Cozy Space Survivors

I found myself more interested in the developer's write-up of the game than the game itself. That's not so much a criticism of what's here, but insights into the development process and sales history aren't something you often get to see behind the curtain. *Cozy Survivors* is serviceable enough as a survivors-like game, but it doesn't bring much new to the table beyond respecting the player's time. Each run lasts around 10 minutes, and there aren't any ridiculous requirements to unlock the available content, whether that's new weapons or ships. The ships do a good job of varying the playstyle. For instance, the final ship you unlock is a robot that you direct by choosing objectives such as seeking out an upgrade or completing a quest. It definitely boosts the difficulty, as you can't be sure if it will decide to go full-on kamikaze into a fleet of enemies. It's not a strong recommendation, but I picked it up for around $0.50 in a bundle, and at that price it felt worthwhile. Either way, I'm interested in seeing what the developer comes up with next.

The game is very cheap, it's true. But after playing for 20 minutes it feels like I've seen it all. Yes, there are several more ships, but the things you do are all the same on the same map with the same enemies and quests, with the same flow. Additionally, there is no real variety in builds, or your decisions. You'll need a bit of everything (loot range, attack range, movement speed, attack speed, damage, regen). The only difference is which weapons you use, and it all boils down to "it's either explosions that scale from area damage, or it's lazers/bullets that scale from penetration and lazer/bullets damage", of which you'll also have a couple. So every run is also the same in terms of builds. The game rewards map knowledge, which is nice, but since there is only one map and it's small (which is ok since the run is also 10 minutes long), you'll know it after 2-3 runs. The art and sounds and humor are all very nice. If you played the demo, you saw more or less the entire game.

It's an okay VS style game but feels more like a demo than a full release as it's 2 hours long. Would only recommend if on sale or bundled. The different ship types are interesting (especially the last one) and I like all the weapons, but unfortunately there's not much enemy variety and every run feels the same. The objectives spawn in the same place so it gets easier every time you play. Would be better if objectives spawned randomly, and if there were more enemies and maps.

I bought this in a bundle for 60 cents and now I feel like I stole from the dev! What a delightful little game 😊 Gameplay is what matters most in a game like this, and I can say that it nailed it! The main game loop has you survive the map for 10 minutes with each ship to unlock the next, for 5 ships total. Additionally, there are some quests that you can finish again with each ship. The cool thing about this is that the ships are so significantly different from each other, as opposed to just a reskin with speed/power adjustments, that after the second one you kinda relearn the game from the ground up with each one. This keeps the game fresh and challenging throughout, I was impressed at how balanced it felt, I think people who say it's repetitive stopped before trying all the ships. It would be a recommendation just for the above, but on top of it: - It really does care about your time and avoids wasting it. Continuing the point above, if it was 30 minute runs and 40 hours long, it would definitely become boring indeed. However, it is exactly as long as it needs to be, I like finishing games, but I can't finish things that are more than 15-20 hours, and even that is a struggle (poor Vampire Survivors is sitting at 20%). This took me 4-5 hours to completely finish everything at a chill pace and I feel like I could replay it at any time and still have fun. You could probably finish it in 3 hours if you rush it. - The quests in a Survivaton (I guess that's what we call them now according to Poncle, though I really REALLY hoped garlic-like would catch on 😁) are a great idea to make runs a little more purposeful. I chuckled at "Lente's boat" as soon as I saw the title as I knew what that one would be ("Spilled!" crossover). - The pixelated art is really nice and matches the vibe of the game so well, although I understand this can be subjective. I'm personally a sucker for good pixel-art. - Cute space cuteness - Chocolate! Issues I've noticed: On Steam Deck the game would crash/quit after every run, a few seconds into the game over screen. Something must be wrong with the Linux build, but you can force it to use Proton in the game's properties on Steam, which will download and run the windows version that doesn't do this. Thinky (the 5th ship) correctly goes after XP "portals" (that bring all outstanding XP to their position) when in XP hunting mode. However it completely ignores the equivalent Chocolate portals when in Choco hunting mode, making it incredibly frustrating to get them, if at all possible. This seems like a very easy fix, rebuilding the game would be more trouble than fixing this, but I'd like to see it addressed. And if it is, Thinky is also not able to specifically targer the Utah Teapot, it would make sense to add it to the quests hunting mode when it spawns.

Bei dem Preis kann man ohne überlege kaufen. Es bietet schon einige Stunden Spielspaß aber kann beim Umfang nicht mit Vampire Survivor mithalten - muss es aber nicht. Das Spiel bringt neue Idee zum Bullet Heaven und ist sehr entspannend.

It's a game that respects your time and that's pretty rare IMO. It's also fun. I went in expecting yet *another* Survivors-like that overstayed it's welcome and that's not what I got. GG

Super süßes Spiel! Erinnert mich ein bisschen an die guten alten Flash-Games Zeiten. Die Quests sind sehr süß umgesetzt, das Farmen macht auch Spaß. Finde es schön, dass sich jedes Raumschiff anders spielt. Nach etwa 3h auf 100% durchgespielt. Danke Simonschreibt!

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play this if u wanna feel op...i've never been happier 10/10