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Space Exploration Games Where Charting New Worlds Is the Point

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Space Games That Capture the Loneliness Between Stars
Space Games That Capture the Loneliness Between Stars
by game_tinkerer  • 
8 in common: Scavenger SV-4, Deliver Us the Moon and 6 more
Space feels lonely when a signal is distant, a hull is fragile or an ordinary task must be managed without anyone nearby. These games find that atmosphere through long journeys, empty stations...
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Survival Games for People Who Dislike Endless Chores
Survival Games for People Who Dislike Endless Chores
by game_tinkerer  • 
6 in common: Subnautica: Below Zero, Planet Crafter and 4 more
Building a shelter is appealing. Spending every evening feeding the same meters can be less so. These survival games and related building sandboxes make more room for expeditions, projects and...
Games
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Grand Strategy Games Worth Learning Slowly
Grand Strategy Games Worth Learning Slowly
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Distant Worlds 2, Endless Space 2 and 1 more
These games become more rewarding as their systems begin to connect: a marriage changes an alliance, a factory changes politics, or a road determines whether an army can eat. The selection...
Games
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Survival Crafting Games You Can Play Solo Offline
Survival Crafting Games You Can Play Solo Offline
by game_tinkerer  • 
6 in common: Subnautica: Below Zero, Planet Crafter and 4 more
Pick a survival crafting game you can start by yourself without joining a server. These games give you a reason to build your first shelter, look for better tools, and decide what to carry on the...
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Space Exploration Books That Restore a Sense of Scale
Space Exploration Books That Restore a Sense of Scale
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
Distance becomes convincing through what a traveller has to notice, carry, wait for or leave behind. These fictional journeys earn their wonder through particular places: an alien vessel's...
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Science-Fiction Comics Where the Artwork Builds the World
Science-Fiction Comics Where the Artwork Builds the World
by comic_vault  • 
On a similar theme
A ship can show you who does the work. A city street can show you where the rules change. These science-fiction comics let you learn how their worlds function by looking at what the characters...
Comics
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Games With Diegetic Interfaces That Keep You Inside the World
Games With Diegetic Interfaces That Keep You Inside the World
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Elite: Dangerous, Astroneer and 1 more
A diegetic interface puts the information where the character could actually see it: a health readout on the back of a suit, a paper map held in front of the windscreen, a tracker you have to...
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Strategy Games Where Diplomacy Is More Than a Menu
Strategy Games Where Diplomacy Is More Than a Menu
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Endless Space 2 and Stellaris
For the pleasure of making an agreement that changes the next move. These games turn treaties, obligations, reputation or negotiated exchanges into practical advantages and risks. Some let the...
Games
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Games About Archaeology That Make Discovery Feel Earned
Games About Archaeology That Make Discovery Feel Earned
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Subnautica, Heaven's Vault and 1 more
For players who want a ruin to become more meaningful as they understand it. These games reward reading inscriptions, comparing accounts, observing machinery or deciding how carefully to uncover a...
Games
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Spaceflight Games Built Around Newtonian Movement
Spaceflight Games Built Around Newtonian Movement
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Kerbal Space Program and Outer Wilds
A good spaceflight game can make the moment you cut the engines as interesting as the moment you fire them. This selection is for players who want to manage momentum, budget thrust, or work out...
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Games That Let You Make a Place Feel Like Home
Games That Let You Make a Place Feel Like Home
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Starbound, Subnautica and 1 more
A home starts to matter when you know what belongs beside the bed, recognise the objects on a shelf and have a reason to come back. These games let you shape a personal space through decoration...
Games
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German Games That Make Complex Systems Worth Understanding
German Games That Make Complex Systems Worth Understanding
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: X4: Foundations
A factory that keeps running, a constitutional reform that reaches its final vote, and a mountain route that leaves you enough oxygen for the descent all offer different kinds of satisfaction...
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Underwater Games That Make the Ocean Feel Unfamiliar
Underwater Games That Make the Ocean Feel Unfamiliar
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: In Other Waters and Subnautica
For players drawn to the freedom and vulnerability of being beneath the surface. These choices make water matter through movement, changing visibility, limited supplies, unfamiliar life or the...
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Games About Getting a Tiny Crew to Work Together
Games About Getting a Tiny Crew to Work Together
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Pikmin 4
A good crew can make a puddle, a pile of toys or a crooked path feel like a problem worth solving. These games put you in charge of helpers and give you reasons to think about who goes where...
Games
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Small-Studio Games That Feel Ambitious in Unexpected Ways
Small-Studio Games That Feel Ambitious in Unexpected Ways
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: In Other Waters, Heaven's Vault and 1 more
For players interested in what a focused team can invent: rules you can move, worlds you can carry, stories that change their form or simulations that keep producing surprises. These choices come...
Games
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Games That Show How Dialogue Choices Have Changed Since the 1990s
Games That Show How Dialogue Choices Have Changed Since the 1990s
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Mass Effect
In Ultima VI you type a word to see who knows about it. In Mass Effect you can choose a response before the other person finishes talking. In Pentiment a conversation from hours ago can tip a...
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Automation Games Where You Build the Factory in First Person
Automation Games Where You Build the Factory in First Person
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Planet Crafter and No Man's Sky
Stand beside the belt you just built and watch to see whether the next machine gets what it needs. These automation games let you place or operate production equipment from inside the factory...
Games
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Games With Interfaces That Are Part of the World
Games With Interfaces That Are Part of the World
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: In Other Waters and Outer Wilds
I enjoy an instrument that feels as though my character could actually use it. These games make documents, tools, terminals or control stations part of how you understand and act on the world. I...
Games
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Roguelikes Where a Run Is a Journey Between Destinations
Roguelikes Where a Run Is a Journey Between Destinations
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: The Long Journey Home
The next stop should change the plan, not merely provide another room of enemies. These roguelikes and journey-led relatives make travel depend on supplies, a damaged vehicle, the people with you...
Games
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Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: In Other Waters and Heaven's Vault
If you love a novel for its voice, its people and the work it leaves to your imagination, games have several ways to meet you. These choices use conversation, observation, decisions and sometimes...
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