Nick Gillett
Metro GameCentralHardspace: Shipbreaker PS5 review – salvaging the future
Published 10/11/2022
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Series X|S / PC / PS5 - 6/16/2020
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Welcome to LYNX, the galaxy’s leading ship-salvaging corporation! Across your career, you’ll have the privilege of paying your debt to us by purchasing salvaging rights to increasingly large and valuable ships. Cut them open and extract as much value as possible!
- Developer
- Blackbird Interactive
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment
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Critic avg
84
14 scored reviews
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14
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Score range
60–100
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Score range is 31+ points
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The critic average is 84 across 14 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 90–100 band.
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90–1006 reviews · 43%
80–896 reviews · 43%
70–791 review · 7%
Below 701 review · 7%
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Rob Larkin
Gaming NexusHardspace: Shipbreaker Review - Gaming Nexus
Published 10/4/2022
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90
+6 vs critic avg
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Read originalCole Martin
Windows CentralHardspace: Shipbreaker Xbox Review — A revolutionary blue collar job simulator | Windows CentralWindows Central
Published 9/20/2022
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90
+6 vs critic avg
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Read originalTommy Holloway
PlayStation UniverseHardspace: Shipbreaker Review (PS5) - A Highly Addictive And Satisfying Work Simulator - PlayStation Universe
Published 9/20/2022
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85
+1 vs critic avg
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Read originalKen Talbot
Push SquareReview: Hardspace: Shipbreaker (PS5) - Slow But Satisfying Ship Scrapping
Published 9/19/2022
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80
-4 vs critic avg
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Read originalMark Steighner
COGconnectedHardspace: Shipbreaker Review – Still Working for the Man
Published 6/15/2022
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82
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalRosh Kelly
WccftechHardspace: Shipbreaker Review – It’s a Hardspace life for us
Published 6/9/2022
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90
+6 vs critic avg
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Read originalIGN Hardspace: Shipbreaker Review
Published 6/3/2022
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60
-24 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalZoey Handley
DestructoidReview: Hardspace: Shipbreaker – Destructoid
Published 5/30/2022
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85
+1 vs critic avg
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Read originalGiovanni Colantonio
Digital TrendsHardspace: Shipbreaker review: Solidarity in space
Published 5/24/2022
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80
-4 vs critic avg
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