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Approaching Infinity

Approaching Infinity

IBOL · released Apr 28, 2025

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategyPC

Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

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87
VGC Score
▼Decliningmedium confidence

anchored at patch: “Major Update!” (5mo ago)

87%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
94%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%89370
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)94%8853
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Mar 7, 2026) · 45 reviews sampled · 53 total reviews in window · weighted 33.6 up / 2.3 down · computed 6h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Major Update!
    Mar 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Version 2.1.0b and the Shipyards DLC
    Nov 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  3. Builds Beta, Creature Cages
    Sep 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. Disease Cures & Cryptid Hunt
    Aug 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  5. Freezing, Features, and Fixes
    Aug 15, 2025
  6. Update #169
    Jul 2, 2025
  7. Cryo-Chamber Beta
    Jun 20, 2025
  8. 2.0.10 , New DLC , TBT Fest
    Jun 2, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. 2.0.02
    May 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Update #159
    Nov 27, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  11. Update #153
    Sep 13, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  12. Update #152
    Sep 9, 2024
  13. Crafting Overhaul + DLC Update
    Aug 30, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  14. Update #148
    Aug 4, 2024
  15. Update #147
    Jul 27, 2024
  16. No Update Why?
    Jul 27, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  17. New Version Coming Soon!
    Jul 20, 2024
  18. Update 144: UI Update Nearing Completion!
    Jul 5, 2024
  19. Update #143: Mo' Beta Bugfixes
    Jun 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  20. Update #142: UI Overhaul Beta
    Jun 7, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  21. Update #140 : Progress Report
    Mar 15, 2024
  22. Update #139 : Progress Report!
    Feb 9, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  23. Update #138
    Nov 24, 2023
  24. Update #137
    Oct 26, 2023
  25. Starmap 1.9
    Oct 20, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  26. 1.8 Still Needed Work...
    Oct 14, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  27. Update #135: 1.8 Complete?
    Oct 6, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  28. Update #134: Beta 1.8F6
    Sep 16, 2023
  29. Update #133
    Sep 9, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  30. Update #131
    Aug 25, 2023
  31. No Shield Pierce Beta (1.8F)
    Aug 13, 2023
  32. Balance Update
    Jul 27, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  33. Space Combat Balance
    Jun 30, 2023
  34. 1.8 Released
    Jun 14, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  35. Demo Update
    May 27, 2023
  36. New Weapon Beta Update
    May 13, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  37. Space Combat Update
    May 5, 2023
  38. Final 1.7 Build?
    Mar 31, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  39. Starmap 1.8
    Mar 23, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  40. Version 1.7 Complete!
    Mar 16, 2023significant · resets scoring window

…and 12 earlier patch announcements.