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Space Pioneer – Entertainment Game Review
Space Pioneer is a Entertainment/Roleplaying/Adventure game from Vivid Games S.A., first launched in 29th May 2018.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 8,145+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Space Pioneer Stand Out
The “Very Old Friends” update is here, and it comes with a new rpg classes system. You can now play as the all-rounder Pioneer, the Mars born, defense-focused Heavy, or Light the alien shooter.
What are these classes for? Well they give you different playstyles, particularly in multiplayer modes. In deathmatch you can take advantage of their unique stats and weapon preferences to outplay your opponents. Each class also has a set of passive bonuses which affect all players in your crew and make it easier to be the ultimate space shooter…
“quite honestly brilliant” – 5/5, TouchArcade review
“Space Pioneer is just an awful lot of fun” – 8/10 PocketGamer
“definitely one of our favorite releases of the year” – 5/5, TouchArcade game of the week
Use the latest hi-tech alien shooter weapons to stop the alien threat!
DISCOVER NEW GALAXIES & EXPLORE INCREDIBLE WORLDS
Explore strange new worlds with your trusty robot sidekick. Make your way across fantastical planets from icy tundra to Mars like dust desert to the lush jungles brimming with flora and fauna.
ARTISTIC LOOK & FEEL
Unique space art & music direction creates vivid pastel Mars like worlds you’ve never seen in shooter games before.
ACTION-PACKED GAMEPLAY
To make it through hordes of mars space aliens, you need to be a skilled, versatile hunter. Fast top-down shooting action will test your combat reflexes and tactics in battle. In solo or multiplayer, never let your guard down in this space shooter.
DYNAMIC OBJECTIVES SYSTEM
Recover stolen disks, defend space art, repair crashed craft and complete missions to earn loot and unlock awesome new gear and rpg skills. Every time you play missions have new objectives, enemies, loot games and additional challenges.
INFINITE UNIVERSE
The endless space has countless hostile galaxy to conquer. Combined with a dynamic objectives system, the shooter gameplay is truly infinite in Space Pioneer.
UPGRADE YOUR WEAPONS AND SKILLS
Get even more firepower for your machine gun, Vulcan shotgun or Mars flamethrower. Earn loot to upgrade the weapons and gear including gun turrets, rifles, blasters and mines. Unlock dozens of combat skills to give you the fighting edge.
ANNIHILATE GIANT BOSSES
From aggressive shooter robots and giant mechs from Mars to venomous hornet invaison, face-off against massive bosses, each with unique offensive and defensive games, including reinforced battle shields and powerful beam blasts.
STOP THE SPACE HORDE
Battle it out against increasingly tough waves of ferocious space aliens in multiplayer horde modes to obtain tasty loot in three shooter games difficulty levels: normal, hard and hell. There is no easy game mode in loot games.
BUILD YOUR OWN SPACE SHOOTER BASE
Customize and upgrade your Mars space base to increase your resource production and power up your equipment with an RPG progression system.
Space Pioneer is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is also required.
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Space Pioneer is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 26th June 2020
Recent improvements include:
A couple of announcements from the Federation:
- A number of bugs have been squashed… permanently
- Stability has been improved for smoother alien removal
Download & Availability
Space Pioneer is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Space Pioneer on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
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We like this game we started playing a few months ago its a calm game and a fun campaign we think its a pretty good game.we like the weapons of the game and the amount of the weapons is cool all n all its pretty good.
We just reached the 30day reward which grants the sward (200 hp) and its our new favorite toy in game! We play this almost every single day, it really is a lot of fun. Well done to the developers.
They give you so much to start out with. It is probably one of the best app games we have played.
We really like the concept and it has definitely taken a lot of our time. We think a chat feature would make this even more interesting and more enjoyable.
Thank you for makeing this game.
This is one of the best games we have ever played. It reminds us of this game we used to play. We think it was called Halo Cronicanls. Love this game though . The only down side is that you get so many cards and so little coins to upgrade you guns and abilities. Love it and we cant stop playing it.
This is our go to game. The multiplayer and solo play are awesome. A lot to unlock. Would be great to add clans, friends and team death matches.
This game is great it is unlike any other iPhone game the graphics are good the levels are hard but not too hard and there is so many ways to upgrade you weapons gear and class.
We really love this game the only have on problem we wish you could change up the armor to make it customizable.
AWESOME GRAPHICS NO LAG MULTIPLAYER NOT P2w EASY TO GET USED TO GAMEPLAY ADDICTIVE AS HELL JUST………………….LeGEnDaRy.
Ill really like it a lot so we hope that you guys didnt pull any pay us money and you win this level :D.
This game helps pass time and is very addictive. Definitely with the time.
Best thing to play to help the time pass.
This game is awesome we highly recommend we love everything about it its fun not to hard but just hard enough the graphics are good the gameplay is amazing so far we see no major problems or minor ones for that matter probably one of the best game Ive ever played overall 10/10 if we could give more stars we would but alas we cant oh well later.
We got this game today and our phone was at 100% battery, and now it is 10. Very addictive and fun. Great graphics and gameplay. It loads things very fast, which is awesome. The most fun PVP game we have ever played, hands down. 5 stars, no doubt.
We LOVE this game. We always play it and its so addicting. Usually to play these type of games we have to play on our Xbox but Im not usually home. We also like it because you dont find much games like this on mobile. We give it five stars.But we dont like how you have to play single player with WiFi. We wish you can play this without WiFi then this would be our favorite game.
The game is very fun but when ever we tap on free chest we dont get a free chest.
We really like this game and the style of it. Its pretty easy to play and get the hang of. We just wish we could customize our character.
This game is AMAZING we just got addicted to it and we play it non stop. The only bug is when our coins go to 20,000 to 0 and it kinda annoys us but other than that the game is cool.
This has amazing graphics gameplay overall aesthetic we would just wish we had a skip to Torio button and then we could suffer and learn how to play on our own without any help but thats just a personal preference.
This game is overall very good. We enjoy it because of its graphics and strategy. We also like it because the keys are easy to use. So, we would recommend this game for people that get bored often because this game is active and enjoyable. P.S. If you are a kid that likes shooting and planets this is the game for you.
We feel there should be a mode were you can get your own aliens and fight other peoples aliens that would be very fun thanks.
Unintrusive ads especially for a game of this quality. Graphics are nothing but impressive for a mobile game and the actual gameplay is fun. You know what your getting into just by looking at pics of the game.
This is a pretty fun game unlike many Ive played actually, but we do have one suggestion. Devs, try adding in more weapons into the game, more gear, and all that stuff. And especially please try to add more amours into the game or at least a sort of Skins menu or something. Other than that, this is overall a real good game.
Such a refreshing face in a library of games on the AppStore that dont too much in the area of entertainment.
Game is definitely fun and a time killer.
The game is good pvp is so awesome so any chapters to explore fun stories and more great game to get.
We like it because its space an we love space and stars and Planets.
Really fun game, just think the enemies should have a little less health. Great for pastime tho.
This game is awesome there is already a lot of things to do in this game and we think they will just keep adding on to it. Great controls great music great everything. The greatest part, is no pay wall. You have to grind sure but it doesnt come to a screaming halt at some point where the only way you can progress is by paying. Because of the no pay wall we will gladly spend some money to help keep you guys going. Keep up the great work.
This game is really cool, but us and our friend tried to play it together the other night, but it wouldnt let us so could you all do an update for friend invites please that would be awesome.
Overall, this is a great game. We like the way combat works, and we like that you can play solo or multiplayer modes. Parents, dont worry about the multiplayer in this. There is no chat function and we have seen zero inappropriate nicknames so far. When you kill an enemy, they just disappear in a poof colored to match the monsters color scheme. Nothing that will scar your child for life there. In multiplayer, there are four modes at the time that we are writing this. In each one, you try to do your best at the goal to earn a higher score and climb the leaderboards. The higher your position, the higher your reward at the end of the event. One mode faces you off against a horde of monsters to test your combat skills against large groups of enemies. Another faces you off against a boss monster, who is much stronger than other monsters. The other two directly involve other players. There is a death match, which is a PvP match with four people over a few minutes, and the Co-Op mode. Co-Op is our personal favorite, as you work together with two other players to defend your outpost against increasingly strong waves of enemies. We also like that in death match and Co-Op modes, you are pitted against or allied with players near your own level, so a fair fight is guaranteed. Now, Devs, for our suggestion. While Co-Op is our favorite, we would like it even better if there were a Co-Op mode without the stress of reviving teammates, repairing turrets AND keeping the outpost from taking damage, as well as keeping yourself alive. In this alternate and completely theoretical cooperative mode, the players would spawn in what would appear to be the ending point of a valley, with a wall, gate and two turrets protecting them from monsters. The wall and wall towers would be scalable so that players could attack enemies from above. Enemies could knock down the gate, but could only scale the wall from the inside. Ranged attacks by the monsters could still target players and turrets on the wall. There would also be a small path along the side of the cliff forming the valley that players could escape through in the case of the base being overrun. This could alternately be a cave passage going through the cliff rather than along its side. Monsters would not recognize this as a viable passage INTO the base, but could go outside just fine. This way players would not be able to infinitely run out the timer by staying in the cave and would not be able to cheat their way to glory. The goal of this mode is to keep the group alive as long as possible, the group being sized three or four people. The progression of the strength of the monsters and waves would be the same as in the other Co-Op mode. The game ends once all three players die. Rewards for the waves and length of the waves are the same, and reviving is the same, except for one thing. We think in this mode it would be a better idea for you to be able to be revived at any time. That way so long as one teammate survived, they could revive the rest of the group at any time. However, after a player dies, they may leave the game if they are not revived. They then get a score equal to the time before leaving, and are ranked accordingly. That about sums it all up, thank you for your patience and for taking our thoughts into consideration.
The game is pretty fun. Only problem is the teamates. Sure, there are teamates which are really good. But then theres the idiots who just rush into a horde and acts as a waste. Its horrible. 70 percent of games have both teamates like this. Otherwise, this game is pretty good. Sure, you can buy weapons by buying them with real money, but it wont matter to you unless youre doing deathmatch. Usually most people earn their way up. Most of the modes are single player or coop, so theres really no pay to win threat.
Honestly ive been playing this game for quite awhile, and at some point we made one lil purchase (we think it was like $2) and all the ads, except for the ones to get extra coins, chests, gems, or to be revived were gone so it made it a much more enjoyable game! Well worth the lil buy!! The only thing we would add is an in game kill and coin counter. It would make it a lot easier to collect coins and pass the star goals.
We are by no means a serious gamer. We are very selective as to what we do play. We enjoy this game for its casual nature and progression. Its fun to hop on and play for an hour or two and burn through a level. Any game we have ever played has had its flaws, this game is no exception. But keep in mind its free and fun to play.
Very impressed with this game. Its fun, progressive, and worst of all addicting lol. But one thing bothers us, in the store there was a banner that said any purchase will remove adds. So we gladly paid the $4.99 for a sweet weapon, but alllll the adds are still there. And by all we mean we still spend about 10-20 minuets a day just looking at their adds to get double coins, or and extra chest, or to even open up the free loot boxes. Not sure if its just a glitch for us but was kinda bummed:/ other than that, fantastic game.
We just got it and its fun and all just a bit repetitive.
This is a fun game. Full stop. Our issues are: 1) remove the idiotic AI that you play against in co-op and head to head, ESPECIALLY, in co-op. We almost never play against a human and have NEVER played with one in co-op. 2) get rid if the useless helper robot. It is embarrassing for this to still be here . 3) the storyline is milktoast. 4) we cannot complete certain quests because we connot upgrade items when maxed. But those are MY critiques. If a couple of the items listed went away … 5 stars.
The game is amazing, we love the gameplay and all the free stuff, but it REALLY needs pistols. We dont know what we can do without them. But otherwise, we think The game is awesome. Hopefully you will add them. If you do, we will rate the game 5 stars, instead of 4.WOW.
Great game! Cant wait to see it get closer to console level its pretty darn close. We love the mechanics and just everything about it. Just wish the tutorial wasnt as lengthy. It doesnt really need to be long on a mobile device.
We like it just wish there was a battle royals mode plz.
Our opponents in pvp they know exactly what the range of our gun is and kind of do a cute little zig zag thing to just avoid the range. Its hard to get into the game since the pvp bots are obviously bots. So what Im saying is give your player AI some more variety. For example, it would be nice to see an aggressive bot, and maybe an extra reserved bot. The AI should also have smoother movement. Players dont normally whip around to avoid fire. With some of those improvements, it will be harder to tell whether or not there are players, so you could imagine there are players in there, and it ultimately would be more fun.
UPDATE – Nasty bugs Game is buggy. (1)When spawning mines the game freezes. EVERY. TIME. (2) When bosses die the weird fire circle stays behind and can kill you even though you beat the boss. Despite how it pretends, you never play with anyone live in multiplayer. Everything is bots. But still fun. They should be honest and make it clear. We can pause a deathmatch and the timer doesnt catch up. Its not live.
We love the game and multiplayer is awesome but cant play with people we know so Ill wait to give it 5 stars when implemented.
We wish the multiplayer wasnt just bots Other than that its a good game.
This game has potential to be really fun, but due to its lack of a friends list and the ability to play the game with friends, we personally cant have much enjoyment with it at the moment.
Its ok but they need to make it better.
Can you not add real time friends.
We have played this game since its beta and currently m lvl 137(as of writing this review). The coop is where all the fun is at in the end (PvP) but certain gears like he freeze bomb are broken(the effect lasts permanently sometimes when hit by it and only way to get rid of it is getting killed on purpose) and the most annoying bus regardless of coop or single player is getting stuck inside walls when moving too fast. But other then these few minor complaints its a fun game when it works.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.13.0
- Size: 248.52 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: Vivid Games S.A.
Last updated: 26th June 2020 | Genre: Entertainment, Roleplaying | Developer: Vivid Games S.A.