Heavenly Bodies
Weightless physics puzzles built around controlling a cosmonaut’s arms
2pt Interactive · Published by 2pt Interactive, Team17 · Released Dec 7, 2021
ActionAdventureIndieSimulation
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 4,528
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 28 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 15
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 11 months ago
- Oct 3, 2025
Metacritic: 84/100 (critic reviews)
What is Heavenly Bodies?
In this physics-based puzzle game, you control a cosmonaut’s arms separately to push, pull, and move through missions aboard a weightless research station. With instructions from mission control, you assemble space telescopes, maintain solar arrays, and conduct botany research, alone or in local co-op.
For you if...
- +you enjoy demanding physics puzzles with manual limb control
- +you want to tackle space missions in local co-op
Not for you if...
- −you prefer keyboard and mouse to a controller
- −you need built-in online co-op to play with friends
What players say
95% of 4,528 reviews are positive · 89% of 28 in the last 30 days
Players praise the funny mishaps and teamwork in co-op. Many find the controls confusing or frustrating, especially when the cosmonaut rotates, and complain that playing together online requires remote streaming.
Screenshots and trailer
Heavenly Bodies system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit and greater
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 660
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
- Notes
- Controller Recommended
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 25
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Physics
- Local Co-Op
- Difficult
- Space
- Puzzle
- Simulation
- Adventure
- Atmospheric
- Precision Platformer
- Co-op
- Stylized
- Puzzle Platformer
- Singleplayer
- Action
- Indie
- Funny
Recent updates
- Oct 3, 2025 · ❗Update Required
- Sep 26, 2023 · Update Notes For September 26
- Aug 8, 2023 · Update Notes for August 8
- Aug 7, 2023 · Update Notes for August 7
- Jul 26, 2023 · DLC Update Notes
1 DLC available.
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