In The Black

Short version: very good look and feel, but a bit shallow on content. Review written after Update #1 Pro's: Newtonian physics better than anything else I've played. Ship designs are actually practical spacecraft but still feel good. Interplay between the different ships is very unique and cool. Different matchups require different strategies to win. Group fights require tactics or at least some sense of BLOB to win. Flies great with only mouse and keyboard. Could make an E-sport I would actually find interesting. Con's Only five different hulls of ship currently available, with three variants each for a total of fifteen options. Progression feels slow to me given the amount of content available. It's in that mercurial "wow this could be REALLY cool!" phase where hopefully it catches on a bit more among simmers and maybe some shooter fans. Watching teams compete in this would be sick, especially if they could get the playercount up higher and we could see whole squadrons fighting. Side note: I do love that the Shrike is a nimble little sniper pod built around a railgun and not a space knife-fighter. I caught a target lacking attention at 19.8km and it felt reeeealllll good.

I just love the game! I do tend to get drawn into games with unorthodox mechanics and steep learning curves, and this definitely is one of those games. I also enjoy space sims, from Evochron Mercenary, Avorion, Space Engineers, and Elite Dangerous. What makes this game different is - it's smaller in its scope. It's like an arena combat space simulator, instead of big open space survival type of games. You log in, and jump into action, be it solo or co-op pve missions, and pvp combat missions. Only bugs I've encountered was occasional Man menu mouse glitch, which is solvable by simply pressing the escape button. I don't know if it's game related, or is it linked to me being on Linux and using Proton. I've encountered no bugs while playing the simulation part of the game. For a price of a burger, the amount of fun I already had, and I plan on having in the future, I have a hard time understanding all of those negative comments... Ah, well. Recommended for sure for all of you real space combat simulator lovers. Fly safe!

Не рекомендую, даже не пробуйте играть. Графика полный отстой - стыдно выпускать игру с такой графикой в 2026 году. С управление есть вопросы. Тобик и джойстики и педали, да подхватывает на лету - это единственный плюс этой игры. Настройка кнопок не информативна, фиг поймешь, что на что влияет.

Good potential, satisfying combat and progression, nice looking ships. Still EA but can become a great game

Definitely a game to watch pop it on your wishlist I like the art direction, and customisation I like the audio etc the flight is very newtonian which I like, although I think the default control scheme is counter intuitive (but I play star citizen, which messes with my muscle memory) I would say its not in a place that its a 'game' per se yet, its very early access but there's enough there to know theres alot of potential here

Excellent! I really like it! Space sim in "realistic", no fancy FTL , ridiculous space monsters or other BS. Which can be fun as well of course, but we have seen a lot of that and nothing like this game. So , it might not work for everyone ( arcade fans should look elsewhere...), but it does for me! i highly recommend it and I really praise the devs for the idea and their work. For my sake, just polish it, add more contant (campaign, whatever) over time and keep it going. thank you! (free off charge demo available, so try it!)

Great shooter! Lots of good elements, and a very solid sim feel! I hope they implement multicrewed ships!

Normally I don't really post reviews but I felt this game deserved one. So to begin yes this game is very early in development and if that puts you off then its not a game for you until much down the road but the mechanics and controls of this game are perfect. I love the linear physics combat and the availability of unconventional tactics that allows in a fight. I have long looked for a game like this and have tried many but non were able to scratch the itch of space combat like this game. Now like I said the game is very very early in development so some of the contracts are kinda grindy but I will continue to support this game into full release because it fills an expanseesque combat sim that you can jump in and play a few matches then go about your day instead of something like X3 where you have to grind for 5 to 8 hours of game time before getting into the real meat and potatoes of the game.

without a doubt the best spacecombat game i´ve played to date. if you yearned for EXPANSE-esque CQB... you´ve found it. you can feel this is EA (a little rough around the edges), however having a flight/combat-system this in-depth, complex and realistic that is FUN to play in is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unique :D especially set in space. can´t wait to see what this develops into.

Its early, but if you're a true space sim sicko you know these things are always a bit janky to begin with. If you've got sticks and want to try something a bit different go for it imo.