The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation

Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?

The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation is a early access, top-down and survival game developed and published by Supercube.
Released on January 20th 2023 is available only on Windows in 31 languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, German, Russian, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 385 reviews of which 290 were positive and 95 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation into these genres:

Early Access Top-Down Survival Management Base-Building Strategy RPG Crafting Immersive Sim Class-Based Dynamic Narration RTS Simulation Realistic Life Sim Character Customization Real Time Tactics Sci-fi Resource Management Fast-Paced

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7, 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5 4th generation / AMD FX-8300
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD RX 590
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 4 GB available space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

Fun game. Somewhat like Stranded: Alien dawn without any life around. It's too bad we only get 3 characters to control per mission. Hopefully it will expend to more. Graphics are good. Game play is stable. Encountered some bugs but not dramatic like i've read. You need a good video card to play. I bought it even if it's early access because i don't want it to suffer the Jumplight odyssey and Stranded:Alien dawn fate. Game is a fun base builder and moon explorer. Not relax. Game is full of environmental dangers. Just found my 3rd colonist and i still have more stuff to unlock. Can't wait to see what the developers have in store. More survivors would be nice. 8/10

July 2024

Pretty fun, definitely leans into the feel of surviving on a space outpost in a great way. Repairing holes in the outpost is done very well, and accompanied by good music etc. I like the UI, the SFX, the music is top notch (very interstellar) Voiceovers are a bit meh. The module and upgrade system for teh station is great, once I realised how it worked, it made alot of sense. Art style is good, environments a little bit undetailed, but objects aren't which looks a bit odd next to eachother. Gameplay is fun, I do enjoy it the mix of physicalised vs non-physicalised objects is a little inconsistent and I don't like micromanaging my astronaughts forever, I do like that they can have items in their inventory they use automatically, but I would have thought a game like this would have some auto-actions more like Alien: Stranded Dawn, e.g. if a character is <X% on eating, then I'd have expected they just go...eat. or two idle characters would just chat without being told to. Feels a bit like commanding robots otherwise. But I'm enjoying the game, and I've not even touched all of it yet. edit A few bugs can creep in, such as station modules not being recognised, and the models not updating so they clip, the elevator model clips overtly with the station too

May 2024

Cool game. 0.52 Alpha version. Fantastic game concept. The game reminds me of The Martian movie. You can grow your own food, survive the space. and go back home. Nice you get your own space rover, and you can do a lot of stuff. The game has a rough curve, but once you get it sorted out, it's easy Currently the game has bugs that ruin the experience. The bugs are not game braking. The content is lacking. The game is in version 0.52 as of a review, so there are updates coming. There is a progression system, but it's lacking. I definitely recommend this game. You might want to add it to your wishlist or help with the development.

May 2024

I like the premise of the game,but, there is too many things going on at the same time. there is an electrical storm or seismic thing happening too many times. make them less frequent. the pioneers oxygen runs out too fast, they can never get too from base to accomplish anything. the game is well worth playing. one of the few games that can hold my attention. keep making improvments cause I like playing it.

May 2024

great game but the disasters need to be rebalanced, I was in day 7 and had electrical, meteor, earthquake, panic, refusals, 10 breaches, no oxygen, hungry, tired, and how the hell do I even get moral up? Because none of the morale boosting modules or items do jack.

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29.99€

7.1

290

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Developer

Supercube

Publisher

Supercube

Release 20 Jan 2023

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