Astronaut: The Best
August 15, 2023
Navigate procedurally generated episodic storylines. Face off against ravenous tabloids and magical upper management. Your arsenal includes training, sycophantic groveling, lying, and witchcraft. Use them to make history, or end up dead in a ditch. Five missions. Hundreds of decisions. Thousands of recombinant astronauts. Millions of ways to fail spectacularly. …
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"Astronaut: The Best isn’t as deep or as varied as it seems at first sight, but it has good core mechanics. And the world it conjures is engaging in its weirdness, despite the relative lack of cohesion that’s evident at …"
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30.0
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65.0
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45.0
"I am reminded of Sid Meier’s often repeated quote: “games are a series of interesting decisions.” I never really felt that my decisions were all that interesting in Astronaut: The Best. Either the course of action is fairly obvious, or …"
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85.0
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92.0
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78.0
"Dragged down a bit by its unnecessary roguelite elements, Astronaut: The Best is an exciting and eccentric adventure into the unknown, and also space I guess."
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70.0
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90.0
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60.0
"Astronaut: The Best from developer Universal Happymaker is a challenging game that brings so many layers of complication that it can be overwhelming as much as satisfying. The difficulty might catch some gamers off guard, but the humor helps keep …"
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80.0
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75.0
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65.0
"In Astronaut: The Best, turn misfit astronauts into heroic space academy recruits. Through this occult management simulator l was challenged like never before, navigating magic, zany challenges and the offbeat humour that aims to thrill and vex it&s;s players. Call …"
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60.0
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85.0
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70.0
"Astronaut: The Best is a challenging space simulator with a dark sense of humour. Sending astronauts with varying personalities to space is a challenge even in the best of times, and you must make tough decisions. The humour keeps the …"
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