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Starbound

Chucklefish
Jul 22, 2016 - PC
Mighty

OpenCritic Rating

85

Top Critic Average

93%

Critics Recommend

IGN
9.1 / 10
PC Gamer
84 / 100
Metro GameCentral
8 / 10
Game Informer
8.5 / 10
Areajugones
8 / 10
The Escapist
4 / 5
Everyeye.it
8.2 / 10
CGMagazine
8.5 / 10
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Critic Reviews for Starbound

IGN

9.1 / 10.0
T.J. Hafer

Starbound excels as a crafting and exploration game, as a 2D platformer with varied and engaging combat, and as a Zelda-esque story RPG with a detailed world and memorable alien cultures to interact with. The sheer volume of different kinds of locations to discover, items to craft and build great structures with, and flashy ways to vanquish aliens prevent any part of the experience from getting boring quickly.

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A charming space sandbox that will keep you busy and entertained for hours.

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Metro GameCentral

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8 / 10
Metro GameCentral

Still a little unpolished in places, but with its huge variety of locations and gameplay elements this already stands toe-to-toe with both Terraria and Minecraft.

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If you’re a fan of games like Minecraft and Terraria, Starbound is not to be missed. It can keep you enchanted for hours, whether you’re playing solo or on a server with friends

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Starbound is a must-buy for the PC players due to the huge amount of hours of entertainment that this game can give. A enormous universe, a great variety of tools and a game full of possibilities..

Review in Spanish | Read full review

It's a bit rough around the edges, and the first few hours are a slog, but Starbound is a deep and vast constructor with a killer soundtrack.

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Starbound is one of the very few games that gets both "open world" and "sandbox" done right. The amount of activities available is astounding and the best part is you can avoid them all, if you wish to do just that.

Review in Italian | Read full review

In its feature-complete state, Starbound feels like a much tighter experience than it had in the past, and rather uniquely for the "Terraria, but…" genre, it actually has its own story that takes players across parts of its randomly generated galaxy and introduces them to the various playable races along the way.

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Industry Coverage

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