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This Means Warp
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It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile galaxy. From the Steam store page
188 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 10, 2026 · last updated Oct 11, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
45
Mixed
80 positive · 99 negative
95% range 38–52%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 80 | 99 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
353 of 516 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
45% recommend · 82 yes, 100 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 182 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (465 of 678 positive).
Players find it a fun co-op spaceship management game with chaotic battles. [1][2][3] Many say it lacks depth and becomes repetitive quickly. [1][4][5] Some players report the game has been abandoned by developers with no updates. [6][7][8]
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- [1]
Co-op spaceship management is always a chaotic recipe for frantic shouting, and this roguelike delivers plenty of it as you desperately juggle shields, repairs, and weapons during chaotic battles. It's a fun time with friends if you like coordination challenges, but the overall depth wears thin a bit too quickly compared to heavyweights like Overcooked. Grab it on a sale if you need a weekend distraction for the …
- [2]
This Means Warp is built to appeal to players who can gather a group of friends for cooperative play. The core mechanics of combat and repairs are simple to grasp, but once multiple players join in, things quickly turn into chaotic fun. With time and practice, groups can become well-coordinated crews. The biggest drawback is the repetitive gameplay loop, which becomes less of an issue with more players involved. …
- [7]
TL;DR : game is abandonned , unbalanced, devs focused on "another title"/"cash grab" The game has been abandoned, with no updates since November 2023, even though it was released in May 2023. The developers claim they are "focusing" on a "brand new game"... Secondly, you may have noticed some new mystery channels popping up in the server. We're delighted to say we'll be revealing our BRAND NEW GAME as part of the …
- [19]
The game promises to be the Overcooked in space, but sadly it falls short. The gameplay itself is okayish, but the balancing is just broken. Some runs are impossibly difficult and some are easy. Meta progression is almost non-existent, which means the impossible runs stay impossible even on the lowest difficulty. This could have been a fun, casual, local-coop experience with friends. Instead it's a frustrating mess. …
- [5]
I've heard people compare this game to FTL. To those people: No, just no. This game is not worth your 20 bucks. There is such a lack of content that the game becomes repetetive in a few hours. I didn't know it until recently but the devs confirmed that there are no plans for any dlc or further content updates. I like to support small games that work on a limited budget, but there is no doubt in my mind that this …
Summarised from 34 of the 193 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
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The crowd is split on This Means Warp: 82 recommend it, 100 don't. Which camp are you in?
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60 of 188 · most liked firstThis Means Warp by Outlier Games Limited is a spaceship management and roguelite experience for 1–4 players. The product is based on the Unity engine and has multiple active trackers. What does the product do? When the game starts, several processes are loaded in the background, collecting various user data and sending it worldwide before users can even say hello. Specifically, these include the default Unity Analytics, followed by the analytics and debugging service "Backtrace I/O" and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR : game is abandonned , unbalanced, devs focused on "another title"/"cash grab" The game has been abandoned, with no updates since November 2023, even though it was released in May 2023. The developers claim they are "focusing" on a "brand new game"... Secondly, you may have noticed some new mystery channels popping up in the server. We're delighted to say we'll be revealing our BRAND NEW GAME as part of the Future Games Show at Gamescom on August 21st This should already give you an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →abandoned by the developer. Dont bother.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I picked this up to test it for a group of friends looking for a new game to play together. Trying it out solo was interesting. Had a lot of running around to do and some priority calls to make, but overall it wasn't too difficult. The only thing that changed between fights was enemy ships getting a bit healthier but I held onto hope that it would get more complex as the game went on. Said "alright, this could be fun." and had everyone get it. Then we actually played it multiplayer and I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned game. It would have been so good.. but no update since 2023. This could have been a great game if the devs kept working the frustrating bugs and connection issues.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unwinnable solo. Nobody playing multiplayer. Heaps of bugs and poor quality of life issues. It could have been great and it started off strong but just doesn't have what it needs to be played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game promises to be the Overcooked in space, but sadly it falls short. The gameplay itself is okayish, but the balancing is just broken. Some runs are impossibly difficult and some are easy. Meta progression is almost non-existent, which means the impossible runs stay impossible even on the lowest difficulty. This could have been a fun, casual, local-coop experience with friends. Instead it's a frustrating mess. No updates in a year means this will probably never be fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs left the game after less than a year after full release...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool concept, but poorly thought out and lacking in complexity severely compared to FTL
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the concept for this game and it had a lot of potential as it drew a lot of inspiration from FTL and Overcooked, but it's been a year since their 1.0 release and the game still lacks for polish and content. I can't recommend this game to anyone in its current state, as while it is playable, its very clearly not finished and the devs appear to have abandoned this project.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Means Warp is a co-op spaceship game that gets dull pretty quickly. Pros: -Ganeplay is a simple enough, but it can frantic once you ramp up and have more characters and enemies running around at once. -Some interesting boss fights to break the sameness. Cons: -Game pace feels really slow. You travel on the map really slow, and there's so many battles that start to feel repetitive and just a matter of slowly whittling down health bars. Each "stage" takes about 20-30 minutes to beat, so a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Waste of money, abandoned unfinished game. There are far more enjoyable options out there, I would recommend playing any of those before buying this at a criminal $30.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This stays as negative until I see an update.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A wonderful idea, executed very poorly. It's ugly and it's boring and it seems to have been abandoned by the developers. Cannot recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, I think there is not enough in this game. Not enough difference in characters traits, More repetitive levels/combat than a "Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime", Less of a "fun spirit" or change of environment than a level of "Overcooked", Less sense of adventure & mystery & game parameters in a game loop than a FTL, Not enough interesting decisions to make when piloting the ship, I did not find enough of the mystery, any fun laughs as a multiplayer group. On the positive side…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game that had potential, there was a large update some time back that improved AI ironically your teams AI is dumb as rocks so winning with 2 people is practically impossible and I think harder than before. That's without touching on the lack of content and too much RNG. Seems lack of updates and laziness will kill this game. It's not a very complicated game it shouldn't be that hard to make it playable or at least show good will. After already borrowing from well defined game loops like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've heard people compare this game to FTL. To those people: No, just no. This game is not worth your 20 bucks. There is such a lack of content that the game becomes repetetive in a few hours. I didn't know it until recently but the devs confirmed that there are no plans for any dlc or further content updates. I like to support small games that work on a limited budget, but there is no doubt in my mind that this game could have been so much more for just a few more expanses. Also, unless…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really disappointing game. Feels like it seriously lacks content. Grows repetitive quickly, and plays much better with a full ship of 4. Don't bother trying to play it solo. Unless the devs are coming to add a bunch more content to the game, I wouldn't bother picking it up, and I wish I could refund my purchase.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is currently in the Humble Choice for August 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before September 3rd, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle. FTL meets Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. If you immediately want me to say FTL here, yeah you’re on track. You move around the ship and can control various systems, but there’s a lot more here. First, this feels designed for multiplayer. You do…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pointless Single Player, and you Don't have Friends it's a ♥♥♥♥ game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too much randomness and not enough player control, making the game really difficult. Due to not having any control the game feels very frustrating when you lose.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is now garbage. They nerfed player things and upped difficulty. Too much RNG. Skill not really required.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Co-op spaceship management is always a chaotic recipe for frantic shouting, and this roguelike delivers plenty of it as you desperately juggle shields, repairs, and weapons during chaotic battles. It's a fun time with friends if you like coordination challenges, but the overall depth wears thin a bit too quickly compared to heavyweights like Overcooked. Grab it on a sale if you need a weekend distraction for the crew.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is literally impossible to play on any difficulty past medium. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SCALING. The devs are actually brain dead to think AI could do anything remotely intelligent. Good job stealing 20 dollars from people. Myself included.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After a year of release, the game still feels unfinished. The controls are difficult to work with, and there are several simple bugs that should have been addressed before launch. At a $20 price point, the overall quality does not feel justified. It’s unclear how thoroughly the game was tested prior to release, as many of these issues appear basic and persistent. With further updates and refinement, there is potential, but in its current state, it falls short of expectations.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Single player is too hard, even on easy mode. It's difficult to micro-manage everything. I personally think this should be re-balanced. The player count is too low for online multiplayer. You have to stay in Discord waiting for people to play with. With 3 players + 1 bot, the game is still challenging. We all focus on repairing and getting rid of bombs in the end, while our guns don't deal much damage. You can't build your own ship, only customizing the given one. The controls feel sluggish,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun game to play with friends, but you better have 3 of them because the AI crew you get are absolute garbage. The enemy crew AI on the other hand, are not utter garbage. For example; you could have a crew-mate (AI) that has lvl 3 in repairs, so you assign them to only do repairs/firefighting and they will make the occasional repair but if there is multiple things in need of repair they'll bugger off and check the ammo station for no apparent reason before then realising that there is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I could recommend this game, played the demo, bought early access, was excited to see the release, but now it seems abandoned, that's why i can't recommend buying it right now. I will update this review if devs continue their work on it. EDIT: As stated on developers discord server, this game won't be continued, because it did not make enough money to nor publisher or developers. Due to the fact it has some unpleasant bugs, I will keep this review negative. Don't buy this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Means Warp was one of the more promising looking games in August 2024's Humble Bundle (and before that, barely a blip on the radar, so kudos to IGN for giving another game the Humble Bump). I was wrong, and somewhat disappointed to find it's just a lame ripoff of FTL only with co-op, because if you can't make your game good, maybe other people will make it better? I thought this was going to be a cool resource management space exploration game, but instead we just get yet another samey,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is still in development, no updates at all, no content. no replay, just skip this one. The dev only want your money and the game is dead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the price, this is definitely a great little co-op game. My brother and I have played a good bit, and while sometimes the game feels too easy, it has a way of becoming quite difficult and stressful at other times. The run to run variance could be a bit better, but there are a ton of modes and scenarios to play through, and if you're committed to completing the game, there's a lot of fun to be had.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →meh. was a neat idea. single player is ok, eager to try multiplayer? good luck. Youll sit in a lobby for hours watching private matches come and go, then when you finally see a public match and join it, the host just closes the match and reopens as private. Then when you join their discord trying to find player to team up with, your lectured by mods for posting a looking for group msg once an hour. idk why they make you join their discord. cant install in game chat features like normal games??…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, it's like Faster Than Light Co-Op Available on Humble Choice this month from Humble Bundle. Definitely recommend with friends. If doing Local Co-op Remote play can only do 1 person (two players) So if you want a full squad, have to own the game for everyone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't be fooled by the banner. The game's art and in-game models look absolutely nothing like the art. The game's graphics are absolute garbage. All the menus are barely cobbled together using all the most rudimentary elements and design. The game has great potential to be a lot of fun. But it just isn't that great. This game released to 1.0 but still looks like and plays like it's still in early beta. The unfortunate reality is there aren't a lot of games like this. This game scratches an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably best played alone or over LAN. I'm not sure how the networking works in this game, but online play is absolutely atrocious with latency/lag and bugs. My most recent run with friends was the last straw. I was stuck with a fire extinguisher in my hands, so I couldn't level my character up, it also meant that repairing or anything wouldn't work correctly. That's in addition to the massive lag where the host saw a destroyed ship while the rest of us saw it at half health. EDIT: The game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is great in concept, and if executed better it could be good fun. But... - The desync when picking up objects. - Teleporters break the game. They cause massive lag and desync, sometimes making a slideshow that lasts 5 or more minutes. The devs refuse to accept there is a problem despite multiple reports and it being a pretty easy solution (there is practically no benefit to using them, so just remove them). - Friendly AI is pretty useless. They handle shields well, but in every…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So this is a good game. Its such a shame there isn't a save feature in Single Player. Single player needs balancing too. Shame as it could be a great game. Good concept, good execution, just needs a few updates. (mainly a save feature and balancing)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can be fun with friends but terribly balanced if you are playing alone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the exact same game as Ship of Fools, just worse in every aspect: visibility, readability, movement comfort, and content & excitement. Buy Ship of Fools instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was fun at first, and is still mildy enjoyable. But after a bit you realize there isnt to much diversity and they need come back and update this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, a number of unforced game design errors make an otherwise good improvement on FTL a boring mess. The gameplay macro loop is underdeveloped but otherwise identical to FTL. The micro loop fetching ammo is repetitive and made painful by a lazy item handling method and an inexplicable input delay. The AI workers are also oddly ineffective. Nice that Jagex have tried something different, but they should try to remember that this is not Runescape. Only worth playing for the co-op if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First thing is, if you are a fan of FTL and like to play with friends I can only recomend it for you. But, beware ! This game unfortunately, won't receive any updates soon, the devs are still active but stated on their discord that they can't update it. The game had a Publisher and it seems that for money reason they can't invest their time in updating the game as they are not getting paid since the publisher didn't get enough of their shares. That put aside. Their is obiously some flaws in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Means Warp is built to appeal to players who can gather a group of friends for cooperative play. The core mechanics of combat and repairs are simple to grasp, but once multiple players join in, things quickly turn into chaotic fun. With time and practice, groups can become well-coordinated crews. The biggest drawback is the repetitive gameplay loop, which becomes less of an issue with more players involved. Playing solo with AI teammates can be frustrating. If you have friends who enjoy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game quickly becomes impossible to progress if you aren't playing with friends or at least other players, the ai is atrocious even though I see that it had an update specifically for that issue. It's fun for the first two rounds and that's about all I can convince myself to do.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this game lacks variability. It doesn't really seem like there is that much change or difference from run to run and I'm not all that motivated to continue to play. Maybe it could be fun with multiplayer, but it's not really that great as a solo. I just had my last run end because an AI took a repair kit and ran away with it instead of repair the wall as we ran out of oxygen. Can't really say I'd recommend, unless you play with friends and you get it on an absolutely ridiculous sale
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →might be fun with friends, annoying af solo with the garbage ai, if you have a shield module they will just sit on it for an hour waiting for something to fire, if you let them shoot a gun they have no sense or priority and will shoot some random garbage most of the time, no sense of priority, they will keep reloading guns even though the hull is breached. very frustrating at higher levels, definitely bring 1-3 friends and its way more fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Idea. Horrible Execution IMO. "Easy" is still pretty hard. its all RNG focused. AI bugs out walking and causes losses. you have to micro managing a ship that becomes insanely under leveled in about 10 minutes of playing. If you want to deal with tons of RNG and live on the ship off of hope , buy it. if not, I'd save your money at this point in time maybe , in the coming months some updates will make it more bearable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2/10 got stuck in the wall when getting out of a gunner seat ai crew got stuck on a wall and is now worthless finished killing a boss moved on to the next area its just empty space ive been flying around in for 8 minutes??? what???? touched everything on the ship flew around a little bit more in every deraction uninstalled
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is jank as ♥♥♥♥, the graphics are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ and some of the item descriptions could be better. But idk man, with a few mates its a decent little romp and unlocking new items, ships and characters is a bit of fun. Pick this up on sale with some friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wasn't much a fan. Tried playing it with my brothers and none of us were impressed. Graphically it's a mixed bag, 2D art is good, but the 3D, large headed, no hands models, are kind of ugly. The ship we had felt very basic and bland but some of the modules you can install were kind of neat. The main issue with the design, was how unclear everything was. It made it difficult to figure out what was being shot and where we wanted to shoot, which for a game like this, is kind of pivotal. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →too unrewardingly difficult to play alone, but too easy with friends? seems like they are having some balancing issues. otherwise fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly a pretty solid game if you can get 3 players +. The game has pretty simple controls easy to learn hard to master, don't get any of the AI's on your ship as they're kinda bad but hopefully they fix them up in time. I'd get it, I got gifted the game from a friend, and it's really fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is good but kinda forgotten by devs, with 1 or 2 content updates would be in a perfect place, fun with friends tho
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not much content. You should know that there is only 2 ships and 1 set (total of 4) of boss in the entire game if you want to buy this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AI sucks... Skip.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In essence this is FTL but with co-op and clunkier. The graphics do the job of selling a goofy setting of cartoonish characters in space, but the semi-3D aspect of it creates problems; navigating one's own ship can be weird as you can be piloting the vessel one second then, with a miss-click, suddenly be navigating around inside of one's ship ... and targetting enemy ships is a mixed bag at best, some things are targetable some things aren't, and if you target the wrong part, you'll do zero…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You spend all your time running around the ship - the game is just how quickly you can move and some prioritization.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game a lot. My son and I love FTL and the idea of FTL co-op is so enticing. What's not is the space travel seems very tacky, and the battles don't quite get it right. The positive review is in hoping that their company doesn't drown and they can improve on their game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neat party game that combines the mechanics of "Overcooked" and "Love in a Dangerous Spacetime" with some FTL vibes. Also works in Singleplayer but is clearly meant for couch coop (even though online coop works as well). This is basically a Roguelike game since you have to restart if your ship goes boom. Still, each playthrough is perhaps 30-60 minutes (if you know what you are doing) so it stays fresh for a while. A small bummer might be that this game does not tell you much about HOW it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nothing fun or interesting about the game :/
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