$34.99Stationeers Engineer a Station That Actually Works
Stationeers puts you in charge of building and running a space station alone or with friends. You mine ore, process it into parts, wire power, plumb gases, grow food and program machines to keep air breathable and temperatures livable. It rewards careful engineering and patience with systems that actually behave.
Is Stationeers worth it?
Stationeers is worth it if…
- you like slow, careful planning around air, power and food
- you enjoy wiring logic and code to automate a base
- you like survival where every failure teaches a fix
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Plumbing air that can kill you
You place every pipe, cable and wall panel yourself, then deal with what flows through them. Temperature, pressure, gas mixtures, combustion and water all matter, and a room pumped too full will rupture while a badly filtered suit will leave you unconscious.
You start by meeting basic needs for air, power and heat, then work toward a station that recycles and regulates itself. Mine ice and ore from planets and asteroids, smelt and fabricate parts, and set up filtration and cooling loops. Failures are usually your own plumbing, which is annoying and also the point.
Machines that do the boring work
Once the base holds air, you can make it run itself. Connect machines with conveyors and sorters, wire sensors and logic circuits, and write assembly code on integrated circuits to control doors, solar tracking, generators and air handling.
The construction system favors planned layouts for architecture, atmosphere and power. There are smelters, centrifuges, stackers, fabricators and more to configure, plus deformable voxel terrain for mining. The learning curve is steep and hands-on, with lots of trial, error and checking the in-game Stationpedia.
Farming and surviving off-world
Food is part of the same engineering puzzle. You grow plants and farm livestock as part of the station ecosystem, balancing light, atmosphere and water alongside power and manufacturing.
Settings range from lonely planets to asteroid fields, each with unforgiving conditions for human life. Progress means a box that stays warm, pressurized and fed without constant fixes.
What else should you know?
Can you play it solo or with friends?
Both. You can build and manage a station by yourself in single player or run one online with friends, splitting jobs like mining, construction, farming and system tuning.
How hard is it to learn?
Hard and hands-on. Expect many small steps for each build, frequent mistakes with pressure and filtration, and regular checks of the in-game Stationpedia. It suits people who enjoy reading, note-taking and testing fixes.
What do you actually automate?
Almost any base function with logic circuits and programmable chips, from airlocks and cooling to solar panels, battery charging and factory lines. You can also use simpler manual fixes and patch jobs when a full system is overkill.
