Astronaut: The Best is delightfully odd and defies expectations. Medling strategic management with occult imagery makes it initially interesting. Strapping it to a game of chance and painting the whole thing under some zany presentation seems to work. It won’t challenge you in the same way a true game of skill will, but it’s endearing in a weird sort of way. Certainly, it’s not Kerbals, that’s for sure.
Astronaut: The Best
Universal Happymaker · Aug 15, 2023
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Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're incompetent screwups. Your duty is to turn them into national heroes, or the government will have you killed.
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- 8.0Astronaut: The Best isn’t as deep or as varied as it seems at first sight, but it has good core mechanics. And the world it conjures is engaging in its weirdness, despite the relative lack of cohesion that’s evident at certain points in the branching narratives. The game’s presentation will not be for everybody, although it meshes well with both story and mechanics.
- 6.8Take a good look at the art style in Astronaut: The Best. The characters are all misshapen blob people. The furniture and the architecture bends at weird angles. Some items are in silhouette like a 70s underground comic book. It’s an art style that doesn’t care about your reality. It’s a perfect style to match the game. That’s why Astronaut: The Best feels so confident. The tone of the writing, the style of the graphics, the silliness of the setting, they all match to each other perfectly.
- 7.5Astronaut: The Best is an interstellar journey of chaotic charm with its unconventional management that beckons players to embrace the absurd. No one said that the creation of Heroes was easy and this is certainly not an exception. Prepare to train astronauts with affinities for flying, murder, and illicit substance addictions – this one is definitely not for kids. I was at times shocked by some of the references throughout, however this added to the overall edgy kind of story telling this game shines in. This might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I dare say that players will get the occasional giggle from the ludicrous humour this game has – if the fates look favourably upon you – as you journey to send a rocket full of misfit astronauts into space.
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