- March 25, 2021
- Full Orbit Games LLC
Tiny Space Academy
Platforms
About
Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can design and build custom rockets to explore a diverse solar system. With over 70 components, create unique spacecraft to land on a variety of planets and moons, each with unique mass, atmosphere, and terrain challenges. The game offers a campaign mode with budget management and a sandbox mode for pure gravity-based fun.











- The game is a fun and accessible introduction to orbital mechanics, making it suitable for beginners.
- It features a colorful and cheerful interface, with a variety of items to research and build.
- The developer is actively working on updates, and the game has a lot of potential for future improvements.
- The game can become boring and repetitive quickly due to a lack of content and limited building options.
- Instructions and tutorials are poorly explained, leading to confusion and frustration during gameplay.
- Performance issues arise on lower-end machines, especially after updates that introduced more complex mechanics.
- story28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The game's story is minimal and often unclear, with players noting that mission objectives can be confusing, especially in later stages. While there is a campaign mode, failing missions has no significant consequences, leading to a lack of tension or narrative depth. Overall, the gameplay focuses heavily on completing missions without the option for free exploration or saving progress, which some players find limiting.
“10/10 - after 41 hours, a little story.”
“The missions are fun, and it's cute!”
“You have to play the mission or die trying; no saving, and money in this game is always an issue due to no way to earn it besides accomplishing missions.”
“Mission objective is unclear in later missions.”
“I'm stuck on the third mission because I cannot figure out what my rocket needs for reentry once the module has made one full orbit around the Earth.”