Hardspace: Shipbreaker
First-person zero-gravity simulation about dismantling hazardous spaceships for salvage
Blackbird Interactive · Released May 24, 2022
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 22K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 98 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 97
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 6 months ago
- Mar 11, 2026
Metacritic: 83/100 (critic reviews)
What is Hardspace: Shipbreaker?
A first-person physics simulation about working as a spaceship salvager in zero gravity. You cut hulls, move components with a grapple, and manage hazards such as decompression, fuel, electricity, and radiation. The campaign centers on repaying a corporate debt, while free-play and timed challenge modes provide other ways to dismantle ships.
For you if...
- +you enjoy careful, physics-based dismantling puzzles
- +you want both relaxed free play and timed challenges
- +you like upgrading equipment for increasingly hazardous salvage jobs
Not for you if...
- −you prefer building spaceships rather than taking them apart
- −you want multiplayer or cooperative salvage work
- −you prefer fast action over methodical problem-solving
What players say
89% of 22,415 reviews are positive · 82% of 98 in the last 30 days
Players praise the satisfying, often relaxing dismantling loop, zero-gravity movement, and specialized tools. The most common complaint is that story dialogue and cutscenes cannot be skipped; players also say limited ship variety makes later play repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Hardspace: Shipbreaker system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
- Graphics
- 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 380
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- 30 FPS in 1920x1080.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Graphics
- 6 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 980 Ti / Radeon RX Vega 56
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- 60 FPS in 1920x1080.
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 27
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
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
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Space
- Sci-fi
- Simulation
- Physics
- Singleplayer
- Destruction
- Sandbox
- Puzzle
- First-Person
- Space Sim
- Strategy
- Futuristic
- Dystopian
- Building
- Procedural Generation
- Relaxing
Recent updates
- Mar 11, 2026 · Branding update for Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Patch 1.3.0.1263554
- Nov 17, 2022 · Patch Notes 1.3.0
- Sep 20, 2022 · Patch notes 1.2.1
- Jun 14, 2022 · 1.1.0 - In-Game Update
- Jan 12, 2022 · Next Update and Full Release
2 DLC available.
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