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Unending Galaxy

61%Game Brain Score
graphics, replayability
gameplay, story
61% User Score Based on 98 reviews

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"Unending Galaxy" is a space-sim and 4X strategy game set in a vast, dynamic universe with 10 factions and 90 ships. Explore, trade, build, and fight your way to carving out your own empire or become a powerful pirate. The game includes multiple hand-crafted and procedurally generated maps with hundreds of sectors and thousands of NPCs for sandbox gameplay. Control multiple ships and switch between them at will.

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61%
Audience ScoreBased on 98 reviews
graphics6 positive mentions
stability9 negative mentions
  • Unending Galaxy offers a promising blend of 4X strategy and space simulation, allowing players to build empires from a single ship to a vast fleet.
  • The game features a variety of gameplay styles, including trading, bounty hunting, and empire management, providing players with multiple ways to engage with the game.
  • The developer is active in addressing issues and implementing updates, showing commitment to improving the game based on player feedback.
  • The game suffers from numerous technical issues, including crashes, bugs, and a poorly designed user interface that can be frustrating to navigate.
  • Many players report a steep learning curve due to a lack of clear instructions and documentation, making it difficult for newcomers to understand the mechanics.
  • Graphics and overall polish are lacking, with simplistic 2D visuals that do not meet modern gaming standards, leading to a less immersive experience.
  • gameplay
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is characterized by a mix of innovative mechanics and significant bugs, including crashes and glitched menus, which detract from the overall experience. While the game offers a rich simulation aspect with the ability to play as a solo pirate or manage a large empire, it suffers from a lack of polish and clarity in its mechanics, making it challenging for new players. Despite these issues, many users found the gameplay engaging and addictive, praising its depth and potential for emergent gameplay.

    • “The simulation aspect and variance of scale of the gameplay (you can be a solo pirate or run a huge empire) is impressive. There are a lot of honestly quite trashy games that just throw completely independent systems at you and expect you to grind through them with each one being the same and having no interaction.”
    • “This game, while lacking polish, has that element of a real world to it, and while neither its basic gameplay nor simulation is perfect, it entertained me for many hours.”
    • “To me, the game is great; I've had quite a bit of fun just trying out different starts and seeing what the gameplay has to offer both on the 4X end and the sim end.”
    • “Beyond just the game-breaking rendering/DPI failure, the UI and general gameplay are infested with bugs and lack of polish.”
    • “Bugs include crashing, glitched menus, glitched sound, glitched gameplay.”
    • “Another issue is the UI takes some time to get the hang of, and finally the game lacks clarity on a lot of its mechanics which forced me to test a lot of stuff to figure out how exactly some of the game worked.”
  • graphics
    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game are primarily simplistic 2D sprites that some players find lackluster and reminiscent of retro aesthetics, which may detract from the overall experience, especially for a 2025 PC title. While there are options to adjust resolution, they do little to enhance the visual quality, and many users note that the game lacks original assets, with the most appealing visuals being the planets. Despite these shortcomings, some players appreciate the clarity of the 2D art in gameplay and the recent graphical updates that have improved the overall look and feel.

    • “Now is an especially good time to buy, seeing as there was just a big content update as well as a superb graphical update which really improves the overall look and feel of the game.”
    • “The aesthetics of the different races are also enjoyable, showing a remarkable amount of variety that you do not see with other games.”
    • “It doesn't have cutting edge 3D graphics, but the aesthetic still feels great; the art is smooth yet crisp.”
    • “While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
    • “The game features somewhat lazy, simplistic 'retro' looking 2D graphics, and it's hard to say if this is due to the age of the assets used, if it's a deliberate attempt for the game to look bad/retro on purpose, or if the assets are just, well, terrible looking.”
    • “Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game in 2025, such poor quality 2D graphics in the 3D era just aren't good enough, whether it's a deliberate design fault on behalf of the developer or they just couldn't manage to do any better; this is a compromise gamers shouldn't have to put up with.”
  • story
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is enriched by a variety of missions that allow players to engage with factions and influence their diplomatic standing, though some users noted a lack of clear connection between mission completion and faction reputation. Players appreciate the depth of the universe and the potential for exploration, with well-thought-out events that enhance storytelling. However, there are calls for more diverse quests and clearer indicators of mission progress to improve the overall narrative experience.

    • “Events are well thought out, and provide good universe storytelling. I haven't seen all of them, but I hope there are more in future updates.”
    • “If you do trade missions to bring supplies to end a shortage at a station, you actually supplied that station - which will then start producing stuff.”
    • “If you're a bounty hunter, you aren't hunting randomly generated quest opponents - you are actually hunting threats to that empire - pirate and other ships who have been destroying their ships and earning a bounty.”
    • “Other reviews seem to tell the same story.”
    • “There is also a very in-depth weapons system, and quests for factions with real rewards and a multitude of ships to play with.”
    • “If this was in early access, it would've been a different story.”
  • stability
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is a significant concern among users, with many reporting frequent bugs, random freezes, and occasional crashes that detract from the overall experience. While some players find it moderately playable and appreciate the ongoing patches, the consensus is that the game remains too buggy for a full recommendation. Players are advised to try the demo or older versions first, as they also exhibit similar issues.

    • “If the game was not so buggy, I would recommend it.”
    • “I like the game, but the random freezes just ruin it, and I don't think it will be fixed.”
    • “It's a neat idea, but it's too buggy and incomplete.”
  • music
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is generally described as beautiful and fitting for the adventure, though opinions vary on its quality, with some finding it standard for an indie studio. While the soundtrack has an appealing beat for gameplay, it can become repetitive over extended play sessions, leading some players to consider muting it. Sound effects, particularly related to ship firing, are noted as needing improvement, but they do not significantly detract from the overall experience.

    • “The music is incredible though...great beat to conquer the galaxy to.”
    • “Not too much to suggest here as I know how expensive these assets can be to acquire if you want superb and unique non-library music/effects.”
    • “Just your average typical synth space music for the ambient that you might want to mute off and put on something else after 5 continuous hours of play because eventually they grate on your ears like a cheese grater at the end of it.”
    • “I feel the music is standard for a small indie studio and I feel the sound effects could be better, but neither really detract from the gameplay and they are satisfactory.”
    • “Music is fine; I personally am not crazy about it, but I see its appeal.”
  • grinding
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious and lacking in variety, with limited ship classes and weapon options, making late-game battles feel repetitive. The process of faction management and station building is described as cumbersome, and overall, the experience can feel unfulfilling despite the potential for meaningful gameplay as a trader or mercenary.

    • “The empire management is very tedious when you start erecting stations.”
    • “Actually controlling your forces is tedious and feels wonky most of the time.”
    • “There are very few ship classes, races usually fight late game with fleets of 5-15 ships apiece, the ships feel like paper, there is little variety in weapons, no way to upgrade armor or thrusters (that I know of), maps are kind of bland, there is no way to join an existing faction, growing your own faction is very tedious.”
  • optimization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is considered a good value for its price, but players note that it requires significant optimization for older hardware. Additionally, while smaller maps may enhance performance, they detract from the overall enjoyment.

    • “Smaller maps, while potentially less fun, do offer slightly better performance.”
    • “This game is well worth the nine dollars I paid for it; however, it could use some serious optimizations for older hardware.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find "Unending Galaxy" to have high replayability due to its diverse starting scenarios, handcrafted maps, and a procedural map generator, which together create a variety of gameplay experiences. The challenging AI and faction customizer further enhance the game's replay value, making it enjoyable to revisit.

    • “Although the learning curve on this game is somewhat high due to a lack of current or complete documentation (still in development), I find Unending Galaxy (UG) to be a refreshing 4X game with a challenging AI, a broad spectrum of potential scenarios, and just plain fun to play.”
    • “There are 11 starting scenarios, 7 total handcrafted non-tutorial maps, a procedural map generator, and a faction customizer which ends up offering a lot of replayability.”

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10h Median play time
11h Average play time
4-18h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 3 analyzed playthroughs

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