Space Crew is superficially similar to FTL: you manage a crew in space as you deal with peril, put out fires and fight off aliens. It's set apart by between-mission management, during which you get the steady dopamine drip of ship, crew and equipment upgrades and customisation.
It's free to keep from Steam for the next two weeks.
Head over to the Steam page for Space Crew: Legendary Edition and you'll find it 100% off until March 14th at 5pm GMT. Its predecessor, the World War 2-themed Bomber Crew, is also 90% off alongside deep reductions on both games' myriad DLC.
Nate had a grand old time doodling on the outside of his ship in his Space Crew review back in 2020:
I've only ever heard good things about Space Crew, but my sense it was deemed perhaps too similar to the fresher delights of Bomber Crew. Still, I'm intrigued by Runner Duck's next swing at the genre, the Mad Max-inspired Badlands Crew, due to launch on Steam this year.
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