I haven't done a review in a while so please, bear with me here...

Stable Orbit
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A single-player space station management simulator.

I'm partial to simulators, so I may be a bit biased, but here goes...
I have about 20 hrs. into this game and have, after several disasters, managed to get a nearly self-sustaining and stable station going, but it was hard as hell to figure out the best way to do that without either going broke or having the station break down and my crew die.
There is not a lot of action in this sim, you can follow the orbit and choose when to add on to the "core" or starting module of the station, but be careful what you build and when or you will go broke fast, and if you don't have atleast one lab and one crewmember, you cannot make any money.
Speaking of money, I think this sim starts you out just a bit on the low side. You start with a budget of 6000M which starts dropping immediately due to operational costs of the core in orbit. Since your money is slowly 'eaten away' by these hidden expenses, you will have to make your station habitable, with a functioning lab to make money, very quickly.
The key things for your lab to be habitable for crew is water, oxygen, food and power. If any one of these are missing in the early stages of your station construction, you will fail.

Overall, I like this sim, it's an early release, so it does need a little work, but the gameplay is very smooth and the graphics, while a little on the 'basic' side, have potential. The engine seems to be optimized well at this stage, I maintained a steady 60FPS in 1080p HD over my 20 hrs. on this game.
I'm not aware of any VR version of this game, though I think it might not be a bad idea, should the developers decide to go that route.
I've by no means reached an 'end-game' point in this game so there's really no way of saying how this game might end, but I see two possibilities:
1. You finally run out of money to maintain your creation and it comes crashing to Earth due to lack of maintenance.
2. You build a station so massive that you cannot keep it in orbit any longer, despite how much money you may have, and it eventually falls to Earth.

This sim is roughly based on the ISS (International Space Station) and the devs have said that the ISS was the inspiration behind this sim, so as you expand your station, you almost can't help but see some similarities to the ISS in the modules that you add on as you expand.
I have not yet unlocked everything, and I have seen some claims on the discussion page for Stable Orbit, that these don't seem to be 'unlockable', so who knows for sure, this is an early access beta afterall... lol

There are points in this sim where you basically will do nothing but keep an eye on things and assign contracts to your lab, so there are some 'boring' spots in it, other times, Murphy's Law kicks in and you are frantically trying to repair key systems and keep your station in orbit and your crew alive.

For concept: It has potential, so I give that an 8/10
For Graphics: Smooth and steady 60 FPS in 1080p HD (1920x1080 resolution). Models are sharp and look nice, the Earth and space textures, while looking somewhat realistic, don't really look realistic enough, at this stage in it's development.
Because of this, I give it a 9/10.
For replayability: Unless there are some more modules and design options in the works, I don't see any real replayability outside just repeating the design that lasted the longest... 5/10
Overall Design: The GUI is very easy to follow, not a lot of submenus to deal with and everything is spelled out rather simply. This sim is very easy to just 'pick-up and go' as far as the menus and controls are concerned, and yes, it appears to be controller compatible, though I haven't tried one out on it yet. 10/10

Overall Score: 8/10 (If you like simulators, that is..)
If you are a sim fan like me, I highly recommend that you give it a spin, or at the very least, keep an eye on it. I have a feeling it just may improve over time.

I haven't done a review in a while so please, bear with me here... Stable Orbit ------------- A single-player space station management simulator. I'm partial to simulators, so I may be a bit biased, but here goes... I have about 20 hrs. into this game and have, after several disasters, managed to get a nearly self-sustaining and stable station going, but it was hard as hell to figure out the best way to do that without either going broke or having the station break down and my crew die. There is not a lot of action in this sim, you can follow the orbit and choose when to add on to the "core" or starting module of the station, but be careful what you build and when or you will go broke fast, and if you don't have atleast one lab and one crewmember, you cannot make any money. Speaking of money, I think this sim starts you out just a bit on the low side. You start with a budget of 6000M which starts dropping immediately due to operational costs of the core in orbit. Since your money is slowly 'eaten away' by these hidden expenses, you will have to make your station habitable, with a functioning lab to make money, very quickly. The key things for your lab to be habitable for crew is water, oxygen, food and power. If any one of these are missing in the early stages of your station construction, you will fail. Overall, I like this sim, it's an early release, so it does need a little work, but the gameplay is very smooth and the graphics, while a little on the 'basic' side, have potential. The engine seems to be optimized well at this stage, I maintained a steady 60FPS in 1080p HD over my 20 hrs. on this game. I'm not aware of any VR version of this game, though I think it might not be a bad idea, should the developers decide to go that route. I've by no means reached an 'end-game' point in this game so there's really no way of saying how this game might end, but I see two possibilities: 1. You finally run out of money to maintain your creation and it comes crashing to Earth due to lack of maintenance. 2. You build a station so massive that you cannot keep it in orbit any longer, despite how much money you may have, and it eventually falls to Earth. This sim is roughly based on the ISS (International Space Station) and the devs have said that the ISS was the inspiration behind this sim, so as you expand your station, you almost can't help but see some similarities to the ISS in the modules that you add on as you expand. I have not yet unlocked everything, and I have seen some claims on the discussion page for Stable Orbit, that these don't seem to be 'unlockable', so who knows for sure, this is an early access beta afterall... lol There are points in this sim where you basically will do nothing but keep an eye on things and assign contracts to your lab, so there are some 'boring' spots in it, other times, Murphy's Law kicks in and you are frantically trying to repair key systems and keep your station in orbit and your crew alive. For concept: It has potential, so I give that an 8/10 For Graphics: Smooth and steady 60 FPS in 1080p HD (1920x1080 resolution). Models are sharp and look nice, the Earth and space textures, while looking somewhat realistic, don't really look realistic enough, at this stage in it's development. Because of this, I give it a 9/10. For replayability: Unless there are some more modules and design options in the works, I don't see any real replayability outside just repeating the design that lasted the longest... 5/10 Overall Design: The GUI is very easy to follow, not a lot of submenus to deal with and everything is spelled out rather simply. This sim is very easy to just 'pick-up and go' as far as the menus and controls are concerned, and yes, it appears to be controller compatible, though I haven't tried one out on it yet. 10/10 Overall Score: 8/10 (If you like simulators, that is..) If you are a sim fan like me, I highly recommend that you give it a spin, or at the very least, keep an eye on it. I have a feeling it just may improve over time.