- September 15, 2017
- Project Whitecard Studios Inc.
Star Rangers VR
43%Game Brain Score
graphics, music
monetization, story
50% User Score 36 reviews
Platforms
About
This free demo of Star Rangers VR is a short adventure set in orbit around the earth. The full Star Rangers game, to be released in five episodes (to start) has more missions, vehicles and adventures! Help us hit 30,000 demo users to kick off funded development.





Audience ScoreBased on 36 reviews
graphics4 positive mentions
monetization18 negative mentions
- The demo offers a unique experience of flying in space and simulating repairs, which some players found enjoyable.
- The graphics, while not perfect, are decent and do not cause nausea during gameplay.
- The game provides a realistic simulation of thruster controls and physics, which can be engaging for space simulation enthusiasts.
- The demo is essentially an advertisement for an abandoned product, misleading players and taking up valuable space on the Steam platform.
- Many players experienced significant technical issues, including failure to load and awkward controls that made gameplay frustrating.
- The lack of guidance for objectives and poor control mechanics detracted from the overall experience, making it difficult for players to progress.
monetization
18 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe monetization aspect of the game has been criticized for being misleading, as it primarily serves as an advertisement rather than a full game. Users express frustration over the practice of publishing demos and ads as separate titles, which detracts from genuine developers and misleads gamers. This approach is seen as a harmful tactic to gain visibility without providing real value, akin to consuming free advertisements online.
“If you enjoy advertisements, you can consume them for free on the web or on YouTube without needing to add them to your game library, download them, and then launch the advertising.”
“While it might seem like an innocuous mistake, publishing demos and advertisements as if they are full games is misleading and in some ways harmful.”
“Often developers may choose to incorrectly publish demo/advertisements as separate games as a cheap way to bypass paying Valve for marketing presence on the Steam front page, which may seem clever to them, but it's harmful behavior and it's not good for gamers.”