Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Content & longevity64% positive · 67 mentions
“This is an awesome, relacing game, with great athmosphere and music. You get your own island, to do what you want...with modern tools. Imagine a Far Cry game, where you can shape the island however you want, explode it to smitherines…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 0 h played
Performance & stability35% positive · 62 mentions
“Ive been playing 40 hours now, i do like the game, but there are to much issues, bugs, riding beside your horse instead of on it lol, stuff just vanish from pockets or storage, can be frustrating, hope they fix this soon”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 41 h played
Visuals & audio67% positive · 51 mentions
“This is an awesome, relacing game, with great athmosphere and music. You get your own island, to do what you want...with modern tools. Imagine a Far Cry game, where you can shape the island however you want, explode it to smitherines…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 0 h played
Gameplay & mechanics67% positive · 49 mentions
“Start Over is an open-ended survival sandbox developed and published by EY-Studio that leans heavily into player freedom, systemic depth, and emergent play. Rather than guiding the player through a tightly scripted narrative, the game…”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2026 · 13 h played
Multiplayer & community78% positive · 32 mentions
“I like this game however I watched a video from 2 years ago on you tube where a streamer played it and it had other map choices I only have one choice. What happened to the other maps. and why on multiplayer do no servers show up did the…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 23 h played
Price & value48% positive · 31 mentions
“This game is a lot better then most revieuws from before are telling. It's absolute worth the money & gives a lot to do in different ways.”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 16 h played
Controls & UI29% positive · 24 mentions
“Well, it's a major WTF?!? on startup. The custom controls screen look like someone, who needed to DO crack to get straight, did them. There being no brightness control i wonder WHAT planet it's on. With the accidental crashes, i'm not…”Not recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 0 h played
Difficulty & balance54% positive · 13 mentions
“Start Over is an open-ended survival sandbox developed and published by EY-Studio that leans heavily into player freedom, systemic depth, and emergent play. Rather than guiding the player through a tightly scripted narrative, the game…”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2026 · 13 h played
Story & writing46% positive · 13 mentions
“Start Over is an open-ended survival sandbox developed and published by EY-Studio that leans heavily into player freedom, systemic depth, and emergent play. Rather than guiding the player through a tightly scripted narrative, the game…”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2026 · 13 h played
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