- Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management sim where people aren't just numbers: they're incompetent screwups. Your duty is to turn them into national heroes, or the government will have you killed.
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, comic and ironic.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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Digital ChumpsNathaniel StevensAug 20238.5/10Astronaut: The Best from developer Universal Happymaker is a challenging game that brings so many layers of complication that it can be overwhelming as much as satisfying. The difficulty might catch some gamers off guard, but the humor helps keep the ship together and create a fun experience.
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SoftpediaCosmin VasileAug 20238.5/10Astronaut: The Best isn’t as deep or as varied as it seems at first sight, but it has good core mechanics. And the world it conjures is engaging in its weirdness, despite the relative lack of cohesion that’s evident at certain points in the branching narratives. The game’s presentation will not be for everybody, although it meshes well with both story and mechanics.
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Checkpoint GamingVictor TanAug 20238/10Astronaut: The Best is a challenging space simulator with a dark sense of humour. Sending astronauts with varying personalities to space is a challenge even in the best of times, and you must make tough decisions. The humour keeps the game entertaining as you struggle to grasp the game's unpredictability. There's a steep learning curve since unforeseeable events can turn even the greatest successes into colossal failures. But it keeps gameplay fresh and motivates you to learn everything. Soon you will masterfully send crews to space and even achieve objectives, something that continually stays fun even after the story ends.
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COGconnectedJaina HillAug 202368/100I am reminded of Sid Meier’s often repeated quote: “games are a series of interesting decisions.” I never really felt that my decisions were all that interesting in Astronaut: The Best. Either the course of action is fairly obvious, or it’s totally opaque. Click a button, find out what happens next. But then I keep looking at images from the game, which reminds me how consistent the whole experience is. I appreciate the wild swing, but ultimately, I don’t think Astronaut: The Best, is (the best.)
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Universal Happymaker
- Publisher
- Universal Happymaker
- Released
- August 15, 2023
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Text
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 1 ratings.
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