ΔV: Rings of Saturn

neato game, hired a pilot who asked for a raise 20 minutes in and considered venting her out an airlock but didnt. 10/10 space mining sim.

A space miner simulation offering a very unique combination of realism and fun !
GUI is immersive, simulating a mining ship, with a gameplay reminiscent of the old classical Asteroids, but blending in physical accuracy, interaction with your ship's crew, other ships, stations and factions, and finally, multiple storyline that sometimes collide.
Overall, a great game with a deep sense of immersion, I really felt I was in the Captain's seat of a rugged mining ship trying to survive in the Rings of Saturn !

is good!! fun to mine and just relax. Wish there were more variety or customization to the ships, but that's just me asking for too much. It's a great game.

Fun spacemining game.
I haven't gotten very deep into the rings yet, but it seems good so far

Tenye to ever watched da show "the expanse" unte wanted fo live kuku deting dream fo asteroid mining? Living asilik wa belta?

sili to answered "yes", da tim de xidawang game im fo to. Go buy im immediately!


sili to lik space, realistic sci-fi, unte/or tenye autism, to gonya amolof xidawang game. Go ge im. 20/10 another game fo add fo mi crack library
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Have you ever watched the show "The Expanse" and wanted to live out that dream of asteroid mining? Living as a Belter?

If you answered "Yes", then this game is for you. Go buy it immediately!


If you like space, realistic sci-fi, and/or have autism, you will love this game. Go get it. 20/10 another game to add to my crack library

This game is the perfect blend of session/compulsion loop punctuated by light story hits which is just enough to keep it moving. I had a friend help me learn how to play, otherwise I feel like it would have been a difficult learning curve. It really captures some nostalgia from games like EV Nova, while also giving Expanse feels. Really great game, highly recommended!

this game is one of them games if it clicks for you.
you will find your self going to bed like 4am not realizing what time it is.
all you can think is i just need 30k more for that next upgrade.

it a fun mining game i give it a 9/10

if you are strugling to understand reality this game is for you

öV: Rings of Saturn is nothing more, or less, than a damn good space mining simulator. Start small, make some money, hire a crew, upgrade your vessel, grow your business. The game is grounded in a realistic sci-fi setting, probably a lot more "sci" than "fi" in that there is very little fantasy; you could 100% believe that a couple hundred years from now, this is where humanity will be in terms of technology, industry and economy.
The location is unique and interesting; I can't think of any other game focused on living in a space station orbiting the Saturnian moon of Enceladus, and mining the rings of Saturn for a living.
There are many discoveries to be made, characters to interact with and secrets to explore. There's a decent array of ships to test out and while there are some strange choices in a lot of their designs, they are all fun to try out. Loads of equipment combinations and tuning customizations.

It's a game. About mining the Rings of Saturn. And it's awesome.

The cozy game for space nerds.

Get it. It's amazing. It's my go to game when I want to wind down and still has goals to reach and things to try out to keep you enticed for many hours.

Really, not much to critique here.

But please, I would like to cross the ecke gap again, like we could in the past. I really want to build an explorer ship and have a reason to.

If you're like me you have a million games and don't know what to play because it either takes too much time or its not as in-depth as you wish it were. You're constantly stuck looking for a game that is in-depth enough but not so much you need to learn something and can take up as much or as little time as you decide. This is a game that fits that bill. and its CHEAP. So no need to pirate it.

Try it for 20 minutes. If i just described you you'll have 40 hours in this game in 3 weeks.

This game is basically free for what it offers. Very fun and satysfying to figure it out

fun, isnt a grand game with loads to do, but what it does have is executed really well

A game about mining and harvesting asteroids and minerals . OR is it?

Yes it is but there are things besides that , that are notable.
1.story and characters :
on your ring dives you can meet many characters and experience many scenarios with
many choices. there is some deeper lore , though you probably won´t find too much of
wtihout looking for it . all of this is also optional .

2.bounties and fights :
you can fight other ships and arrest/kill wanted people(i have not done this much), or be
killed .

3.different ship layouts :
self explenatory , you can use drones , mining companions or do it manually . you can
change the thruster speed to your liking the autopilot . with being able to change most
equipment on your ship also come different ships(varied in price, size and capabilities).

4.the enviroment :
It might look as a barren space at first , and it mosty is , but you never know what to
await . constantly checking the Lidar for ships , being aware of your surroundings and
checking for possible collisions .
finding the most valuable ore to extract or mine .

5. ambience and graphics :
graphics can be quite nice looking(for me atleast , but I have a laptop so I have to run
it on lowest settings). and the ambience gives off such a mystical and scary and
wonderful and just a great atmospehere .

6.updates :
this game gets updated regulary at the time of writing(they might not be big updates , but
just knowing the game is being worked on feels great , theese updates also add some
story . There is also a great community

there are some things that I did not mention, and I am sure there are lots of them but theese are the main things for me (I also have not played the game thaat much). I love hopping on once per day / week to just make one dive into the rings and find new things .
I recommend this game very much and I hope you will enjoy it .

I am ashamed that I never reviewed this game... Fantastic, simmy space game. Very relaxing but also gets tense at times. Tweaking your ship and seeing it behave differently is super fun. The dev is a beast and supports this game passionately.

Solid space simulation even for 2D. Great casual game to just sit back and mine. See you in the rings ringa

This game is really phenomenal and gives you a lot of immersive gameplay for the value. The developer still routinely adds things to the game, which gives it a real passion-project vibe. 10/10, can't recommend enough for anyone interested in a realistic, low-tech space trucking/mining/salvaging experience.

While generally pretty slow and methodical, I've enjoyed my time so far and found myself spending 80+ hours in Rings of Saturn so far. You are captain of a ship come to find riches in the rings of Saturn. The basic gameplay loop is diving into the rings, mining asteroids for ore, and selling it at the local station. You can get new equipment for your ship, an ore refinery to crunch down raw rocks into pure resources (which do not take up physical space in your normal cargo bay) letting you extend your dives, or even sell your refined ore out in the fields to habitat stations in the ring. You can get bigger ships, find derelicts, combat and bounty hunting. There are even some quests to do, though no log to keep track of things you are doing, just your own memory. Equipment and ships also seem generally pretty balanced, with most gear being horizontal upgrades with benefits and trade offs. Cargo bay upgrades for instance are all ore refineries (with exception of the cheapest option), but the refineries have different shapes in your cargo hold, as well as efficiency. One might affect the whole cargo hold but only at 40% efficiency, meaning 60% of ore is lost. Another might have 90% for ore but 0 for water (which is fuel). Decisions to make when fitting out your ship. There is also modding support but the NexusMods page doesn't have many mods, and there is no Steam Workshop. There is a demo so give it a try if it seems interesting and see how far the rings take you.

Great game, nice and chill.

Very fun! worth trying the demo first but worth the buy.

weirdly fun.... realistic gathering of resources in futuristic sci-fi environment by breaking up the rocks that compose the rings of saturn.

Physics based, 2D... im saving up for a bigger ship and upgrades, really dunno if it gets any better but so far it's compelling and finding new things all the time.

recommended.

In concept this is a simple space-sim game.

The developers execution of this concept is anything but simple. A satisfying level of attention to small details, sound design, ship tuning , and other mechanics really make for an enjoyable even educational experience.

When the creator loves their own creation it shows!

If you like The Expanse tv show, then you might like playing this game and pretend to be a ice miner in the rings of Saturn. The crew dialogues can be especially fun depending on the type of people you pay salary to and their possible interactions with other ships crews in the rings. The level of "tuning" you can make to all the space crafts is literally gourmet sometimes. The secret plot lines being built in the background leaves me excited for future content.

ah ringa don't hate me because I'm beautiful

Love the game. Kind of like Euro Trucks. Relaxing work after work. I would like to mention that I discovered Moonlet and I have captured about 15 ships but I don't get the achievements. If you are in to games where you do work, can upgrade your ships or buy better ships in order to make more and more money, then I recommend this game for you.

Very involved, can be quite relaxing sometimes.

this is my favourite little game of the last few years. I guess you could describe it as '21st century asteroids' - you fly a ship around and blow up rocks, but each is made up of different minerals you then collect with your ship to sell back at the main station. there are just over half a dozen ship types, most with several variants, that pilot very differently. every ship has a bunch of systems that can be swapped out and then tuned, giving a ton of control over how your ship plays. you also encounter other ships, some of which can be hostile, carry out quests for your crew, salvage abandoned ships, interact with factions, and explore the mysteries of Saturn's rings. for a one-man project this game has amazing depth, and is a ton of fun. I absolutely recommend

great immersive mining sim

A fun game to come home to snd relax. Get absorbed into the nice music and environmental sounds and have fun time

2d side scrolling space theme asteroid miner with interesting twists and flicks. Not an insane amount of content but easily 40-50 hours before you need to mod it at all. Bright side is there are several overhaul mods and packs listed on the wiki site that are incredibly fun and add a lot of extra content to explore. Easily 200 hrs+

I shot ice for 100 hours and i'm still having fun.

Warning: eventually you will be tired and wonder where the hell the day disappeared to while you were picking up space rocks because you could swear you just sat down and started playing.

I love space mining games, that being said... YES!!!!

almost 100 hours I really like this game the controls are so much fun can't wait to play more

It is a fantastic, relaxing game. While the core idea is simple: mine minerals, sell them, buy new ship components or a whole new ship, repeat.

But there is so much detail - the countless ship customization options are genuinely different from each other and suit different play styles. One can easily spend hours just enjoying freshly bought new mining equipment. For instance kinetic guns are quick, good for high speed runs through asteroid fields, while lasers take longer to crack a rock, but have a much longer range and precision, rewarding a slower, more methodical, sniper-like approach.

Oh, and the soundtrack is great. I am getting it for my library of background work/learn music.

Excellent simulation, but essentially no story or meaningful progression: yes, you can definitely progress to mine asteroids a bit better than before, but that's pretty much it. Compounding this, unlike some other games of this type, to me the core gameplay loop is not enough to carry the game without any story on top of it. Blow up the asteroid and scoop up the bits gets same-y pretty fast.

In short: solid foundation, needs more to get a recommendation.

Anthropogenesis makes me feel like my people have a place in the future.

Even if that future is a shitty one.

Even if I'll never live to see it.

My only issue with the game is that I can't manually turn on the ship systems and leave Enceladus Prime

Tried the demo after my gpu died and was looking for something that would still run. Really enjoyed it so bought the full version. There doesn't seem to be much to do other than crush rocks and watch the numbers go up, but is relaxing and the patch notes I've seen add some lore to the universe, so the developer seems invested in updating it regularly.

Chill asteroid mining game with a super clever design.

The awesome transition between blowing up asteroids with guns/lasers and chasing the ore down and collecting it, to just eating the entire asteroid whole with your ship CANNOT be understated.

When I first saw the trailer for ΔV: Rings of Saturn, I was both interested and intimidated. The game looked overwhelming, with screens full of text covering most of the display. Still, something about it was enticing. I wanted to know if I was able to handle something this complex.

I usually don’t play this type of game, so I wasn’t sure if it would be for me. I also wasn’t keen on spending money on something I might not enjoy, but then I discovered there was a free demo available. I had lots of free time at the moment so I just decided to give it a shot.

Once I started playing, I found myself completely absorbed. I can’t quite explain why I loved it so much. Something kept making me come back. Maybe it was the satisfying physics, the big number ending in E$ that wouldn’t stop growing or the hope that with every new run I might uncover a new part of the story. Whatever the reason, I couldn’t stop playing.

It’s surprisingly addictive, the kind of game where you tell yourself you’ll do just one more run, only to realize hours have passed.
Since my experience was so enjoyable, I decided to buy the full game and now I am here, writing this review.

Final verdict: BUY THIS GAME, OR I’LL SET YOUR AUTOPILOT TO EVADE EVERY SINGLE BERYLLIUM ORE IN THE BELT.

yes i will go and out and mine for the hundredth time, yes i will ignore the dead bodies in space, yes i will run from ring pirates and rouge A.I, yes i will forget about the capital warship hiding in the belt..... and you can bet your butt I'll do it for a thousand times more baby!!!!

yes, it's a slow burner, but this game is a true hardcore sci-fi nerd experience. the mechanics, the whole presentation, that feeling of dread and weight out in the belt *chef's kiss*

i post this short review because of the quality but also because of the effort the devs make. patches after patches after patrches. release notes for content & fixes often with "in universe" language.

piece of art

good game. fun mechanics. i like

just started playing this, WOW so much goodness packed into a tiny container. Truly one of those favourites you will have for years and pick away on, or go all in...has a unique style and honestly looks pretty decent close up. i look forward to years of playtime.

Delta V honestly does so much right and is just such a wonderful hidden gem of a space sim. The fact each ship feels like essentially a side grade means you get to pick your path and how you explore at your own pace. Maybe you’ll end up like me and just sticking in a Kestrel forever.

Game’s well worth the price and well worth the time to play.

An absolutely brilliant mining sim. Slightly impenetrable, but a true gem if you like this niche.

Pros:
- This is hard science and everything is simulated with physics, from thrust vectoring to the movement of cargo in your bay. There is powerful autopilot, which allows you to establish speed and direction relative to the background or any object, but it is entirely possible to fly completely manually.
- Lots of varieties of ships which play completely differently, from the basic workhorse, to huge titans that weigh north of 500 tons, to graceful (and very expensive) luxury craft.
- Lots of ways to make money: the obvious mining, trading, bounty hunting, collecting anomalies, etc.
- You can tune lots of parameters of your ship exactly the way you want it, from the power and frequency of your weapons, to the thrust of your engine and thrusters, to the precise parameters of your autopilot behaviours.
- Full refund on undamaged equipment means it's easy to experiment with different loadouts.
- A few questlines for you to uncover and follow.
- Great soundtrack.
- Low price!

Cons:
- It's a daunting start. Almost the entire inventory of equipment and ships is available to you right from the start with the only limitation being money, and the tuning menu adds an additional layer of complexity. Once you get some experience, you'll know what to use and which parameters to adjust, but for a newbie it's info overload. Though, if you are the experimenting type, this may instead be a plus for you.
- Most of the time, it's a very slow game. Very slow. I recommend a speedhack so you can play at a reasonable speed while not actually taking forever to get anywhere.
- The slowness applies not just to the moment-to-moment gameplay, but to the larger progress of the game as well. Random events trigger on a time-based schedule, leading to long stretches with nothing happening, made even worse if you are looking for a particular place or event. Worst of all, the nature of these random events means there is a lot of repetition. Most of the time, a new point of interest will turn out to a moonlet of no particular note instead of a space station or something interesting. It gets especially frustrating when you realise at a meta level that your crew consume these random events as well, so once you complete their questlines it becomes advantageous to get rid of them to get more of the events that you want instead of having your pilot comment about rodents in the engine room for the 10th time. Of course there is always something to do, but the wait can be boring nevertheless.
- This over-reliance on random events is possibly the only actual negative I have with the game. Maybe this could be improved with a faster cadence? Or a less random distribution of events (say, if you find a moonlet, you have lower chances to find another one the next time a POI comes up)?
- There is zero handholding. None. For example, your crew can be one of several archetypes, some of which have associated questlines. There is nothing to tell you which crew has which type (even once discovered), nor the current or next steps to any of their questlines. It's left for you to organically discover over the course of many (many) dives into the rings, because progress on each of these quests is tied in large part to random events. Again, this can be a positive for some, but a little UI help would be great.
- Related to the above: the wiki is rather barebones. The Discord server is quite active and helpful though, so if you want any information you'll likely have to go there.
- Some of the achievements border on the unobtainable: there is one which requires you to play with 303 concurrent players, which has only happened in 4 months of the game's entire history on Steam. There is also series of achievements which requires you to spend 10 hours with each ship type - fair enough for the mining ships, but bordering on sadistic for the tiny Kitsune shuttle. I sat docked in the bar with a 10x speedhack and the game in the background for this one.

These negatives notwithstanding: if you are ok with the lack of handholding and somewhat slow pace, this is a truly brilliant game that will keep you entertained for dozens of hours.

This is a totally chill space game. Not much to do, except mine rocks, avoid pirates and pimp your ride. There are a few mild plot point, but overall the game is beautiful and full of atmosphere with just enough hard sci-fi for the space sim fan in all of us.

Amazing enviroment and world design. The game play is a blast. Plug in some headphones while you play for the best experience.

A great game. If you invest some time into it and get to really learn the controls and how the sim works, you will not be disappointed.