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Bears In Space
Developer Broadside Games
Unleash your inner bear in this over-the-top bullet-hell FPS! Embark on a zany retro-futuristic adventure and destroy oil-thirsty robots with an outrageous arsenal. Transform into a bear, wield unique powers, and embrace the absurd fast-paced action of Bears in Space! From the Steam store page
144 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
75 positive · 37 negative
95% range 58–75%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 75 | 37 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
415 of 485 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 72 yes, 37 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 109 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (507 of 586 positive).
Players find the game fun with creative levels and zany weapons. [1][2][3] Some reviewers say the humor is hit-or-miss and the game overstays its welcome. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the story as weak and the gameplay as repetitive. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
A decent debut game from an indie dev with major caveats. I really wanted to like this game, because on paper it checks all my boxes, but... The Good - Solid bullet hell gameplay (DOOM-like) on KB+M - Graphics and art are appealing, the pulp sci-fi theme is done well - Music is decent - Collectibles and secrets can be fun to find - Mini side missions are entertaining and varied - Levelling guns offers a secondary …
- [16]
It was fun to start with but it jus went on tooooooooo long. The story was only ok, it might have been good if someone else wrote it. The basic idea of the story was fine. It seemed like it was trying to be funny, but I wasn't funny enough that I could tell it was trying or not. There were a few lol moment but waaaay too far and between. Sometime extremely fast paced, and you could tell they wanted you to play it …
- [1]
A really fun (though not necessarily funny, depending on your sense of humor) comedy boomer / arena / bullet hell shooter with a ton of varied minigames / gameplay segments and a humongous number of weapons. Every level is packed full of "challenges", some being just collectathons, others have you enter a secret, or often not-so-secret side path and either witness a cutscene or do an actual gameplay challenge. The …
- [2]
I was put off this game by some of the negative reviews - thankfully I gave it a chance as it's heaps of fun! The levels are creative, with zany weapons and a good difficulty curve. Collectables and secrets are about right, and the themes/ humor are well targetted. My only complaint is the weapon upgrades (managed by # of kills) take too long/ are grindy. Give it a go, its a great game and lots of fun, especially if …
- [6]
Serious Sam esque shooter that is packed to the brim with gags and references. The shooting is competent and there are tons of guns to use. That being said, I do think the game went on for a bit too long. Some of the levels felt far too big and expansive, and I think if they had made them more tightly crafted the experience would have been much better.
Summarised from 34 of the 142 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
66% of the 109 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Bears In Space. The complaint that keeps coming up: game is too long and padded. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 144 · most liked firstIt's nearly been a year since we launched Bears In Space. So I guess that makes it a Good Old Game now?! Currently 50% off on Gog! #indiedev #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →A really fun (though not necessarily funny, depending on your sense of humor) comedy boomer / arena / bullet hell shooter with a ton of varied minigames / gameplay segments and a humongous number of weapons. Every level is packed full of "challenges", some being just collectathons, others have you enter a secret, or often not-so-secret side path and either witness a cutscene or do an actual gameplay challenge. The gameplay challenges vary from more or less standard arena shooty bits, to a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bears in Space is currently 30% off on steam! It's the perfect way to spend your Halloween. The game has Kaiju sections, a haunted mansion, a spooky hospital, ghosts and more! store.steampowered.com/app/1309620/... #indiegame #indiedev #halloween
neutral · AI labelView post →Steam really needs a "Just OK" button, because I wish I didn't have to leave a bad review score. At first, it feels like Jazzpunk and the jokes are great, but... The games is 8-10 hours and all you do is shoot the same robots, even if they wear different hats and say different lines. I almost gave up on the game at one moment, but the game gave such a brilliant joke I wanted to play more. The game then gave me a new gadget, when I just wanted to get to the next joke. The weapons aren't that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent debut game from an indie dev with major caveats. I really wanted to like this game, because on paper it checks all my boxes, but... The Good - Solid bullet hell gameplay (DOOM-like) on KB+M - Graphics and art are appealing, the pulp sci-fi theme is done well - Music is decent - Collectibles and secrets can be fun to find - Mini side missions are entertaining and varied - Levelling guns offers a secondary form of entertainment - Platforming is decent - Good performance, very few bugs…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me start this review by saying that I am not calling Bears in Space a bad game. It's not that I have issues with the game; it's that I am clearly not aligned with this game's target audience. The core shooting gameplay, with the running and gunning, the weapon upgrades, and the open combat that emphasizes movement instead of seeking cover, that's all perfectly fun. Where BiS and I don't get along, though, is pretty much everything else. The humor pretty much entirely flies right past me.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just saw a game called Bears in Space and was thrilled to see the pun “upgrade your ursanel” in the trailer (ursa/ursus=bear) only to realize that i had just misread “arsenal” :/
neutral · AI labelView post →I couldn't finish this, there are some good aspects to the gameplay but they get harried by all the bad. The humor rarely made let out an entertained breath, but I'm a tough crowd so I'm used to that with comedy games. In spite of that. it made me irritated at times by overusing the carrot on the stick type joke, and then saying "oh it was in your back pocket the whole time." I can handle jokes that don't land well or even obnoxious voices, but a lot of the jokes felt like the game was joking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had about 6 hours into this game, and I don't really know why I even gave it this long. Storywise, not good at all. Gameplay wise, it's okay at best. Gunplay is fine, movement is okay albeit clunky. VO work is done well, but the writing and the story are bare bones. Not really much there. I do believe that the game is too long and it overstays its welcome. After looking at the achievements, I decided to quit while ahead. I'm VERY good on doing 19 levels in a game that I don't care…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doom like shooting mechanics mixed with Jazzpunk style dry humor. Not a great shooter but it is really funny. Overstayed it's welcome a bit. The music and puns are great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tl;dr This game is boring, don't get it. Longer: What I thought I'd be getting is a mixture of witty humour and interesting characters all tied together in an engaging story. I was wrong. Pro: - Neat graphics. Stylised and zany, but likeable. - Some weapons are cool/funny. - Some characters are funny. - Some jokes are funny. - Weapon xp gain is a cool mechanic (but, see below the note about it). - Secret hunting can be pretty fun. Cons: - The game is on a tight budget and it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8.5/10 + Bears - Beets + Battlestar Galactica + joke weapons + double jump + air and ground dash + fast move speed + hold E to see where the door just opened. more games should have that all i ask for in a shooter high on life level of humor without all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up ♥♥♥♥ that made me dislike it -gate didnt open that should have and reloaded save to fix. - enemy glitched and would not die, had to reload save to get past locked door
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was fun to start with but it jus went on tooooooooo long. The story was only ok, it might have been good if someone else wrote it. The basic idea of the story was fine. It seemed like it was trying to be funny, but I wasn't funny enough that I could tell it was trying or not. There were a few lol moment but waaaay too far and between. Sometime extremely fast paced, and you could tell they wanted you to play it that way. Power ups everywhere and even respawning. Other times, it slowed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: 6/10 The icing is good but the cake is made of poop. glad i didn't pay full price. Starts off pretty good, but then by the third level, the seems start to show, I played on normal difficulty and I really wanted to like this game. Pros 1. Fun, consistent art style. 2. Jokey vibe and decent writing 3. Fun voice acting 4. Neat level design and secrets Cons 1. The guns are crap. The bullets don't hit where the reticle is pointed. Nothing is good at long distance. Everything…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bears in Space is a fairly fun FPS that gets dragged down by often times weird pacing, humour that misses as much as it hits, and an overall lack of focus on what works. Despite these gripes it is still a decent FPS with a ton of potential and stuff to enjoy. I will always judge an FPS (especially those that are aiming to be a bit more boomer shooter-y) by how good their shotgun is; if your shotgun sucks, I am immediately biased against you. Bears in Space's shotgun is fantastic, debatably too…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is actually annoying to play. Constantly taking control away from the player for pointless dialog. The game is even aware how much we care for the dialog in the beginning with characters saying "blah blah blah" yet still pesters you with it and stops you incessantly so that you can click through instead of maintaining your pace of gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really fun old school shooter that is worth your time. funny and crowded. i played the demo long time ago and enjoyed it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are a person that wants quantity over quality - this game might be a good choice. But. F that. This game throws at you 100 different things and none of them are good. Music is subpar and kinda annoying at times. it's a typical UE5 product with constant stuttering and uneven frame pacing. Story is non-sensical and without any real direction. There are quite a lot of bugs still. You will encounter mission breaking bugs that will prevent you progress any further. *some in late chapter 2,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It started off good, but this game is way longer than it has to be for what there is here, the style of humor is ok i guess its not good but not terrible, there really is no cohesive to its story as it feels like random skits are haphazardly thrown together. Its gameplay is fine, though it doesn't do anything you haven't already seen before in a fps the bullet hell aspect helps a lot here, but with the enemies and bosses attacking mostly the same it gets stale real quick. I couldn't even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Non-stop unfunny cutscenes and shader compilation stutters.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Back when I was a different VTuber, on a channel I haven't deleted yet, I made a video about Bears in Space. It's a great game, and I highly recommend it. youtu.be/_jEyJgxj3E8
positive · AI labelView post →A bullet hell shooter with the gameplay & soundtrack of Doom an the humor of Rick & Morty 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was put off this game by some of the negative reviews - thankfully I gave it a chance as it's heaps of fun! The levels are creative, with zany weapons and a good difficulty curve. Collectables and secrets are about right, and the themes/ humor are well targetted. My only complaint is the weapon upgrades (managed by # of kills) take too long/ are grindy. Give it a go, its a great game and lots of fun, especially if you enjoy High on Life, and the new Dooms.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shooting is fun, shame about the : Atrocious checkpoint placement, often before multiple lengthy, un-skippable cutscenes prior to a boss fight Awful story and writing Horrendous amount of cutscenes (in the hundreds!) Constant forced interruptions from NPCs that take camera control off you (that cannot be avoided) Terrible voice acting Multiple bugs the Devs are aware of Complete lack of pacing Crashes Poor ultrawide support No brightness / gamma setting Restricted key remapping Terrible…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →quite polished, the combat is decent, the bosses are quite fun, there's a big assortment of weapons to play around with, and a fun ratchet and clank style upgrade system but the game just isn't particularly compelling at all? the levels are rather uninspired, mostly stock video game locations (medieval town! castle lair! wild west!) strung together randomly with 60s sci fi robots in them. there's not much of a motivating plot to speak of either, just "okay you have to get back to your planet,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty terrible in almost every way. Though the game is very polished and I've encountered no bugs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really cool game. First and foremost, it has bears. Second, controls are very responsible and movement is just fun. I like the weapon level-up aspect, upgrades, platforming sections and secrets. Humour is really good, it's like a combination of an absurd, dark and dry humour and it delivers well! A bunch of references to popular movies (Saving Private Ryan, Men in Black, Rocky) made me laugh more than a few times. I also enjoyed the boss fights, simple in design, a bit of platforming involved…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(Bears In Space) The High On Life Game You Haven't Played twitch.tv/npcwarfare #boomershooter #retrofps #bearsinspace
neutral · AI labelView post →'Bears in Space' has enough side objectives to qualify as a 'Like a Dragon' game. Some of them even have ongoing storylines throughout the game. You can become a basketcube champion, rise through the ranks of karate, go on a dating show, become a chef, stop an ancient god, and SO much more.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you are entrenched at all in the indie FPS space, check this out and see what Bears in Space is like! Good devs, funny game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Serious Sam esque shooter that is packed to the brim with gags and references. The shooting is competent and there are tons of guns to use. That being said, I do think the game went on for a bit too long. Some of the levels felt far too big and expansive, and I think if they had made them more tightly crafted the experience would have been much better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i TRIED to enjoy it, i really did. i admit i don’t usually go here, but i’m always open to try new games, and i’ve ended up liking titles that aren’t in my comfort zones. this game is painfully tedious, and neither the story nor the gameplay motivates me to continue, let alone finish it. just thinking about booting it up literally fills my mind with dread (dramatic, i know, but not too far-fetched), so i’ll have to bench it for the time being before i actually hate it beyond saving. perhaps if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am late to reviewing this game, considering it's been years since I last played it (I think). It really is a fun game with an awesome foundation and basically a better version of high on life. I'm just shocked that the dev fumbled with this one by making a single critical error. That being, that leveling up weapons in this game was one of the most abysmal and tedious processes I've had the displeasure of experiencing in a game. I hate when a game could be amazing but it ends up being held…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun story, great humor, great variety of gameplay and great homage to old games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty much what everyone said. The game works and I didn't really run into bugs. Theres a lot of levels and variety of environments as well as large weapon variety, but the game is flawed in execution. The game tries to be funny but I didn't laugh once, found myself skipping the dialogue after the first couple levels. Theres a lot of guns, but many of them are useless and too situational so you'll mostly use 3-5, but they run out of ammo so quickly so you're constantly forced to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game instantly crashes on new game launch, with no apparent fix. Unreal engine, truely the cancer of gaming.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game as part of a bundle. I liked the Wallie Wood style Sci-Fi weapons and robots. I like '50s style robots. I saw good reviews from a few friends that its like High on Life but without all the cussing. The game has a lot of content and the shooting is not bad... but it all seems gay. Not in an over the top, sexual way... but just gay... its hard to say... its just hard to get through the game once you start to see it everywhere... there is no "phobia". It's just not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ursine 1950s retro-future comedy FPS is fun for a few hours and has some welcome variety in its platforming and various comedic bits, but both the comedy and the gameplay wear thin after a few hours; on the former side, your AI companion (not-so-cleverly named Beartana) has an incredibly grating voice, and the conceit of Forbidden Planet-esque retro robots acting sort of like people gets stale pretty fast; with regards to the latter, the robot enemies get pretty repetitive to fight, and the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute joy to play! Bears in Space mixes the humour of the Worms and the PS2 Ratchet & Clank games with the gameplay of Doom Eternal and... well, Ratchet & Clank once again. Some jokes are drawn out I'll give them that, but the entire cartoonish raypunk fps thing is so well executed that even if the game could have used a couple less levels, I'm having stupid amounts of fun. Absolutely worth the asking price!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's chock full of jokes. I saw a robot skeleton in the first stage. That's already enough to keep me playing, but the platforming and gunplay are also fun. I'm a sucker for upgradable guns, similar to Ratchet and Clank. I like the settings available from the start to make the game easier. If I want to replay a stage for the collectibles, I'll turn off damage. The aim assist on controller can be adjusted up and down, and it's helped a lot for guns with strong recoil (like the starting pistol).…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Game is great and a good time! Get it! I was happily surprised! Worth the price!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SO much fun. finding the cards/secrets is a great bonus
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →kind of bad, I advice to NOT buy this ....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cringe, annoying and the AI art on all cover arts has two right feet. Don't remember ever playing so offensively bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🦝🔴 So today's stream is KINDA SORTA sponsored by Coffee! He wanted me to check out this game and generously gave me a key for Bears in Space and paid me to play it so... We'll check it out! www.twitch.tv/jackietherac...
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing Bears In Space by @broadsidegames.bsky.social at the moment. After I forgave it for being Australian I’m having a great time, can recommend #videogames
positive · AI labelView post →Time for some more BEARS in SPACE!!! I love this game #vtubers #thisisthebestgame #indieGames www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKF-...
positive · AI labelView post →Bears in Space is out today, a game I did a bunch of work for here and there. They put out this amazing 90s commercial and thought I'd share the sculpts for the toys done by myself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBnO...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow... This game is something... It will be easier to review this with pros and cons: Pro / Con: It's a meme game Con: Sometimes the humor doesn't land What did you expect from a game named "Bears in Space?" Pro: It's not just a shooter; there are lots of side-games / mini-games Con: If you're into that sort of thing... Pro: You get a shitload of gameplay for $4 (on sale) - you really get your money's worth Con: The levels are LONG and really overstay their…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Objectively this succeeds. Once you learn spawn and fire patterns its lightening -jumping, moving and shooting. The random fire spread is so fun to contend with. Forced body stay makes target acquisition hyper dependent on searching for color coded fire. Very fun acrobatic shooter. Chugs on steamdeck. I dont care and neither should you. What are you, the King of Spain?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Superliminal, a wonderful portal inspired Puzzle Platformer. Bears In Space, if you love (Australian?) guys and being silly and shooting people. Everhood, honestly, probably the game you will enjoy the most out of everything. Curse Crackers: For Whom the Bell Toils, a gameboy inspired platformer!
neutral · AI labelView post →Only beat the first two levels, and I'm hooked. This is the first person shooter equivalent of a Ratchet and Clank game. The humor for sure will leave some divided but I personally love it, and found myself actually laughing out loud more times in just the first hour-ish of gameplay, than all of the first High on Life (which was only just okay in my opinion). Got at a steep discount at $2, can confidently say it's something I would've felt comfortable paying full price for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its an interesting game, that is quite funny sometimes and doesnt take itself too serious, but its also just too tedious. Soo many secrets, the game has more secret achievements then and other achievements. Also too many dialoges that are just boring and skip skip skip skip skip skip ... And it requires too much GPU power for that level of rendering, I mean really, even a 4090 cant render that game at really high FPS, what the hell. And its too hard, Im playing on the easiest level and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would recommend if devs would cut 50% jokes and mini games from game. Too many times they pull you from game flow.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genuinely id have more fun shoving a porcupine up my ass. The mini games feel unfinished and luck based not skill based and ive read the devs response to people with the same complaint and "its possible" doesn't make it good. edit went back just turn your settings to the lowest and the minigames change.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finally got the Bears in Space game too
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, just play high on life, i think it is better in humor and gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like High on Life, but pretty much better in every way.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fur drifts through starfields A bear punches cosmic doom Galaxies laugh back
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game gets much less attention than it deserves. The jokes are very good, there are many more good jokes in it than in the entire Borderlands series combined and there are zero ideological/political bullsh.t. The combat itself is most reminiscent of Serious Sam, so it's not overcomplicated, but the developers made sure that the game is not monotonous, there is always something happening between fights. The game is also very long. At the same time, the humor and style of the game is not for…
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