The Sentient
Space strategy with ship design and a crew to manage
Uncaged Studios · Released Feb 29, 2016 · Early Access
Early Access, no updates for over a year
- Reviews
- Mostly Negative
- 33% of 70
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Jul 15, 2018
What is The Sentient?
The Sentient is a single-player, Early Access strategy simulation in which you play an AI helping humanity’s struggling space exploration efforts. At the Ark orbital station, you recruit crew, arrange ship rooms and equipment, and research technology. Missions take you through procedurally generated sectors, where you encounter aliens and fight other ships.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing crew assignments, downtime, and daily needs
- +you prefer exploring space with unpredictable events along the way
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer exploration rather than a single-player game
What players say
33% of 70 reviews are positive
An early positive review praises crew management and unpredictable events. Later players repeatedly describe the game as abandoned and incomplete, with several blaming the switch to an isometric view for broken gameplay and frustrating ship design.
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The Sentient system requirements
Minimum: OpenGL 3.0 compatible, 1 GB RAM, 0.8 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Sentient?
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- OS
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor
- 1.2 GHz
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.0 compatible video card
- Memory
- 1024 MB RAM
- Storage
- 800 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor
- 2 GHz
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.0 compatible video card
- Memory
- 2048 MB RAM
- Storage
- 800 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Does The Sentient have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Sentient run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 16
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does The Sentient 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
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Recent updates
- Apr 9, 2018 · 8.0 Progress - Build Update- Code Complete In Polish
- Apr 9, 2018 · 8.0 Progress - Build Update- Code Complete In Polish
- Mar 23, 2018 · Build System Status Update
- Mar 23, 2018 · Build System Status Update
- Mar 7, 2018 · New Build System Preview
