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Is Approaching Infinity worth it for you?
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Play it if you…
Good fit- Science-fiction RPG players who want turn-based combat mixed with exploration and diplomacy
- Sandbox players who prefer choosing their own activities instead of following one required objective
- Roguelike fans who want procedural playthroughs with faction quests and long-term crew progression
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly scripted campaign may find the optional objectives and open-ended structure too diffuse
- Players who want consistent, low-risk progression may dislike the danger of death and the game's roguelike structure
- Players looking for real-time combat may not enjoy its turn-based battles
Our take on Approaching Infinity
The sandbox breadth comes with a less tightly directed experience: progression can involve many optional roles, activities, and faction paths rather than a single focused campaign. Its simulation also abstracts time and distance, sacrificing some physical consistency for a more manageable turn-based structure.
What is Approaching Infinity?
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG with procedurally generated sectors, planets, caves, items, and encounters.
Each playthrough supports tactical combat, diplomacy, mining, trading, crafting, artifact hunting, planetary surveys, salvage, and faction quests. Players upgrade a ship, choose from 10 character classes, and recruit up to 5 additional officers. Fourteen factions have full quest lines, while 12 alien races provide stories, including 8 paths to unique victories. Two additional victory methods can be discovered. Adventure mode reduces the consequences of death, while hardcore mode supports a 10-victory goal. The game also includes optional objectives, hidden mysteries, character customization, and ongoing crew and equipment progression for players who prefer open-ended exploration.
How Approaching Infinity plays
- 01Procedural galaxy
- Sectors, planets, caves, items, and encounters are generated to create different situations across playthroughs.
- 02Turn-based encounters
- Combat uses tactical turns, while diplomacy offers an alternative way to handle some factions and situations.
- 03Crew progression
- Ten character classes provide distinct skills, and up to five extra officers can be recruited.
- 04Faction storylines
- Fourteen factions have quest lines, with stories involving 12 alien races and eight unique victory routes.
- 05Open-ended activities
- The sandbox supports mining, commerce, crafting, surveys, salvage, artifact collection, smuggling, and other optional pursuits.
- 06Adventure mode
- This mode makes death a temporary setback rather than ending the journey.
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Approaching Infinity: platforms & release
Is Approaching Infinity worth it?
It is worth it if: science-fiction RPG players who want turn-based combat mixed with exploration and diplomacy. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly scripted campaign may find the optional objectives and open-ended structure too diffuse.
Where can I download Approaching Infinity?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Approaching Infinity's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Approaching Infinity on?
Windows only.
