Autonauts
October 17, 2019
Travel the universe colonising uninhabited planets with the sole goal of setting worlds in motion through the power of automation. Fresh from your spaceship you must harvest stick and stone and begin your colonisation efforts. Create rudimentary crafting items from blueprints and slowly build a number of workerbots to aid …
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"I&s;m amazed at how well Autonauts&s; many elements come together to form a simulation experience that manages to be as satisfying as it is open-ended. Throw in an adorable presentation and a well-executed campaign and you&s;re left with one great …"
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85.0
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90.0
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60.0
"Autonauts is all about building and making things efficient. There&s;s almost no story but the game play alone is a unique and lovely experience. I wish tutorials were a little more efficient like the game play itself, but overall Autonauts …"
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70.0
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"I found Autonauts to be tedious at first, then really fun, then exhausting. It&s;s a fun challenge, but in the end, I just wanted to build a robot to tell all the others what to do so I could sit …"
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35.0
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85.0
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65.0
"Autonauts is a colourful, creative and energetic game of automation and colonisation, whose cute facade is home to some truly engaging coding that never gets too complex."
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70.0
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"Underneath Autonauts‘ cute visuals and tongue in cheek tutorials there’s a surprisingly complex simulation game that is a joy to play for both seasoned veterans of the genre and total newbies who’ve never touched a management title."
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85.0
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75.0
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"I sincerely enjoyed my time with Autonauts and could see anyone from a pro programmer to someone with zero experience having a good time with this game."
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"Despite its cartoony graphics, this game is a surprisingly solid city builder. There is enough here that fans of the various genres this takes from will find it enjoyable as they craft their ever-growing city and automation empire. Programming the …"
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40.0
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35.0
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55.0
"This is unusual colony with robots coded by you. Creative, certainly, but repetitive soon."
Read original review"While a bit simplistic in some ways, the simplicity of Autonauts lends itself beautifully to engaging gameplay and fun to all who play it."
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85.0
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45.0
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30.0
"As someone who enjoys creative sim games as well as programming (I&s;d hope I enjoy it, its how I spend my days) in theory Autonauts would be a home run for me..."
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75.0
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"Autonauts is packed with adorable animations and a deceptively simple premise. Controls could be better on the Switch, as I do think they let the game down. Apart from the controls, the game premise and execution of the tutorial are …"
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75.0
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"Autonauts is a charming automation and base-building game that blends Minecraft’s creative spirit with Factorio’s production complexity. Players program simple robot workers using visual commands to build increasingly complex production chains—from farming and forestry to crafting entire towns. Despite its …"
Read original review"Autonauts does what it intends to do really well. However, there are no substantial innovations to make it stand apart from other giants of this genre. It will serve some fun for the fans, especially if they are looking for …"
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"A neat automation game that&s;s well built with plenty of depth to keep you going for quite some time, and this is only "Phase 1". The programming aspect is similar to that of the Scratch programming language, and can teach …"
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"Autonauts is a fantastic little base-builder that gives players the chance to build and program their own robots. As players progress, the hands off approach may not appeal to everyone, but the ability to make your robots as simple or …"
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"There&s;s plenty to do in this exciting and empowering simulation game, where automation is the key to your shining future"
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