Space Sprouts

Developer / Publisher: Schleuder Games

Mar 31, 2025

Visual

hand drawn
side scroll

Structure

exploration
interconnected map
non linear
utility gated

Combat

no combat
timer

Features

relaxed

Themes

Sci-Fi

Sub-Genre

puzzle heavy
sandbox

Summary

Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?

Last updated September 28, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Mac
- Steam
- Demo

Resources

Links

IGDB

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- Differences
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- Demo Available
- exploration
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- timer
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- sandbox
- Differences
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Positive

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MV Temperature
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- Demo Available
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- no combat
- relaxed
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- Differences
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Overwhelmingly Positive

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- exploration
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- Differences
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- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- no combat
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- Differences
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Mostly Positive

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MV Temperature
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- interconnected map
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- side scroll
- Sci-Fi
- sandbox
- Differences
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Mostly Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- sandbox
- Differences
- ability gated
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Mostly Positive

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MV Temperature
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- Differences
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Very Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
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- interconnected map
- non linear
- no combat
- relaxed
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- Free on Steam
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- fantasy
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- MV Lite / Adjacent
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- side scroll
- puzzle heavy
- sandbox
- Differences
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