Fit check
Is Dangerous worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Space-combat fans who want trading, mining, piracy, and exploration in one campaign
- RPG players who want faction choices and recruitable wingmen
- Players who prefer open-ended flight controls over a single required piloting model
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear campaign may hit a wall with the open sandbox structure and its many activities.
- Players wanting a small, simple ship roster may find the combination of more than 20 ships and over 180 modules demanding.
- Players looking for ground-based combat or a non-space setting will not find those in this game.
Our take on Dangerous
The bounce point arrives when the game shifts from its story setup into managing a broad space sandbox. Players who do not want to balance ships, modules, factions, wingmen, trade routes, and flight-control choices may lose momentum at that system.
What is Dangerous?
Dangerous is a 3D space combat RPG set in an open, living galaxy.
After waking from cryogenic sleep a century later, the player follows a story involving a universal AI, factions, and other named characters, with dialogue choices supporting different roles, including war criminal or savior. The game includes more than 20 ships, over 180 modules, 33 solar systems, and more than 15 factions. Activities include trading, fighting, mining, piracy, and scanning for derelict ships or wormholes. Players can recruit six wingmen, with two flying alongside them, and hire five corporate pilots to run trade routes. Flight can be manual, use Newtonian physics or not, or rely entirely on autopilot.
How Dangerous plays
- 01Wingman Recruitment
- Six wingmen can be recruited, with two able to fly alongside the player at one time.
- 02Corporate Pilots
- Five corporate pilots can operate trade routes on the player's behalf.
- 03Faction Relations
- More than 15 factions can be supported or opposed through player actions.
- 04Ship Customization
- The game includes more than 20 ships and over 180 modules.
- 05Choice-Based Story
- Dialogue choices appear in a story involving a universal AI, factions, and several named characters.
- 06Flexible Flight Controls
- Manual flight can use Newtonian physics or omit it, while autopilot can also control the ship exclusively.
- 07Galaxy Activities
- Players can trade, fight, mine, pirate, and search for derelict ships or wormholes.
Dangerous compared to similar games
SpaceBourne 2 also combines an open-universe RPG with space combat, mining, trading, and piracy, while its description additionally names crafting, third-person shooting, and empire building. Dangerous instead emphasizes 33 solar systems, more than 15 factions, recruitable wingmen, corporate pilots, and dialogue choices.
Dangerous: platforms & release
Is Dangerous worth it?
It is worth it if: space-combat fans who want trading, mining, piracy, and exploration in one campaign. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear campaign may hit a wall with the open sandbox structure and its many activities.
Where can I download Dangerous?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dangerous's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dangerous on?
Windows and macOS.
