The Vanguard Expanse 4065

Firstly, the game is pretty cool. It's got all kinds of stuff all over the place where you can do a dozen different things at a time. Unfortunately, the game feels like it's somewhere between alpha and beta, and while it's fun, it is very much not a smooth ride. If you are intrigued by the screenshots, I recommend you go to itch and play the 'demo.' There has been some clear progress between the demo and this version, and some of the things that don't make much sense in the demo were clearly meant only for a later version of the game. Still, some very basic things are not present or are broken. Clicks don't always register. There are almost no quantity modifiers making an auto-click macro almost necessary to play the game. The dark matter that is the currency for the black market takes a dozen seconds of auto-clicking on the planet, then selling the goods and trading for bulk amounts of illicit currency. Those are a tiny, tiny fraction of the things that aren't perfect, and the game is still fun. It's worth the price, certainly, but I hope it gets better.

This is a pretty cool idler, I like what it's going for and my only complaints so far are the UI and purchase options. I think there should be a UI scale option to make things smaller or bigger, I like having my text slightly bigger than what's in the game, but it's manageable. And the purchase options are super needed, having my only options be 1, 10, or ALL instead of purchasing an amount I can enter or like 1, 10 (shift-click), 100 (ctrl-click), etc. Some other stuff they should add could be stock buy/sell order staff members where you hire them to buy/sell stocks so you can make more money while idling and resource breakdowns where you can see your material +/- per second, as well as the usage and gain of it. I also think explanations of upgrades, traits, and a lot of aspects of the game would help players grasp concepts of the game. Like staff traits, colonies (you can really only tell what each does by purchasing them), how each resource can be obtained (e.g. dark matter which started generating for me but I don't know how). and really a lot of aspects of the game. The game also has some technical issues, I bought an upgrade with dark matter that gives me 50 RP a second (research points, I assumed) yet my research points haven't ticked up since. Obviously that's not intended. But I enjoy the game as is. As far as I can tell, there will be more content but I'm going to wait for that. For 2 dollars it's worth a try.

Fun for those who like this type of game, have patience and enjoy figuring out mechanics. UI is a bit of a headache but Im sure it will clean up a bit. Sometimes buttons dont accept clicks. Needs more info boxes on some things. Overall a pretty fun game though. Worth the price IMO. EMPIRE is the main screen btw, just so you know, its not really obvious.

at best a medicore idler...but with to much stuff to do and no direction. Nothing feels rewarding, many things are simply not neccessary and the ui is a real mess. Nothing I would recommend, not even for 2 euros.

Look, I wanted to discuss this privately, but since there’s no Discord, I have to address this publicly. It is March 2026—how can you sell a game that doesn't even have a resize option? More importantly: your game is currently a massive health hazard. The materials bar jumps back and forth every second. As someone prone to seizures, this is extremely dangerous. This is a serious accessibility and safety issue. Fix this ASAP!

ive put my trust in you dev, i could have pirated but i didnt. GIVE ME UPDATES!

no updates anymore