Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Skip · Action · 2020
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 5.7h
- Value
- $3.51/hr
- Reviews
- 79% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, nVidia 8800 GT / AMD 4670 or faster, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
December 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $4.99. It has been discounted 71 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 30 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Endless Sky (free, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats StarMade ($14.99, scores 15).
Of the 606 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,814 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 788 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 222 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
73% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Not really a programming game. Automation options are limited to logic gates. Components have limited automation options. For $5.00 it was fine but I wouldn't pay more than that.
Some game mechanics are not well thought through and there are annoying bugs. - threats lack balance - reward upgrades void if you've bought them before - you can assign only one key to actions which limits functionality - many mechanics are not explained at all and you have to trial and error with limited resources - some parts have actions that do not work - one annoying bug is that sticky wheels create a force at...
This is a game I really wish I could give a 'MIXED' rating, but since I can't, I will settle for a positive mark. Its biggest draw is the ability to make your own machines. You are free to use all available parts (received for completing missions) as long as you can pay the cost. So you could create a monstrosity that has 10 different guns, but it freezes solid since you forgot to add a heater to it in a mission on...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor scores 38/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/383840/nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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