Electronauts
- August 7, 2018
- Survios
- 5h median play time
Get on Steam"Electronauts" is a musical VR game that lets you create and remix music with confidence, no matter your skill level. Featuring over 80 tracks from top artists and 9 unique instruments, the game's Music Reality Engine keeps your sounds bumping on beat. Customize your deck with digital instruments, record loops, and perform with surreal visuals for a personalized experience.
Mac OS
PC
Virtual Reality
Windows
Oculus Quest
Oculus VR
PlayStation
PlayStation VR
Reviews
- Electronauts provides an incredibly fun and immersive VR experience, especially for fans of electronic music.
- The game allows players to feel like a DJ, with intuitive controls that make it easy to create unique remixes without prior musical knowledge.
- The visuals and sound quality are outstanding, enhancing the overall enjoyment and engagement of the gameplay.
- The game lacks depth and variety in its song selection, which can lead to repetitive gameplay after a while.
- There is no option to save or export mixes, limiting the ability to create and share original music.
- Multiplayer functionality is often non-functional, making it difficult to enjoy the game with friends.
- music706 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
The music aspect of the game is widely praised for its engaging and interactive experience, allowing players to remix and manipulate a diverse selection of songs, particularly in the electronic genre. However, many users express a desire for more content, including additional songs and the ability to create or import custom tracks, as the current library can feel limited and repetitive over time. Overall, it is considered a fun and accessible entry point for both music enthusiasts and novices, though it lacks depth for those seeking a more serious music production tool.
“Electronauts gives you complete creative control over a bunch of great songs allowing you to turn them into your own unique creation.”
“The incredibly wide selection of songs and easy to navigate UI create an amazing musical experience.”
“This game is one of the best VR music games out there.”
“The music game is quite limited.”
“But you won't want to play the same song many times without a long break, so the content is very limited.”
“I purchased this game thinking it would let me create music, but in fact, it's just a bunch of preset songs that you can manipulate.”
- graphics36 mentions
- 83 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are consistently praised as stunning and superb, with many users highlighting their ability to enhance the overall experience, particularly in relation to the music. The visuals are described as vibrant and interactive, complementing the sound design effectively, although some players noted a desire for a broader song selection. Overall, the game's aesthetics contribute significantly to its fun and engaging atmosphere, especially in a VR setting.
“The visuals are superb and complement the sonic qualities of this game.”
“The graphics are spectacular!”
“The songs are great, the visuals are stunning, the way you interact with your tools to make the music is so much fun.”
- gameplay20 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 35 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The gameplay is praised for its innovative mechanics and engaging music manipulation, offering a fun and rewarding experience, especially for music lovers. However, some users feel that once the mechanics are mastered, the gameplay can become shallow and reminiscent of simpler loop-based games. Overall, it successfully fuses music enjoyment with interactive gaming elements, though it may lack depth for some players.
“Some of the most fun and rewarding gameplay I have found.”
“Great selection of music with a variety of sounds and ways to remix songs in an enjoyable setting with fantastic visuals and strong mechanics.”
“As for the gameplay, it's got its quirks, and it can be genuinely fun to time some good drops on any songs you recognize or find enjoyable after discovering them in this game, but once you learn the mechanics of it, it's fairly shallow.”
“As for the gameplay, it's got its quirks, and it can be genuinely fun to time some good drops on any songs you recognize or find enjoyable after discovering them in this game, but once you learn the mechanics of it, it's fairly shallow.”
“At the cusp of music and gaming fusion, Electronauts uses the enjoyment of music by manipulating music with style as a gaming mechanic.”
- story10 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 90 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is perceived as a promising foundation, but some users feel it should serve more as a layer to enhance gameplay rather than being the central focus. Overall, there is a desire for a more objective-driven narrative to enrich the gaming experience.
“This mission should just be a layer, giving this game a more game-like feeling with objectives.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The app shows promise as a future tool for DJing, offering a polished and enjoyable experience for users. However, it suffers from performance issues that need to be addressed to enhance its functionality and make it truly performance-ready.
“That being said, there are a few things I think would enhance the functionality and make this a truly performance-ready app.”
“Performance issues, but very polished and fun to jam on.”
“This could really be the future of DJing as it makes that art form into a real performance.”
- replayability4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users highlight the game's significant replayability, noting that it offers a lot of content to explore and suggesting that future mods will enhance its longevity even further.
“Lots of replayability, and once they mod this up, it will play forever.”
- emotional4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players express a strong emotional connection to the game, highlighting how it instills a sense of confidence and professionalism, even for those unfamiliar with the mechanics. The experience is described as empowering, making users feel like skilled DJs despite their initial lack of knowledge.
“However, what I discovered was a game/experience that made me feel like a professional DJ.”
“I didn't even know what I was doing, but the game made it sound good and made me feel like a pro.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the game has been widely criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs that significantly impact gameplay. Many players express frustration over the game's performance issues, indicating a lack of reliability.
“Buggy as hell for me... I don't even know why.”
