
I found certain objects as a result of exploration and/or puzzle-solving and, incrementally, rooms that were initially inaccessible open up, allowing for the story to continue. There are a few uninspired jump scares and some potentially interesting moments of mystery, but the only thrills that I found were in solving the game’s clever puzzles, if that sounds thrilling to you.Īt about two hours, the adventure boils down to a join-the-dots mystery where I collected tidbits of information through conveniently placed digital messages, e-mails and floating blue orbs of recorded dialogue.

The Station – screenshot courtesy Steam Starship Trooperīy its very nature, The Station’s atmosphere of isolation is a little creepy as I am completely alone throughout, but it is not a horror game by any means, as the trailer blatantly suggests. It is my job to investigate what exactly caused all communication to abruptly end. These researchers were sent to observe the ongoing civil war of an alien race to determine whether or not their civilization might be safe for humanity to contact.

The Station is a first-person, sci-fi walking simulator set aboard a space station (The Espial) floating among the stars of a seemingly foreign galaxy, powerless, rudderless and with its crew of three having apparently vanished.
