This game is something special. It uses a common genre of game, survival, and puts its own unique spin to it where theres no pickaxe or hatchet to gather resources, but instead the environment can be absorbed. This means resources don't disappear or have a crumbling animation, but instead you take chunks out of the environment and this gives a very satisfying feeling to gathering. In addition to this the map is large with diverse enemies which come with their respective biomes. And to add the cherry to the cake the dev team are active and involve the community in shaping the game.

Since this game is still early access that means that we can expect so much more, which means there really isn't a reason NOT to get this game, its visually appealing and its mechanics are solid. So in all this game is definitely worth getting.

EDIT: After checking out the Trello board for the game, I'm sold! This dev team reminds me of the Subnautica one, active and ambitious and thats a great mix for any games development, theres so many new features on the way it just helps further boost the reason why this game needs backers!

Really interesting game.

You start off crash landed in a pod-thingy with some interesting things flying down from the sky. Moving on from the boring blah blah blah stuff


Unique survival game

Really transparent devs

Constant updates

Unique monsters and animals

Cool defences

Unique building system
I seriously used unique alot...


Gameplay gets boring overtime

Not currently much to do in the game so far

Again the over used futuristic theme

Graphics aren't THE best


Survival game with crafting in it, might want to avoid if you dislike those types of games

And thats about it. 8/10.

(sorry for the quality of this review but I don't write reviews often)
I bought this game last year (2015) and as you can see by the 3+ hours of game time , I don't play it much.
Why would I recommend this game?
I think this game is has lots of potential. I know everyone says that about all their games or games they like but the development team is adding things constantly to their early access game. Several times a month as far as I can see.
I bought this game after reading up on the Unreal 4 engine, and after a free weekend playing Ark Survival evolved.
I’ve always been a fan of Unreal 4 , this game shows it with great looking graphics, runs well for the hardware and small ~2GB game size is probably all due to Unreal 4.
Did the game live up to my expectations after playing Ark Survival?
No, but I genuienly believe that it will be just as good in the future.
The game felt more like Minecraft Tower defense for a while since your base is attacked at night and you can’t venture too far away at first but this summer they started adding food requirements and expanding on actual survival elements.
The parkour also feels really good, I enjoy running around and climbing stuff, or running along walls. That said, I haven’t encountered any bugs or glitches, which you’d normally find in an early access game. It’s also possible I just haven’t gotten far enough to see them.
Anyway, if you like Sci-fi settings, feeling the pressure of keeping your base safe and of course gathering materials and building stuff then I think you’ll enjoy this game.

i love how if you post a good idea in the descussions page they actually will respond (although its a bit robotic) with a cincere answer, and i think thats cool. + the game is turning out great so get it, youll like it

Eden Star Offers a brand new expericence into surviving as you step out of your drop pod to find yourself in a uncolonized world where your job is to colonize it, one step at a time. you only have 20 mins to get everything ready and when night hits, it gets pretty tough when enemies start bogging you down, and that is where the core gameplay mechanics shine. Right now its early access, but the developers are constantly communicating with the players, and that where Eden Star starts to get better and better every week. They always listen to the player suggestions and consider thier ideas' and implement those suggestions into development and try to see where it goes from there. if it makes it, great! if not, well at least they listened.

Okay so if your looking at the pictures watching videos or you tube clips as i did thinking shall i shant i. Simple answer is support the game.

I will give you my feedback so far but as the game is literally changing as you read this it will change so if you play it get on the forums.

Currently game play is fun real fun! though as they are still making it you wll get to a point where you start forming questions this is where you give feed back. Its a mix of resource gathering, strategy base building and defence and survival with polish!

Its still in development so no review is accurate if you like strategy, survival, shooting, buildiing its a game for you i dont play many games like this im more a strategy fan but its good! Theres definately something here with the potential to be epic. Thats different to the myriad of survival concepts.

I personally have no issue with having supported this game, but I feel like I should give people an idea of what they're getting into.

This game has some really fun combat and very solid mechanics. Likewise, the graphics are also very good looking and everything runs smooth and feels great. However, the amount of content as others have stated is pretty much close to zero. If you want to support the devs like I did, then feel free to buy the game and try it out. If you're looking for a game with a good amount of content that will last you more than a few hours you might want to wait or look elsewhere.

TL;DR The game has solid mechanics and graphics but lacks in content.

Spiele Eden seit dem es verfügbar ist. Dieses Spiel wird immer weiter entwickelt, was ich sehr geil finde und die Entwicköer geben sich sehr viel mühe was man bei Trell oauch sehen kann.

Klar gibt es Bugs oder andere kleine Fehler aber nichts gravierendes. Ich hoffe ja immer noch darauf das es eine Art Starbound wird nur in 3D, Das mann später Planete anfliegen kann o.ä...

Na ja mein Fazit
Es lohnt sich.

10/10 concept.....with some minor cautions.

If you are into resource gathering/building games then this is definetly the game for you.
It is beautifully designed, with game mechanics that are our of this world ;). I very much enjoyed the first few times playing, however i have noticed as few things that i would caution you to either to consider prior to buying or prior to playing for the first time.

first i have heard from people who have played the game that is it almost tediously easy. however i must have started playign after the patch because i found the game so grueling at night that every playthrough ends up exactly the same:
Day1-collect eden, collect materials for building, then build a base
Night1- continue collecting maerials for building because NOTHING will attack you the first night (unless provoked)
Day2- keep on collecting and building (dont forget to upgrade eden with spare material)
Night2- Crap your pants as onslaughts of aliens attack from all sides; barely survive
Day3- cry a little as you see all the work put into harvesting and buiding was just destroyed in one night, but you continue to collect and build anyway.
Night3- stock up ammo and energy because you will die. and if you dont, you will be left with a 80% destroyed base and will most certainly die on Night 4.

So, although it is fun and exciting the first few playthroughs, eventually you will get discouraged because everything you do will all end on night 3 (possibly 4). And if you were wondering about more specifics of me trying to survive will no prevail: Ive tried mulpiple "strategic" base locations, (backed up againt a mountain/cliff, away from enemy hives,up high where they cant reach me) but they get you either way. not only do they seem to spawn in on my base at night, but it also seems that killing one of there hives (which should stop them from coming from said hive since its ...well...dead) doesnt not stop them from pouring in from that dead hive. I also tried to purely harvest and save resources from day 1 until day 4 then build a grand fortrace thinking i would be ahead of the game and they wouldnt be able to take out a large base with walls and blockades and six turrets and me ....but they did. they destroyed everything. and killed me.

I know much of this sounds negative, but i truly do enjoy the game. it just has some quirks that make it hard to keep replaying for me personally. i really hope that the creators keep doing a great job and continue to progres with this game.

One last thing....
If you were wondering what i would want to be better or worked on, this is it:
-more varied % for harvesting . ei. maybe a different type of tree that is a higher percentage of the wood (protanium or whatever) and rocks that would all range in % not just 25 or 30%.
-not easier aliens, just more timely placed or spaced out. The first night being alien free is sweet, however a barrage on night 2 and getting harder form there is kind of sudden. maybe ease into heavier waves or more aggressive aliens? it would deffinetly increase my play time and willingness to go to such lengths to build a solid base.
-better turrets. i know this one is odd but i have run into a problem that i dont really like or trust turrets to do their one job, which is shoot at the enemy. Which i cant trust them because they dont seem to do much damage anyway and only half the time they even work; i feel like an alien needs to be directly in front of a turret and not moving to be able for the turret to do any real damage. in the end im just lapping my base killing everything i can while i hear the turrets turn on and off for no reason. can turrets just be on and on guard at night and off during the day? cuz that would be pretty cool.
-a different "start" location at random. the map doesnt seem to change and i pretty much know where to go from the start so maybe making the pods land in different areas of the map would be cool.

Currently, Eden Star is a game with some incredibly amusing concepts, great visuals and suprising amounts of polish considering its an Early Access tittle still being in early alpha. Currently, the main aspect of the game is building and protecting a base in a tower defense esque setting. Starting out, you will spawn in a pretty small world of floating isles, having the ability to collect resources trying to set up a small base before the first night. You do so using a system reminiscent of Rust or Ark: Survival Evolved which is quite well implemented in this game. You will be able to roam the world using the suprisingly competent parkour movement, avoiding being mauled by enemies roaming the world. On your travels you will be able to harvest resources that can be used to build up your base and craft new gear for your character. Af it stands, the content that is there is fairly solid and is quite well implemented with some nice modeling and animations on your enemies, very simple to understand buildign and material mechanics and simplified crafting systems making the mechanic a fun method of progressing rather than a tedious bore.

This is however where the good things about the game end as the amount of content currently avaiable is rather slim. Yes, there is a fairly nice variety of resources and structures you can build to defend your self from the incoming enemies, however you will find that the enemy variety it self is limited to a few monsters. The amount of things to do simply seems too small for the amount of time the game expects you to spend preparing for enemy attacks. Yes you can build up your defences, however I found that the amount of enemies that attack you at night is not big enough to pose a threat and while it might increase slowly over time, I found that its too slow allowing you to greatly outmatch the upcoming waves removing challenge from the equation.

To summarise, while the amount of content is fairly small, the quality of the content that is there is mostly outstanding. This game has a lot of potential, with the quality of the content thats there, I am having no doubpts about this game becoming something great. If you don't mind the lack of features, I'd say give it a go and see if you enjoy it your self.