GamesRadar+ Verdict
Pros
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The game's sense of humor
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Plenty of modules to pimp your station
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A budget title with NASA approval
Cons
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Character customization is lacking
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Astronauts are needy geniuses
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The graphics aren't pretty
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SpaceStationSim is budget title that you can freely take at face value. Its mission statement can be entirely inferred from its title: A true to life re-creation of maintaining a space station - which, as it happens, resembles a cramped college chemistry lab way more than it does the interstellar mechanized death-moon from Star Wars - and a slight rip-off of The Sims.
Whether or not the gameplay itself will set your world on fire depends on just how many times you've been to Space Camp. You're charged with the upkeep of an orbiting satellite and all its equipment and crew. No matter how minute the detail, everything must be tended to otherwise your crew could mutiny, and you'll wind up with your tainted name emblazoned across newspapers. Scandalous.
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