Orebound

Seems they panicked due to low EA sales (or what they thought was low) and caved to the vocal minority, and made resources infinite. A whole map to explore, made pointless, because there's little reason to leave your starter zone. This is what happens when you listen to whiny children who never touch grass and need everything handed to them. Infinite iron and coal right next to my starter base, which makes the procgen exploration the game was built around pointless and stupid. This is a lesson to all devs - stick to your guns; don't trade your vision for one quick dopamine hit of appeasement followed by years of obscurity because your game now lacks any challenge and you broke your core game loop for Creative Mode kids... Ugh.

I could not get into it. The factory building is clunky, and the tech progression doesn't make sense much. You're moving around factories more than actually building them, and better belts (vertical) unlock much too late to solve for that. Didn't find joy in it, while the genre and type of game normally works great for me.

Максимально прикольная игра. Самое лучшее что в этой есть, это то, что можно строить блиндажи и убивать орков(украинцев)

I asked for a refund, I played for about 30 minutes and honestly, it's boring, there's not much in the way of gameplay, the whole premise is the same as digging a hole, which sucks because overall the game has a nice aesthetic but it boils down to dig down until you have enough resources to complete the goal, which also cannot be completed as the game requests copper but I haven't unlocked it yet so I can't find any and I'm not spending hours just digging random holes to find it, that is a cheap game tactic to make people pass the refund time limit.

**Orebound Review: A Promising Mine That Still Needs More Digging** Orebound, is one of those Early Access games where you can clearly see the treasure vein running through the rock, it just has not been fully mined out yet. At its core, the bones are absolutely there. The dwarf theme is charming, the world has personality, and there is enough going on to make you want to grab a pickaxe and see what is buried a little deeper. For $10, I would say it is worth the entry price, especially if you enjoy supporting games early and watching them grow over time. That said, this is very much a true Early Access game, and it feels like one. Performance needs work, gameplay could use more polish, and there are definitely some glitches that need to be hammered out at the forge. The AI also needs improvement, and the game would benefit from a much clearer sense of direction. Right now, it is not always obvious what your larger goal is, which can make the experience feel a bit scattered. Orebound currently has a lot of systems and ideas packed into it, but many of them feel surface level. As the old saying goes, it is a mile wide and an inch deep (or, in dwarf terms, they have dug a huge mine, but most of the tunnels still need richer ore.) Still, I want to be clear: this is a positive review. There is real potential here. The foundation is solid, the theme is fun, and Emberforge has something worth building on. With better optimization, deeper systems, smarter AI, and a clearer gameplay loop, Orebound could grow into something genuinely special. For now, it is a rough gem in the mountain. Not fully polished, but absolutely worth keeping an eye on and worth the sale price of $10 if you are willing to swing your pickaxe through some Early Access rubble.

At this point of time game is for masochists and not worth its price even on steam sales, I want to like it because i like the concept but its really hard, combat is BS like i don't even see where the enemy is while i fight because it feel like Flash fight, everyting is moving too fast - generally all player animations are ass but the machines are nice, annoying bugs like the settings of splitters reseting every time you load the save and add not so rare crashes and its becoming really frustrating, building is 50/50 some stones walls, floors etc. are ok but machinery and its pipes and belts are nightmarem stands for belts and pipes are basicly useless because placing them in right place is so annoying that its realy hard to do something at least decent looks and with good space managment. I will play some more since i bought it already and want to give them a chance because the future content is looking promising but if they don't repair the basics it will be hard road which i can't recommend.

Alot of fun. If you like factorio but want a dwarf mining version with first person thats more relaxed ASMR isk then this is it. Online - Havent tried MP Yet ?/10 PvE - simple and needs alot of work 2/10 Content - 8/10 Fun factor - 8/10 Overall: Needs alot of work and polish. Alot of potential and can be very good if alot of attention is givin to it. There is alot of areas that can improve but i give it a 7/10 ATM, Reccomended

Das Spiel an sich ist nicht schlecht, aber ich habe 3 Abstürze in 80 Minuten Spielzeit, dass ist mir auch für einen EA Titel zu viel und gebe es zurück. Für mich derzeit unspielbar, ich hoffe die Entwickler arbeiten fleißig an dem Titel weiter, ich würde es mir dann zum Release wieder anschauen. Bis dahin kann ich keine Kaufempfehlung geben.

The combat and movement in this game is very floaty. Movement is simply too fast for one, and the combat is just swing, swing, swing, swing. With little feedback. And the enemies feel like they are assets ripped from the unreal store. In addition, after installing the game, I had to start again and verify files because stone and wood was not spawning. Spent 10 minutes looking around for a resource that didn't exist. And spawning dwarves when creating a building broke the last bit of immersion I had for the game. At that point I had to refund this garbage.

c'est un très très bon jeux, avec une équipe de passionnés. Je recommande grandement !