GameRager: Starscape is more a topdown 2d space shooter/resource gathering game...with some light research elements...but mostly combat.

Mr. Robot is more a light sci-fi RPG featuring robot NPCs and a nice storyline as you battle in a ship and inside the pc network in cyberspace(a battle grid of sorts) to "hack" various systems & enemies.

Both are of similar length....get Mr. Robot for slower paced RPG light action, get Starscape if you want some more fast paced/space battle oriented gameplay.

carnival73: I've played the demos - the demo for Mr. Robot mentioned something about buidling or expanding the ship that you're running around on?

GameRager: As you play you can gain several custome robots to join you, each with abilities needed to perform some of the missions and access some of the areas of the ship. You will also have to fight various lesser robot types who have been overwhelmed mentally by the AI of the ship for some purpose.....and as you play you fight various battles(within computers as projected avatars and in physical space with different weapons/skills in each) which depend on some skills you learn along the way (offensive/defensive/etc), to access areas or gain new skills and equipment/etc...and advance the storyline.

It is a cliche storyline, to be told, but it plays very nicely...sort of like Wall-e, but 2d, and you got lots of robot companions besides your love interest along the way...from two tough brute bots, to a mysterious hacker bot, to much more. It has to be seen to believe it. And imo this is the best game of the two if story is what you're after.

carnival73: Thanks for the information.

Does Starscape ever get much deeper than mining and fighting?

I know you can research and upgrade both ship and base but it seems you're doing so to better survive fights while trying to mine.

carnival73: I've got $ 9.99 credit at Steam so can get one or the other. Wrote to the developer to see if any deals were currently available. Didn't get a response but noticed a sale went up at their site.

Unfortunately the sale only discounts the price the developer is selling the two games for which is twice the price of Steam.

Looking around, Steam is the only distributor selling for $9.99 each.

So now it's either one or the other for me and don't know which is meatier and longer.

Anyone play these? Any suggestions?

carnival73: Thanks for the information.

Does Starscape ever get much deeper than mining and fighting?

I know you can research and upgrade both ship and base but it seems you're doing so to better survive fights while trying to mine.

Sielle: Out of those two I'd get Mr. Robot. If you want a game like Starscape I'd wait for S.P.A.Z. to be released on steam. Same concept but a much much better game.