Out of Space

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Out of Space is a single player and multiplayer casual strategy game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Behold Studios and was released on February 26, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Out of Space is a cooperative multiplayer game about trying to live together in space. To live with your folks, or your boyfriend or your best friends is not an easy task. Who is going to take the trash out, do the dishes, or even walk with the dog?

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Audience ScoreBased on 1,206 reviews

gameplay47 positive mentions

stability40 negative mentions

Fun and addictive cooperative gameplay that encourages teamwork and communication.
Charming art style and cute characters add to the overall enjoyable experience.
Procedurally generated levels and weekly challenges provide replayability and fresh experiences.

Controls are clunky and unintuitive, especially with keyboard and mouse; controller recommended.
Multiplayer has frequent connectivity issues, desyncs, and bugs that disrupt gameplay.
Lack of content and game variety leads to repetitiveness and limited long-term replayability.

gameplay
176 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
66%
7%
The gameplay offers a simple, fun, and chaotic cooperative experience reminiscent of Overcooked, with mechanics centered around cleaning a ship while managing survival elements like hunger and tiredness. While the core loop is engaging and encourages teamwork, many find it repetitive, lacking variety and progression, and hampered by frustrating controls, bugs, and limiting mechanics such as inability to open doors while holding items. Overall, it’s enjoyable especially in co-op but would benefit greatly from more content, smoother mechanics, and better pacing or campaign modes.
- “It blends survival mechanics, light strategy, and party-game energy into a cohesive experience that rewards communication, adaptability, and teamwork.”
- “The gameplay loop is simple but satisfying: clean the ship, take care of your alien-infested home, and try not to get overwhelmed.”
- “My friend and I are tapping into this diamond in the rough and squeezing every single possible ounce of fun out of this game, planning strategies and improvements around the furniture and emergent mechanics.”
- “Decent gameplay and mechanics but executed poorly.”
- “Seemed fun at first but turned into an unbearable experience with weird key bindings and scuffed mechanics.”
- “The mechanics of the doors in this game will fill you with enough rage to power (or destroy) a small town.”
replayability
42 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31%
57%
12%
Replayability is largely driven by procedural generation and random level design, offering varied experiences and extended playtime for many users. However, some find the content limited and repetitive after initial completion, noting a lack of variety in challenges and progression that reduces long-term engagement. Updates and added content have improved replay value for some, but overall, the game’s replayability depends heavily on player preference and desire for more diverse goals or expansions.
- “The good thing is that the game offers virtually infinite replayability since the stages are randomly generated, based on difficulty.”
- “Game generates a random assortment of rooms so there is always a new scenario to explore for plenty of replay value.”
- “Every update so far has added interesting new features, and even as it is right now, the random level generation adds a lot of replayability.”
- “Gets boring fast with zero replay value after you've completed most of it.”
- “The random challenges add very little to the replayability of the game and for achievement hunters, the achievements are locked behind 11 unique weekly challenges.”
- “This really hurts the game; it is actually far less replayable as eventually, the novelty of the random arrangements wears off and there's really no new high target goals in the game, just larger ships.”
stability
41 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
2%
98%
The game suffers from frequent bugs and glitches, especially in online multiplayer and longer play sessions, often leading to frustrating experiences such as freezes, object glitches, and progress loss. While the core gameplay remains enjoyable and playable locally, the lack of recent updates has left stability issues largely unaddressed, impacting the overall experience.
- “This game was really fun to play with friends or on your own back when I bought it a couple of years ago, but now, as there have been no updates since 2021, it is so buggy and sometimes unplayable.”
- “The big problem, however, is that this game is incredibly buggy.”
- “But playing online (which, let's be honest, will be at least 70% of players) is a buggy mess and practically unplayable.”
graphics
33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
52%
39%
9%
The graphics are consistently praised for their charming, cute, and polished art style, contributing to an enjoyable and visually appealing experience. While not groundbreaking or particularly standout, the visuals effectively complement the cooperative gameplay and overall fun atmosphere.
- “Colourful graphics with cute characters to choose from once unlocked.”
- “The aesthetics are very polished, complemented by smooth gameplay and interesting activities to maintain your space station.”
- “Awesome concept and gameplay, with crisp and pretty graphics.”
- “Theoretically the graphics suffice, but they don't really stand out for me.”
- “The graphics are sort of cute, I guess.”
- “The art style is cute, and it will give you some illusions that this game might be for kids.”
humor
32 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in Out of Space is largely driven by chaotic, cooperative gameplay that leads to funny disasters and lively miscommunications, often resulting in hilarious moments and playful frustration among friends. Its blend of strategic survival with comical mishaps makes it an entertaining and laugh-inducing experience, especially in couch co-op settings. While some find the humor wears off over time or is dampened by bugs, most praise the game for its genuinely funny, chaotic, and social atmosphere.
- “Miscommunication or inefficiency often leads to humorous disasters—goo overruns, power failures, or exhausted crew members collapsing at the worst possible moment.”
- “If you're a fan of co-op games that offer a blend of strategy, teamwork, and humor, Out of Space is a must-play title that will keep you and your friends entertained and laughing as you navigate the challenges of space living.”
- “A ton of hilarious and chaotic fun mixed with angry shouting at your terrible friends.”
story
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
11%
68%
21%
The game lacks a dedicated story or campaign mode, which many players feel limits its depth and replayability beyond basic mission completion. While challenge modes and unlocks add some variety, the absence of a narrative or progression system makes the experience feel barebones and repetitive over time. Several users express a desire for a story-driven or campaign-style mode to enhance engagement and longevity.
- “Each session tells its own story of frantic coordination, last-second saves, and inevitable mishaps.”
- “A story to tie everything together would be interesting to see as well.”
- “- would be great to see some better progression system, like adding some new mechanics that are eventually introduced through a short campaign-style missions with ascending difficulty.”
- “The challenge modes and unlocks make the game, without them it would get repetitive quick as there's no storyline or progression beyond 3 sizes of randomly generated ship.”
- “I wish the game had some sort of story or more complicated hazards, something to distract me from how barebones the game feels after a week of playing.”
- “The multiplayer part is only available with friends (the matchmaking will be removed), in French a lot of translations are cut so we can't understand some descriptions... and there is no story mode... I've played only 3 hours and I already have done more than half of the success in the game :/ feel like I just lost my money on this game :(”
grinding
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
5%
95%
Grinding in the game is widely described as tedious and slow, with repetitive tasks like filling buckets and cleaning alien goo leading to frustration, especially during solo play. While progression through buying upgrades helps balance the grind, the overall experience often feels monotonous and micromanagement-heavy, detracting from enjoyment.
- “It is so frustratingly slow and tedious running back and forth filling a bucket, just to find out the mess has grown and you need to fill the bucket again.”
- “Too tedious with picking up mop/bucket and then having to drop it to open a door, then pick it up again and get through the door before it closes.”
- “The respawn rate at the end game (when in single player) gets annoying and cripples your progress for a lot of time, making the game grindy.”
music
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
31%
19%
The music in the game is widely praised for enhancing the atmosphere with its evolving, funky, and synthetic vibe, making it well-suited for relaxed, easy listening. While some find the soundtrack repetitive or occasionally boring, it generally complements the gameplay and art style effectively, contributing to an enjoyable and immersive experience.
- “The music really adds to the atmosphere, starting quiet and basic at the beginning, but as you progress through the ship it gets louder and funkier, which is really cool.”
- “I'd recommend checking out the OST if you enjoy easy listening with a bit of techno flair to it.”
- “Fantastic game with a great art style and amazing soundtrack.”
- “On the bad side, the soundtrack is pretty boring, and the amount of bugs encountered are far too many for a fully released (non-early-access) game.”
- “It makes no sense that the bugs multiply exponentially in a room further than you can possibly get to and then the entire game's mechanics scale over time (despite no UI indicator that the intensity has increased besides a music cue).”
- “Sound effects sound fun, and the music, albeit repetitive, is not annoying to listen to.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
28%
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Reviews on optimization are mixed, with some users experiencing frequent crashes, lag, and stuttering during multiplayer, while others report smooth performance without technical issues. Overall, optimization appears inconsistent and may need improvement.
- “Been playing this with a friend online and first of all, we didn't encounter any technical issues, the game runs smoothly.”
- “Runs smoothly.”
- “Poorly optimized, crashes constantly on multiplayer; nothing good about it but the concept itself!”
- “Which results in players lagging behind greatly, causing them to move behind and desync a lot, resulting in a jumpy, stuttering effect.”
- “Even if it can still be a little more optimized.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is described as a fun and wholesome experience, evoking positive and heartwarming emotions.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users appreciate the atmosphere, highlighting how the music evolves from quiet and simple to louder and funkier as the game progresses, enhancing the overall experience.
- “The music really adds to the atmosphere, starting quiet and basic at the beginning, but as you progress through the ship it becomes louder and funkier, which is really cool.”