I initially got the game when it first launched in early access and it was a bit of a mess. Since it's hit 1.0 I came back but my god this still feels entirely incomplete.

*Basic things are missing (like being able to manipulate items on your toolbar when accessing ANY crate or machine)
*The pacing is extremely off (everything takes sooooo much time to advance)
*Talking to characters is repetitive (same lines over and over and over) and they come off as utterly flat and uninteresting
*You can't actually tell what you're getting through quests and messages until after you close them (and they look so identical to each other it just all blends together)
*Some graphical effects are incredibly rough (I love seeing every 2D element turn entirely yellow at the end of the day)
*Some systems aren't even explained properly (For example, alot of people complain in the reviews about needed a previous crop but you can in fact grow them out of season using an incubator BUT THE GAME NEVER TELLS YOU ABOUT IT)
*Gameplay explanations don't match up with what is occurring (Being told the colonists want food weekly, but its actually monthly)

It feels like this should be back in early access. This is 100% incomplete, buggy, unpolished, and feels like either the dev got in over their head or just gave up. The game could be good, but at this time it still feels unfinished and I recommend avoiding it until it actually gets that polish.

I kinda hate to put a No on this, when an honest answer is I recommend it... if you're tolerant of it being in a rough, incomplete state.

But it's just not properly finished. Pacing is erratic, quests come out of nowhere with no respect to your progression or season, relationships progress and have conversations as though you've done something or are somewhere wildly different than you are...

But the game core is good! It really is. There are all the ingredients of a good game here. It's just... it's not done. And given that it 'released' like this after a very long period of silence, there is no reason to expect it will ever actually be done. So ultimately I enjoy the game for what it is, but I can't really recommend it to people. Which is too bad, because like I said it could be a really good game, but you're constantly running into bugs or bizarre design choices that just make it frustrating instead of fun.

You've played a farming sim, right? Stardew? Harvest Moon? You get it, right? Maybe this one is less complex (though it only just came out, as of this writing, so who knows if you future folk have more features than I do), but it IS set in space. Which is neat.

Pixel graphics are gorgeous.
NPCs are endearing.
Bug catching mini-game is a bit of a grind.
It checks all the boxes!

Do what you will with that information.