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Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Shortest Trip to Earth is a rogue-lite, space and strategy game developed and published by Interactive Fate.
Released on August 15th 2019 is available in English on Windows and Linux.

It has received 1,390 reviews of which 1,072 were positive and 318 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 25.13€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.54€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Shortest Trip to Earth into these genres:

Rogue-lite Space Strategy Survival Sci-fi Exploration Resource Management Difficult Action Roguelike Spaceships Rogue-like Choices Matter Simulation Tactical Adventure Aliens Singleplayer Replay Value Space Sim 2D

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10 - 64 bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD4400 or dedicated DX11 GPU (1280x720)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 600 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Linux
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD4400 or dedicated DX11 GPU (1280x720)
  • Storage: 600 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
It's okay, I suppose I sank 35 hours into this back in 2019. Now, in 2025, after playing Breachways for a lot of time I felt like returning, and sunk another 35 - so it would be weird criticizing it too much. Still, game has some issues. [*]Not even a sign of FTL-style scarcity. Fuel is abundant, you grow more food than crew can eat and your ship is a literal money printer. [*]Crew/module management is ridiculously time consuming [*]Ocasional bugs, some of which are pretty annoying and sometimes deadly Also, game sounds pretty weird at times, with all these talks about sex toys and stuff. Other than that - it's a decent FTL clone and I like it.
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April 2025
I really like this game. Very glad i purchased it. There is however a bug I find very frustrating. reasonably often the game will miscalculate the food and the only way to reset it is to exit the game and reload.
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April 2025
This game is well balanced and thought out. It's a rogue-light, so expect to die, but hey, you do get achievements for that as well so it aint for nothing :) Due to the different ships and new possibilities that unlock during play it has a high replayability. Currently on my first hardcore run, even though it becomes harder it doesn't feel impossible. Even though you will need to die a few times to fully understand the game and think of the right strategy to win (and you will need to adapt your strategy during playthrough), the game rewards starting over enough that it does not get boring. And sometimes you just have bad luck and die in a stupid way. You can either be frustrated by it or accept that that comes with the randomness of new playthroughs that keep it interesting. In my opinion well worth its money!
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Jan. 2025
This is a great game in its own right. Don't be fooled into thinking this is simply a FTL clone, its far bigger and better than that with its own unique twist on resource management. This game is better with the DLC as it brings much more variation to the adventure. You won't regret buying this but be patient as its hard and has a big learning curve. Enjoy!
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Sept. 2024
This is really fun game if you like FTL type of games, I like this game more since it allows you to modify the ship by upgrading the hard points either by replacing the module with a different or better one. Or by updating the hard point to support more equipment types including HP increases you will go to each star solar system to scavenge for resources where there are risks involved. the runs are quite custamizable by using your meta progression points to select what you want to bring on your run. change ship or difficulty level and what system you want to start the game (unlocks once you completed it before)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Shortest Trip to Earth is currently priced at 25.13€ on Steam.

Shortest Trip to Earth is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 25.13€ on Steam.

Shortest Trip to Earth received 1,072 positive votes out of a total of 1,390 achieving a rating of 7.41.
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Shortest Trip to Earth was developed and published by Interactive Fate.

Shortest Trip to Earth is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Shortest Trip to Earth is not playable on MacOS.

Shortest Trip to Earth is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Shortest Trip to Earth is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Shortest Trip to Earth. Explore additional content available for Shortest Trip to Earth on Steam.

Shortest Trip to Earth does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Shortest Trip to Earth does not support Steam Remote Play.

Shortest Trip to Earth is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Shortest Trip to Earth
25.13€ -98% 25.13€ 0.54€ -92% 25.13€ 2.13€
7.4
1,072
318
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Interactive Fate
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Interactive Fate
Release 15 Aug 2019
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