Approximately Up Build it, fly it, break it

Everything starts with one piece of frame. From there you stack parts into a hull, mount engines, solar panels and sensors, and wire it all together until the thing qualifies as a spaceship. Mass and center of gravity matter, so a lopsided build barely steers, while a careful one flies where you point it. You can keep it simple: basic thrusters, a seat, and your own skill at the controls. Or go deep with automated systems, logic circuits and PID controllers, until the ship hovers, stabilizes and lands itself. Once it looks ready (or not), hit launch and see what happens.

The story runs around 200 hours, and its objectives are wonderfully strange. Retrieve a package stuck in a giant tree. Crack open a mystic rock with a bomb. Fix a distant planet's broken ionosphere to stop its extreme winds, find radioactive flowers, track ancient mastodons, or dive deep underwater. Some cargo has rules: one delivery must stay powered the whole trip, another knocks out your electricity on a schedule. Each mission nudges you to rebuild the ship for the job, and some leave a permanent mark on the world once you finish them.

You start on Earth and work outward across 15 planets, each with its own gravity, atmosphere, temperature and look. Distances are huge, so ship design decides whether a trip takes minutes or becomes a long, quiet journey.

With up to four players in co-op, the building itself becomes the comedy. Every system matters, so one small oversight turns into a very real problem the moment you leave the station, and troubleshooting a floating box that refuses to fly is funnier with company.