surprising, with several immersive simulator mechanics.

Some ships will have very interesting modifiers that make you look for a way to overcome them effectively. Some of my most intense episodes were a stealth mission mixed with a giant shootout in a tight room. Choosing a good set of equipment is essential to progress in the game.


The sense of freedom to complete missions is very present and automatically trains you to adapt. The game's upgrades are very well implemented and balanced so that you don't get too strong too soon. Unlike many games of the genre, the grind in this game is not tedious or forced, I found that my interest in exploring the more difficult ships and their challenges was greater than gathering materials. In this case, they were another positive consequence of having explored well during the mission.

The variety of enemies is good and the game's art style makes you curious about what the next ones will be like. I strongly recommend that anyone who plays FPS shooters play on hard. Even though there is more than one strategy to approach combat situations, with good upgrades on my favorite weapons I could easily defeat enemies stronger than me.


The game has great exploration, a wide variety of scenarios, a very well thought out art style and sound design. It's definitely worth it if you're interested in rogue likes.