Star Traders for Android

It’s pretty good for what it is, could maybe do with more customization in terms of faces/hair. But other than that it’s a pretty in depth game with great lore

Really fun game, lots of complexity, challenge, and replay-ability. My main gripe with these kinds of games is that to play optimally, it requires some very tedious save/reloading to roll good crew, missions, etc. I’d give this a 4, maybe 5 star review if it weren’t for the User Interface (UI), which was clearly made for a PC with a keyboard+mouse and a large screen. Many buttons are super small and hard to click on, font sizes are super small, and accidentally selecting the wrong item due to an errant finger swipe, getting a phone call, etc. is a very real possibility. This last point can be especially brutal considering the permanent and brutal consequences of single actions in-game. Would have been nice if the developers had made more optimizations for the mobile app UI when they ported this over, but I get it, time is money and this a way for them to make some bonus cash from a game they already developed…I just wish it didn’t few that way.

Have you ever played an in the game and thought to yourself “wow, that was a horrible design choice that you’d never see in a AAA game”? Well, this is the kind of game that features a myriad of those. They’re not the kind of mistakes that are borne of creativity, but instead the kind that a seasoned game dev team lead would say “actually, that would prevent X type of player from doing X type of thing the way they want. We’ve found that’s it’s better to do Y” literally basic, first year game design school stuff. For example: I have always been someone who plays games and the hardest difficulty, so this complaint is not necessarily about my experience, but it could affect yours. About 2/3 of all ships in the game, as well as half of the starting classes are locked behind achievements that you must play the game on progressively herder difficulties to unlock. not only that, but often times the requirements for the achievement require you to build your captain and crew in such a way that you will not even be able to use the thing you unlocked in that play through, requiring you to do a full restart solely to use the thing that you spent all that time getting. Most of the ships and classes are unlocked in this bafflingly tedious manner. This is not much more than an annoyance for me, but a system that locks half its content behind stuff that not every player will be able to achieve is bad game design. Save your money.

I have this game on PC. Such a wonderful game and wanted a way to play it mobile. Well, this is the app! It’s awesome and you don’t lose any features. Gameplay is flawless and I forget I’m even playing on Mobile lol. Devs are very involved and care a lot about their product. Do yourself a favor and get this game, NOW!

This was the very first KS project of the Trese Brothers that I ever backed, and hundreds of updates later it has grown by many leaps and bounds into a near perfect strategy and trade game. On the PC they have added mod support, while everything else has feature parity between PC, Android, and iOS. Captain a ship across the known colonized stars and play however you desire. Want a simple trade game to master economics? You may! Want to be a bounty hunter, smuggler, or even a pirate? Have fun! Want to hunt vile Xenos and ensure their threat to humanity is blunted? Please do so! If you want to dabble with politics to unlock contacts and more sensitive missions, the game will allow you to do so. All the while time moves forward and events unfold across the game. Choose to participate to influence or take advantage of the game's current events, or feel free to avoid and ignore them. Your the Captain, and your crew is here to support you. You may fly large or small ships, utilize small craft as a carrier or expand cargo, bristle with guns and launchers or gear for stealth, or however you desire to play. This is a game that just wants you to have a good time and enjoy it. Consider playing to unlock ships, contacts, and starting careers. If delving in criminal matters excites you, you may. This is a game that respects your time and is hard to master. I love it!