
More scores
- GameFAQsTough-Unforgiving
- 4.38/5
- Player reviews
- 77% positive1,688 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$2.39
Where to get it

2020 · Runner Duck · Adventure · Indie
Space Crew
Captain's Log, Star Date 2152. This is Space Crew. Its continuing mission: To defend Earth and humankind, to eliminate the extraterrestrial threat and to boldly go where no Crew has gone before in this unique, strategic, space simulation!
- Released
- 15 October 2020
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OnemacOS
- Genres
- AdventureIndieSimulationStrategyVehicular combat
- Developers
- Runner Duck
- Publishers
- Curve Games
- Modes
- Single-player
- Themes
- ActionScience fictionSurvival
- Age ratings
- GRAC ALLPEGI 7ESRB E10+CERO BACB PG
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 19hmain story24hcompletionist
About
Space Crew is a strategic, survival simulation video game developed by Runner Duck and published by Curve Digital. It was released on Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on 15 October 2020. It is the sequel to the game Bomber Crew, released in 2017. An update, Space Crew: Legendary Edition, was released in October 2021, which featured a new campaign. Space Crew was developed by a team of four developers.
›Story
Your Space Crew Needs You! Enlist today and blast off to new heights!
The United Defense Force will allow you to set across the galaxy on a campaign to defend Earth.
It will be your responsibility to help stop all of humankind being wiped off the intergalactic stage by the mysterious extraterrestrial threat known as the Phasmids.
The U.D.F. is doing their part, are you?
Join the Space Crew today!
Players say
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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player gives commands to their crew to take them through a campaign of missions set in the Solar System and beyond. New upgrades and equipment become unlocked, and crew members can gain new skills as the game progresses. The Space Crew: Legendary Edition update adds new gameplay features, including missions where the player's crew leave the ship to explore outposts featuring enemies and puzzles.
Reception
The game received mixed or average reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Rock Paper Shotgun praised the game's ability to make players feel like they have skillfully averted a major catastrophe while maintaining balanced gameplay, though they criticized an occasional lack of choice in some areas. Although saying that the game is fun when played in bite-sized chunks, PCGamesN compared it negatively to Into the Breach, FTL: Faster Than Light, and Slay the Spire, which the reviewer felt were more fun in longer gameplay sessions. Nintendo Life criticized the game's controls for the Switch and its difficulty, but they enjoyed the in-depth gameplay, art style, and character customization.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Space Crew & Bomber Crew Bundle
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