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Spirits of Xanadu
Developer Good Morning, Commander, allen trivette, Lee Williams
At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet. Her systems remain active but there has been no message from her crew for months. Now a lone operative has been sent to wake the Xanadu and bring her home to Earth. From the Steam store page
95 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jul 23, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
75 positive · 19 negative
95% range 71–87%
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| Steam reviews | 75 | 19 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
378 of 478 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 95 · most liked firstA nice tribute to System Shock, focusing on the atmosphere/ambient story elements over combat. Does a surprisingly good job despite its minimal presentation, and I appreciated the fact that it doesn't rely on extensive scripted sequences to tell it's story or go completely into "walking sim" territory.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rather minimalistic game about exploring an abandoned spaceship. There are mysteries to solve, guns to collect and questions to ask like: "where is all the crew?". Secret rooms, easter balls and that kind of jam m8. And don't forget, Xanadu is watching...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly a great game for the price, I can recommend this one easily to all of you who like space games with atmospheric exploration!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Experience I found Spirits of Xanadu looking for "immersive sim" games on Steam. I've really enjoyed games in this genre in the past, and this one seemed to have slipped past my radar. I also love this sort of set-up - exploring a deserted ship and discovering what happened. Other games that do this sort of thing are Stardrop, Event and Tacoma (though I didn't love this last one). I liked the design of the spaceship, the generally intuitive puzzle solutions, and the quality of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spirits of Xanadu aims to be a minimalist System Shock 2, but it just doesn't have enough going on for me to recommend it. The gameplay is pretty simple and the environment is pretty much just a generic space ship. While I don't want to spoil anything, the story is pretty basic and doesn't go anywhere you won't see coming. I didn't hate my time with it, but I don't think it justifies its price tag.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firstly, the game has a very simple and purposefully vague story which adds to its own suspense feels. I could get the gist of the story, although one of the endings definitely was a bit odd. I did like the idea of the typical sci-fi scenario of completing the mission isn't always the best thing to do. There were three different endings, all a little different (one simply really weird and odd but fitting). I loved the feeling of "going crazy" with "hallucinations" that gave the player the same…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game for the price and even better if on sale. it is a short atmospheric exploration game set in the past on board a space ship that has engine and power issues and you were sent to repair it. Things unfold as you explore the ship and find hints and clues to get a better grasp of the situation. The game has multiple endings which is very nice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an absolutely amazing game! Don't be fooled by the simple looking graphics. It was made with plenty of passion and charm. Feels like a mix of "Dead Space" and "Half-Life" with it's story elements and ability to interact with so much of the environment. The main problems with the game is it is very short, especially if you're not reading all of the logs, and that combat is a bit easy with infinite ammo and health that refills when you stand still. I would love to see this game get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun short indie horror game. It seems to take inspiration from movies like Sunshine which is cool. It would have been good to have more actual scares or horror, maybe if there were more crew added in the story instead of just three. Gameplay and exploring every area was fun. The only enemies are robots and they're alright. Theres three endings and plenty of fun easter eggs to find. Fun game to 100% too. It's worth the normal price or sale price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I lost my sanity playing this game, it has great visuals. It's a very short atmospheric experience with easy to go achievements, and it's great for the price! Support your indie developers, this game is good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In Spirits of Xanadu, you are sent to investigate a space ship that stopped responding for some time. There is a surprising amount of story and many audio tapes to listen to. Xanadu also has some nice puzzles to solve that lead to one out of three endings. The main flaw is probably the uninspired art design and there could have been a room with a much bigger threat, but overall Xanadu is a decent short game that is much better than it looks like. The developer is also active on the forum and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm usually not one for FPSs, it's probably among the genres where I suck the most compared to the standard set by Counter Strike, Call of Duty among other popular titles. Hence, when this game came up in my roulette and I looked it up it didn't come off as something I'd enjoy. Well, I was wrong. Spirits of Xanadu is an indie adventure shooter game set in a desolate spaceship (sound familiar?) with lore scattered throughout its vicinity and an objective one has to figure out as they go. Both…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is too Cheap ! Grab this short and great game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I ran into Spirits of Xanadu when it was mentioned on a list of potential Immersive Sims and that got me really interested. Now when I've played it, do I think it's one? STORY - Spoilers in this part What is Xanadu? Well, it's a bad musical with Olivia Newton-John, but in the context of this game, it's the name of the derelict research spaceship that you explore. The name is probably a reference to Coleridge's "Kubla Khan", but how it's connected to the plot of this game is a bit obscure to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of spooky vibes, very little plot. Boasts 3 endings, but each is a very brief, very low-effort cutscene. I know it's supposed to be about the journey, not the destination, but come on. I did not feel this was worth the 2 hours I put into it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like System Shock, you'll appreciate this gem
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am sorry, I liked this almost up to the end. For a good part, the game present itself as an exploration sci-fi adventure with a disquieting plot and some jump scares, plus fights with robots here and there. The story is not extremely original, but it builds up well and the pace is straightforward. I did not like the constant darkness, but I was compelled to go forward and see what was happening. The problem begins after having explored all the ship, when some items need to be searched and it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got more into this than I had expected haha
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy hell where did this come from? I had never heard of it before I got it in a bundle. It's sitting in my library for weeks a the bottom of my play list. As I installed this unassuming game from my library and it opens up with a very ugly ship interior I sighed. I sighed with the prejudice of an idiot. The experience was utterly absorbing from beginning to end, albeit a short one. The best way I can describe Spirits of Xanadu is as a bite-sized immersive sim. You got some weapons, stealth,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If Dead Space is System Shock 2 meets RE4 then this is SS2 meets Echo Night. Too bad the graphics suck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did some work for this game, but not too much. I should still be allowed to have an opinion on it: It's good! Highly interactive, and with an original story with great writing and acting. If you enjoy being blown up by the malfunctioning butler bots, those are the ones I made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I give the team credit for creating such an atmospheric title with such stark and bold visuals and technical/artistic design. A game where practically every enemy is just a different colour can shooting lasers at you has no business being at times creepy, unsettling, and/or otherwordly. Also tremendous praise to the script and voice actors. Phenomenal job at creating very human and grounded takes and performances which make it all the more unsettling when things go crazy in story. So what's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and minimal, but it has a great atmosphere and some nice interactive elements. As a System Shock fan, it felt like a very low budget spin-off. Well worth the low price if you enjoy space horror.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple but great. It knows exactly what mood it wants, and executes flawlessly
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spirits of Xanadu is a first person puzzle/shooter game featuring low poly graphics. Explore an abandoned deep space exploration vessel to uncover the mystery of the missing crew. It's a good premise, but the low poly graphics are a let down. Bad graphics aside, the game crashes on launch. The developer knows about the problem, but in several months hasn't patched or fixed the problem that renders the game unplayable for everyone. They have however managed to keep the game on the store,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An atmospheric exploration game that really stayed with me. The puzzles can be quite obscure and don’t follow typical game logic, which can be frustrating, but also fits the overall design. It’s closer to a walking sim than an action game—the combat is there, but it’s not the focus. What makes it work is the atmosphere. The ship feels small but believable, and the story told through logs and notes is engaging, even if it never gives clear answers. It’s a minimalist experience, both in mechanics…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eerie cosmic horror that meshes well with the retro/minimalist aesthetic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4.4 It's an okay game, it has a fair amount of neat little interactables and it certainly doesn't overstay it's welcome. The 'best' ending is a little obtuse to get along with some of the achievements being secrets and also things nobody would likely do. The narratively (along with the game as a whole) is very small and rather limited. It's fine if you want to spend maybe an hour on a short little sci-fi im-sim super-lite.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very moody. I very much liked exploring the ship. the notes were well written, The idea behind hiding an ending behind finding almost every single note, i could do without, some were hidden a bit too well. I had fun, it's not really a challenging game, more of a walking simulator where you sometimes shoot enemies, the game might as well not have them, to be honest. Atmosphere carries it, but it does it well enough that i recommend this, if you like moody, slightly spooky little games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple, short and open game. Wouldn't say it's horror, more just spooky. Can be replayed for 3. Easy to get all archievments.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It good. It short.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spirits of Xanadu is a short and sweet simple game that plays like a very simplified System Shock 1. The atmosphere is surprisingly effective for the simplistic graphics, the attention to detail and environmental interactivity is very commendable, and there are a fair few secrets jam packed into the experience. It's a game that I feel I've thoroughly experienced (at just around 3 hours), so it's a very short experience. The first playthrough probably took me about an hour and a half, with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. The game has a lot more immersive sim elements compared to "horror FPS" or whatever; 2. Finished it while trying to explore as much of the ship as possible in an hour and a half. It is somewhat replayable / speedrunable; Overall I really do recommend this. Would I have paid 5 euros for it? maybe not (even though it's still really cheap), but at 1,24? it's a steal and I highly recommend it if you're a fan of immsims
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This should be on roblox. Do yourself a favor and play dead space instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed playing this game. I spent most of my time aboard the Xanadu in peaceful mode, exploring every room, reading every e-mail, eating donuts, and playing an arcade game. The story is simple and unfolds at a good pace. The graphics and music won't win any awards, but they get the job done. Full disclosure: I am not a FPS fan and I rarely play those games. I got killed a lot in easy mode. If you're an experienced FPS player, you'll probably survive longer than I did.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you can look beyond the graphics from the early FPS era, this game is pretty interesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FPS Adventure game with mild puzzles and hidden object characteristics. The story is the strongest part of this game, but the whole package is pretty satisfying. The game is set in a spaceship with the power mostly out so you spend most of your time wandering around with a tiny flashlight trying not to get lost and occasionally engaging in some mild shooting action to keep the ship's defense droids at bay. The story is pieced together from audio recordings, blood splatters, and the occasional…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple. Classic. Fun. Eerie.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good little game dont expect AAA quality but it was actually pretty enjoyable and i enjoyed exploring the ship and finding hidden secrets and stuff if you like space horror/mystery like system shock, alien isolation, dead space and dont mind the simplicity then you will like this game and its worth trying out. I had no problems in my play-through no bugs or anything achievements are pretty fun to collect too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool spaceship exploration puzzle shooter. Lot of things to interact in the environments. Bunch of achievements.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very neat little game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →please add co-op, would be awesome
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game if a little short. One of the best death mechanics in any game, no loading, classic 0451 goodness.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →possibly the best indie immersive sim ever
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was game was created in 2014 and released in 2015 by a single dev who worked his butt off, so please take the below as my personal opinion and, at this price, you should definitely pick it up. The visuals, game play and map layout are quite interesting and exploring the Xanadu has a Dead Space 1 vibe to it along with the unraveling mystery. Sadly, although the aesthetic and atmosphere are quite nice, the design and style of game have not aged all that well, in my opinion. That said,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short shooter/adventure game with an engaging story. Taking it's ques from the movie Solaris with its fair share of retro games and shooter references. I recommend turning off the lights and taking your time with this one, since despite looking into every nook and cranny I managed to beat it in just 3 hours. Looking forward to see what the developer is going to come up with next.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fine. I played on "peaceful mode" as soon as I realized it was an option, and that definitely improved the experience for me. I am split between Yes and No on the whole "would you recommend this game" thing. Mildly creepy, good writing and voice-acting, multiple legit endings, terrible graphics that are nonetheless adequate for the story it is telling, but...there's just much better games out there, even of this particular "explore an abandoned space station" genre, that you could play…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MISSION FAILED... or was it? A beautiful, straightforward story-rich sci-fi that captivated my imagination and made me eager to search for more story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To be completely honest, I bought this because bundled with Filcher, it was cheaper than buying Filcher alone. I'm glad I did, though, this was surprisingly engrossing. The System Shock / Deus Ex / immersive sim influence is obvious, but it's stripped down and compact, but still manages to pack a good punch, partly because it does a good job removing what's extraneous for its length. There's no ammo, or inventory - it's mechanically barebones, but with well fleshed out exploration and a good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i prefer to play many games once to experience the breadth of what the medium has to offer, but i cleared this game multiple times of my own volition. maybe at the time [eight years before i'm writing this review] this was because i didn't have hundreds of games in my library. however, i believe i just fell in love with the scrappy vibes and wanted to make this game not scary. i hadn't played SS2 at this point, so this was a completely fresh experience. i may not have collected all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spirits of Xanadu is a loveletter to im-sims of old, specifically System Shock 2. It's DNA is all over SoX, from the audiologs to the protocol droids down to the dang grav-lifts. This is not a bad game, and if you can catch it on sale (it goes for as little as 0.99 USD!) it's worth a quick run through. I managed to beat the game first time in 2 hours. Realizing you have infinite ammo for every weapon (which never have to reload), infinite health (cowwadooty regen health type sht) and infinite…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the only wholly original game Nightdive has ever been a publisher of, which already makes it stand out. The fact it clearly takes a lot of inspiration from System Shock may have been a reason they decided to support it. The simple, mostly untextured graphics are nothing really special, but the lighting can be atmospheric at times. Those gravity lifts are clearly taken from System Shock 2, as is the design of audiolog devices, which, just like in that game, are the main medium through…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very much a casual game due to not having any kind of resource management, as your health regenerates and you have infinite ammo. You can't really interact with much of the environment to solve problems, so it's not really an immersive sim if that's what you're wondering, although it does pays homage to games like System Shock among other things. Although it is very light in it's gameplay, there are still things you might expect in this type of game such as overall exploration and finding…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels somewhat like if systemshock 2 was reduced to a fraction of its size and complexity, which I personally loved. The atmosphere is on point . The hook is very effective I really wanted to know what on Earth happened. Multiple difficulty settings mean that you can play this and get something out of it whether you're new or experienced. The world of it feels fully realized and if we are ever able to make a spaceship that can go this far away from Earth and function it would probably have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun System Shock-lite. It's a nice change of pace to have a simple imm sim. Grab it on sale and enjoy some lonely deep space vibes while uncovering what happened happened to the Xanadu crew over a few hours
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent sci-fi horror game. Get it on sale for a couple dollars and you'll have a decent 1.5-2hr game lined up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shiny little gem! Particular praise for the best balloon metaphor I've ever heard. The voice acting is nicely wrought, blending the poetic with the cold calculus of insanity. I am not done with this one yet. Me likey.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very atmospheric adventure game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While it's a fairly small game, without a guide I probably would have spent a good 5 hours on it. There are difficulty levels too I suppose if you wanted more of a challenge, but I played on Easy. All 3 endings are pretty easily attainable, and collectibles are not hidden too intensely due to low-detail graphics. It was fun to find secrets and a few of the weapons that helped dealing with enemies easier. I also was able to manage to beat the game in about 7 minutes focusing on main story…
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