Shortest Trip to Earth
Skip · Roguelike · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 43, under the fair line, at $25.99.
- Length
- 34.3h
- Value
- $0.76/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD4400 or dedicated DX11 GPU (1280x720), 604 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
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
It has never been cheaper than $5.97. That was December 2024. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 87 in the 8 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Void War ($14.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Out There: Ω Edition ($14.99, scores 42).
None of the 448 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 48 percent of the 127 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
45% 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
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 22:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I keep wanting to like this game. I keep installing it hoping this time I'll enjoy it. It's just not fun to play. The concept is great, but the UI and UX are so tragically bad that it leeches all of the fun out of it. And now the devs seem to have gone AWOL despite a message saying they were going to stay around and work on it.
seems like fun but enemies boarding your ship is an automatically game over. doesnt seem like it will be fixed soon
The game is incredibly micro heavy to play. Point defense attacks on a first-come-first-serve system, so you need to pause every second and reprioritize targets on incoming projectiles. You want to switch between load outs before combat so your shields are fully charged. You need to scan every enemy ship for weapons which can destroy your modules so you can focus them. After crewmates die you have to juggle your...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Shortest Trip to Earth scores 43/100 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/812040/shortest-trip-to-earthReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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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