Approximately Up

Spaceflight sandbox about building, wiring, and flying your own spacecraft

Approximately Games · Released Aug 6, 2026

Reviews: Very Positive; 93% of 1,136
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 102 in 30 days
Players: 63; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 2 weeks ago; Oct 12, 2026
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 1060; 8 GB RAM · 6 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Approximately Up?

In this spaceflight sandbox, you assemble spacecraft and pilot them in first person. Starting on Earth, you tackle story objectives across fifteen planets with different gravity, atmospheres, and temperatures, collecting components to expand or redesign your ship. You can play alone, join co-op with up to four players total, or build without restrictions in a Creative world.

For you if...

+you enjoy experimenting with logic circuits and automated controls

Not for you if...

−you prefer prebuilt vehicles over designing and testing your own

What players say

93% of 1,136 reviews are positive · 91% of 102 in the last 30 days

Players praise the balance between approachable controls and complex engineering, along with cooperative shipbuilding. Complaints focus on cumbersome cable routing, missing building conveniences, and a steep opening learning curve with limited guidance.

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Approximately Up system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 1060, 8 GB RAM, 6 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10/11
Processor: 3GHz 4-Core or similar
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Approximately Up have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Approximately Up run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 22
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil.

Does Approximately Up use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam