For longtime immersive sim fans wishing for a return to form, RetroSpace promises to tick all the boxes: nonlinear exploration, freeform problem solving, tense resource management, and a minimal handholding approach that respects players' intelligence. The game's mechanics and design philosophy bring to mind iconic titles like Half-Life and Deus Ex, which dropped players into a mechanically deep playground and left the discovery and execution of solutions up to the player, often with many viable approaches.