Void Crew

There is potential in Void Crew, but the game needed a couple more years in the oven.

The core gameplay loop is good, but between longer runs lacking in objectives, middling variety in missions, bosses, and enemies, and plenty of bugs (both jank and game breaking), this game presents as though it's still in early access.

An example that highlights the current state of the game is the Loremaster achievement. It has not been attainable since the game exited early access over five months ago, and the next patch is looking like it's two or more months out based on developer comments. I don't think having a completely broken achievement is an acceptable state to leave a game in for seven or more months, and given it's an obscenely long pure-RNG grind (~70 hours in my case) with no bad luck protection, I'm inclined to believe nobody at Hutlihut actually took the time to test it before release.

Void Crew can be pretty fun up to maybe the first 40 hours of gameplay, but I wouldn't suggest picking it up right now unless it's on sale and you're willing to deal with the type and quantity of issues you'd expect to see from an early access game.

This game is AWFUL. I understand that it's made by a small team, but my GOD everything feels awful. Shooting is awful. It bottlenecks you so even if you have a large crew, it dosn't matter becasue there's nothing for them to DO!
0 out of 10, awful.

A gem of a coop game! Super crazy intense gameplay with friends. I really like how the different roles play each such important parts but still have many different play style options. Many great risk reward decisions have to be made together and greed management is huge ;-)
On top of all of that its also very enjoyable in solo mode!

Nice in development co-op game for 4 player space action. A lot like Star Trek Bridge crew but with more action and ship customization. There's 6 or so mission types for early access and with some more environments and a bit of story this will be a good experience for most.

so much fun and chaos! whether it's solo or with friends, a great time! Excited to see future updates on balancing

It has a huge potential to keep increasing. The devs have put so much thought into this game and into the following updates, as well as listening to suggestions provided. I'm excited to see what the future brings.

It’s good but player count is a little low so expect to do solo runs. Only works with internet and very finicky with connection. It’s a little half baked but they are working on fixing these problems. 8/10

Best multi crew capital ship game available. If that's your jam, get a couple friends to pick this up and go play. Solo is possible and has been improved, but it's more fun with friends.

Good interesting and challenging coop game. Have couple of tech problems, but mostly works fine.
Playable solo as well.

A blast of a fun time with friends! With the big update planned ahead, it looks to only be getting better! 6 player crews here we come!

Realy good game!
Would love if there are more different designed ships are coming and if the graphic would be a little bit better. But as said the game is great to play with friends.
Its like a sea of thieves sci-fi rogue like. If someone needs a summary in one sentence :D

The basics gameplay is fun. To bad you wont keep anything between the runs. You get some character points but the ship and all the blueprints you unlock is gone. Every hour or so you basicly start over with absolutly no feeling of progress. Its possible more fun playing co-op, but solo its horrible.

The team building and goal focused vibes it gives. Really makes you feel like you on a starship with dire consequences.

Come back to this game in a year or two - it still needs work to become great.

1. EU servers have constant disconnection issues; same goes for US, just that it lets you play for two-three hours before it actually drops you.
   
2. You have a rogue-lite, but the ship's progression eihter comes to a stop after ~10 jumps or a very slow crawl if you chance on the sole Relic that lets you actually scale. It doesn't matter either way, because there are no bigger challenges waiting ahead - there doesn't seem to be any enemy scaling whatsoever outside of maybe sprucing up HOLLOW Fighter Swarm's numbers a little bit for the higher difficulty missions (there are only three difficulties available) and more frequent spawns of enemies with the exact same stats as your first jump.
   
3. You have a space game, but every jump you do in a biome (of which there are currently three, again) is a set piece heap of vacuum with the exact same rocks and ship debris in the exact same spots. Mission objectives vary slightly in placement (and contents if it's an EVA-required location) but are otherwise following the same principle.
   
[*] The runs take an exhaustingly long amount of time with very little safe time to take a break. A saving feature is coming up in the next update thankfully, but I can't see why it wasn't there from the get-go, seeing as a co-op game with such a long estimated session time ought to have one for party scheduling reasons.

I never leave comments like ever! But this game is next level fun. It reminds me of my old days playing halo with my buddies until 3 in the morning. This game is a must buy!!!

SO far I cannot recommend this game as much as I really want to. My first experience was joining my friends game via host invite only to have the game cycle through disconnecting Me and both my friends. at one point we were getting kicked and rejoining mid combat while trying to keep the ship alive. There is an amazing game here but if the disconnecting continues to be a problem I will have to leave my thumbs down. We are trying again in a few days

Score Chart:

Gameplay Mechanics: 4/5
Graphics: 3/5
Sound: 3/5
Storyline: 2/5
Humor: 1/5
Community: 5/5
Developer Responsiveness: 5/5
Overall: 4/5

This is a really fun game! Definitely worth the asking price and a great deal at any discount. Below are my thoughts about the game. It is my personal opinion, so please treat it as such.

I learned about this game because I was tired of waiting for Jump Ship and wanted something similar to play in the meantime. The two games seemed almost identical (after playing Void Crew, I now see their unique differences), so I figured I would get some entertainment out of it while I waited for Jump Ship.

Because of how I came about finding this game, I was already biased and comparing it to the upcoming game. I bought it during the Steam Spring Sale for $20. I convinced two of my friends to buy it as well. We played a few games together.

I played the tutorial in preparation for gaming with my friends. The tutorial was very straightforward, informative, and brief. I really liked it. Right off the bat, the hardest thing to get used to with the gameplay was the interaction key bindings. Sometimes I had to hold the “F” button, other times I just needed to click it. To dismiss, I needed to click “F” again. That wasn’t bad, but other times I needed to left-click to interact with something and right-click to drop or cancel. It didn’t feel intuitive.

Some people may like it, but I was put off by the slurping, meat-forming sound when loading into the game. Thankfully, they have a setting to turn that off, and you hear the “breath of life” instead (which I like TONS better).

The main hub was pretty straightforward. It was easy to find our way around and to interact with terminals. There were enough prompts to get the game started. The gene tree was cool, but there wasn’t anything to really express what we were picking, so we failed to know about or use our class abilities.

The gameplay felt too difficult. We would get so close to completing a mission and either die or need to warp out without completing it to stay alive. It was a fun time getting creamed, but it did not encourage us to continue (thankfully, the developers are working on this and are making it easier for first-time play).

After playing with my friends, I was invited to join the closed beta. This is where I digress a little to talk about the developers. They are super responsive. I believe they have responded to most (if not all) of my Reddit posts and have been very communicative with the community. I am so happy to see such a supportive team on this project.

The beta was a window into how the developers are listening to feedback. Each new feature in the beta addressed the needs/wants of the players and made the game so much more fun to play. I really enjoyed it.

I mainly played solo missions on the beta and regular versions to compare the changes to beginning play. Not only was the beta easier to play (in a good way), but I found that, with more experience in the game, even the live version of the game was not too hard as long as you knew a few tricks.

I got to play with random people, and the matchmaking was pretty straightforward. The players were kind and helpful. So many games (especially ones with competitive or PVP aspects) are so toxic. The only thing these players were aggressive about was against anyone bad-mouthing the game.

When I gave an initial impression of the game, I talked about its humor. A game like Lethal Company is obviously funny. Then you have a game like Portal, which seems serious, but there is a continual layer of dark, dry humor. It is a great balance of serious and funny. For my experience, Void Crew is trying to be more of a dry humor game, but the humor is lost on me.

The tone in the game (the serious tone of NPCs’ voices, the serious storyline, the sharp, dull tones of the graphics) makes it hard to tell if, when they say things like “meat chassis,” they are being funny or if they were trying to sound all sci-fi but failed in a hilarious way. The only blatantly funny thing I have found in the game is the news report after a mission, which is hiding in plain sight and often missed.

To these comments of mine about the game’s humor, the game’s community became defensive (albeit respectfully) and didn’t appreciate my comments. Aside from that, they have been a great community to associate with.

The game finds itself split between being serious and using more realistic gameplay (like Star Trek: Bridge Crew or Pulsar: Lost Colony) and more carefree fun gameplay (like Lethal Company or what Jump Ship will probably be). Because of that, I feel it might get lost by the wayside for a lot of gamers. I would prefer to see it move more towards one of those sides and not be in between the two game styles like it currently is.

I enjoy the roguelike experience, and it is nice to unlock points for the gene pool and character cosmetics, but it would be nice to have more permanent rewards for missions. Maybe titles for characters or ships, being able to name your ship, customize the ship more, etc.

Comparing it to what Jump Ship might be like, it lacks in ground missions and handheld weapons. I thought I wouldn’t like those omissions from this game, but the developers have done a good job with still making it enjoyable even without these. Single-player gameplay also feels very good and easy.

Overall, I am happy I purchased it and can’t wait to enjoy many hours playing it!

The game looks good, but is very boring. The combat is very bland, ships movement is a snails pace, the ai thats supposed to work on the systems does'nt seem to do much out side of turning on systems that overclock the ship and cause problems, you have to manually leave the ship every single time to collect any loot and can carry only one item at a time, after starting any mission you get 15 minutes to finish the mission otherwise a huge ship arrives to kill you. The game acts more like an extraction game more than anything else. I recommend avoiding this one.

You know after playing several hours in this game with a group of friends, I LOVE the concept and style, Scaving with a grapling hook is so fun!

Could be a good game but its way too unbalanced and luck based.
If you are lucky and get t2 crates you have a nice power boost, if you dont you can be sure you have no chance to win the run
The battle missions are like 100 times hardware than missions without battle as primary goal so you can already forget playing them otherwise you will loose at your first mission

I can't believe this is rated positively. The lack of features, variety and rigid gameplay loop make the experience feel arbitrary, boring and severely underdeveloped. It's not fun. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. There are consistent physics bugs and bad quality of life that exasperate the games problems.

I'm trusting Steam review scores less and less these days and would warn anyone who considers buying this. The concept is great and this could be a good base, but I wouldn't consider it anywhere near 1.0.

Fantastic game, I've been wanting something like this for years, ever since playing Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator back years ago. Its like a mix of, Sea of thieves, Guns of Icurus, FTL and Lethal Company all in one. Looking forward the continued updates.

Goated game
Engineering is fun but confusing at first, so heres a guide on engineering tasks:
1. fix engine trims(panels on engines will light up, vertical bars=levers, dots=valves)
2. charge the void engine(resetting the drive while in void jump allows you to have it ready without the debuffs)
3. Man the grav scoop
4. charge batteries, you *are* the crews energy slut, get used to it.
5. repair defects, nothing special
6. repair ONLY major hull damage(for now), minor and major damage tacks points off your ship health, not all of it will be regained upon repair so use a sanctified repair plate instead(engi perk) to get as much back as possible. (this is getting changed in the next update)
7. vent the ship to -95 degrees, this improves cooling efficiency for heatsink weapons

This game scratches a lot of itches for me. I love FTL and the whole CYOA-style of each pilgrimage is fantastic that way. I also love playing Sea of Thieves with my friends and this definitely hits that as well.
The only thing I hate about Sea of Thieves is the (practically) forced PVP aspect - mainly because the people I seem to run into are either cheating or hellbent on being horrible human beings in general (racist, homophobic, etc.) None of that to worry about here.

The only qualm I had about the game was the team-size limit. When my friends and I have gaming nights, there is almost always four of us, but can often be five or six. Fortunately, the day after I started playing it I saw the upcoming update for six-player teams. Fantastic. Also, mods for up to 8 players. Also fantastic.

Additionally - the single player experience is pretty good. I have to admit I have trouble getting past three jumps, but I'm sure, as my character levels up, I'll be able to manage that better.

Anyway, good gameplay, fun mechanics, great levelling system (love that I don't have to choose what to specialize into so that I can always contribute to any team) and so far a fantastic player base - I mean the only time I've been kicked out of a game was because I accidentally joined as a pilot, which the team already had, so totally reasonable.

Do yourself a favour and strap in, make the jump and enjoy the game.

There is no one playing in open lobbies. It's not fun to play alone at all.

Fun little roguelike, but I hope that future expansions add more depth and difficulty to the game. As it stands, it's very easy once you grasp what works and what doesn't. My friends and I can sail through four bosses with ease as of the writing of this review, only ending our games because we're tired.

Just because it says steam deck verified don't expect much...looks like claymation or pixar concept art without shadows and No real difference in AA options visually except performance loss....unfortunately 9 mins into the tutorial and its chugging at low settings. One of the worst looking steam deck verified games played. No way this game plays worse than unverified titles.

was really looking forward to playing this on the go as the game and concept look fun. but with out the visual and performance issues, there is no real solo game play and this game requires minimum three people to play base level.

Interesting concept, wonderful graphics, smooth mechanics.
But it Needs more work. ...
Things like;
Mission saves and ship saves;
Carrying more than 1 item;
A home base / garage for between missions ship repairs and upgrades, etc.
Balanced ship configurations, none of the silliness of guns only on 1 side.
Of course there is more, but no game is perfect ...
I look forward to see how this matures.

I would LOVE to spend hours in this game, but the difficulty tuning is just insane. Its not enjoyable. Don't try it, love the feel, and then get disappointed that its unplayable.

Really fun game. It's been a blast to play, I highly recommend it.

Not bad but very low on content atm. Its the same five missions over and over with three bosses and two ships. While its solid, it gets stale very quickly.

We play in two player coop and I say this is borderline. I cannot imagine this being fun solo. There is just to many tasks that you need to manage all at once. During combat, you cannot leave the pilot seat for a second or risk being annihilated. The ship ment for single player gives you automatic weapons but there is still other tasks, like managing power or doing mission objectives outside the ship. Even with two players it seems very limiting in what ship layouts you can choose from and it feels like the player not piloting must do many jobs all at once.

I would recommend it, if you can get 3+ players together and it is on sale.

Really fun game, even had a lot of luck playing solo. Really looking forward to more mission types and maybe expanded progression as things can get a bit repetitive at times. Even public games tend to be pretty good, not had too much issues with people being jerks and even new players tend to be treated pretty well.

This game is genuinely great. It feels VERY hard at first but gets much easier as you learn the game.

Unfortunately I am giving it a negative review because it does not have a save feature. This game is LONG. A good run can last for hours. When you are playing with 3 friends, it is not always possible to find long periods of time to play the game.

The devs have shared a save feature does not fit into 'their vision' for this game. I can't recommend a game with devs who are short sighted and don't listen to their community over one of their most requested features.

I have my eye on Jump Ship, which will be in direct competition to this game and hopefully has devs who prioritise fun first.

Very fun, solo or with friends. It'd be an even better game with more content - mission types and enemy types, and faster run progression. Once my friends and I got the hang of surviving 10+ rounds it we felt like it ran out of content. But it was really fun that whole time.

First of all, I do not think that this is a bad game, in fact I think this could be a very good game with friends.

However right now, the balance since the last update makes the game just... not fun anymore, kinda similar to what happened with Helldivers 2 nerfing players to the ground until they could not take it.
Right now when firing gun, it honestly makes me want to pull my hair out, the precision was nerfed so much that even with your reticles dead set on a static target (with a fully speced gunner build mind you !) you may need up to 10-20 shoots to hit it once, which just makes fights frustrating.

In the same way, I don't think that having to upgrade the assembler to craft mk2 or mk3 tools was necessary... the materials for these were already hard enough to come by and now its even harder to get one... We never managed to get even one mk2 before the first big boss, except when very lucky and we looted one.

To conclude, I think that the way this game is shaping up shows a lot of promises to have fun with friends, with different roles and their own skill tree. However right now some fine tuning is needed to make the game feels more fun and more rewarding for the average player.

perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

i adore this game, the first time i played it was back in 2022 when i saw it and almost shit myself with joy at this game with:

8/10 lore
9/10 replayability
10000/10 ship design, controls and maintenance
999x10 to the 99th power/10 community filled with nerds(super welcoming thanks bros<3)

sadly AT THE TIME it was terribly optimised so i couldn't run it, but in 2024 it fully released and so i played it again on lowest graphics and it was perfect, and it still is, i love this game and YOU should too.

Void crew is a PvE, rogue-like game, set somewhere in distant space. You and your crew are tasked to perform various missions (called a pilgrimage), ranging in difficulty, that net rewards to help you complete more missions. On occasion, you'll have mini-bosses to fight. There's a basic class system (Pilot, Gunner, Scavenger, and Engineer) with level trees. Oh, and you'll be on a time crunch, or you'll be cooked.

What does this game get right?
- The size: Although there's merit in the "wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle" argument, I think the sense of scale is well-pulled off. As the pilot, the levels don't feel huge. Mission maps are couple of square kilometers. But once you leave the ship, the whole area suddenly feels large. Void Crew really pulls off the largeness and emptiness of space, for having frankly, small map areas.
- Cooperation: Each class is specialized and when everyone works together, it's beautiful. For example, the pilot is largely glued to the cockpit, but his ability to maneuver and get the ship out of damage is crucial. Gunners get perks that help them deal more damage. The engineer can recharge batteries, making or breaking a gunfight. And scavs, while a "jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none", can go long periods outside the ship when required. All mission types play well to these various abilities. A great team experience.
-Rogue-like experience: I think a lot of people do not understand what this means. It means you start fresh, and build your ship up, every time you start a new game. Inevitably, your ship will decrease in hull integrity from inevitable damage. So, when you're at 30% hull, do you risk it for that +6 power relic, or play it safe and exit? If you had the ability to "Save" ships, the challenge would be gone.

What does this game need work on?
-Mission variety. There are probably 8-10 different missions. They get a bit repetitive after a while. More need to be added.
-Ships with more than 4 players. Yes, there is a mod to allow up to 24 players per ship, but I think there's merit in having 5-6 player ships. Clearly, if someone took the trouble to make this mod, then the devs should give us this option for custom lobbies.

top tier game, it has ways to play solo which is huge. Not only that nut its got some of the best mechanics in a game ive seen in a while. It has its bugs like any game but id like to see this game get some good support so it can just keep gettin better. Thank you void crew team <3

Love the game but feels too Early Access than a fully fledged game.

But also has a competitor coming behind it called "Jump Ship" so pretty much Void Crew going to have alot of problems.

Good co-op game - a little buggy and the end-game isn't super well balanced, but initial build up makes it fun.

I enjoy the game so far. your gunna need a group or get realy good at making friends

Game is insanely fun. Mainly playing as Engineer. Community is very friendly and willing to teach. In game server browser and voip is a huge plus.

Took the sea of thieves format, put it in space, and gave it FTL mission progression. You cant get any better than this.

Very fun game, especially with friends! Definetly recommend. Unfortunately it can be pretty repetitive, especially when you've figured out the mechanics. But that's not a problem for alot of people, so I still recommend it!

Good jobs devs, METEM will thrive!

Difficult start, but once the Crew understands the loop of the game it becomes a lot of fun. Pick your pilot carefully.

Gross ship physics, gunning is like the old beachhead games but somehow even more boring, the rest of the game is running around holding a button down on your keyboard over and over again. Extremely tedious game.

Huge fan, this game is a must have for anyone that likes both space based survival games and rouge-lites. I can't wait to see the addition of more content, as I've reached the 'prestige' part of the end game. Maybe an actual prestige system where you reset yourself back to level one in trade of a permanent unlock, such as starting with a new crafting recipe unlocked, which would make the ship variants that come with un-inscribed animus crates feel a bit more free-form. All in all, this game is a huge win and fun to play even if you're at end-progression and you just want to kill thins in space.

great fun, like a better PULSAR lost colony, but with about 4 hours of content.

If you have a group of friends who are consistently on the look out for the next fun cooperative multiplayer game than this is right up your alloy :)
Game is not perfect... but its just a ton of fun. Lots of potential for the future.
One critique is the Scavenger class feels a little worthless. This could easily be fixed by making the eva aspect of the game more difficult or locking the best loot behind needing scavenger specific perks like maybe hacking into computers or putting up death forcefields that require the grappling hook to reach loot.

Like Sea of Thieves in space, except not PvP and super fun. The systematic approach of running a tight ship can get repetitive, but there's enough challenge to keep it fun with friends.

Great game to play with a friend or 2 we've have lots of fun so far can't wait to see how the game evolves from here! =)