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Play Overview
Lightyear Frontier (2024) is a peaceful open-world game about farming a new planet. You work to explore, gather resources and build a working farm to harvest alien crops. It's an unusual game because you are using a Mech suit for farming, and need to balance production with a gentle touch on the environment.
Play involves deciding where to start your farm and then steadily building your interstellar homestead. You need to gather resources from the local surroundings to be able to build and farm. As you do, you can collect the seeds of numerous plants, which each have their own growing patterns and required conditions. You must take care to water and feed your crops consistently to then be able to have enough to trade for credits and materials.
As you get more established, you gain upgrades that let you explore further afield. As you explore more, you discover the world’s ancient secrets that point to lost knowledge from many years past. Working on this mystery, alongside dealing with the ever-changing weather conditions and seasons gives you plenty to do.
The result is a game that's great fun to play with friends. More than that though, it's a game about balance rather than rinsing the soil for everything it's got. Your challenge is to create a sustainable lifestyle by carefully managing your planet's ecosystem, so you are able to endure environmental hazards and weather conditions.
Our examiner, Rob Prior, first checked Lightyear Frontier 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
Play involves deciding where to start your farm and then steadily building your interstellar homestead. You need to gather resources from the local surroundings to be able to build and farm. As you do, you can collect the seeds of numerous plants, which each have their own growing patterns and required conditions. You must take care to water and feed your crops consistently to then be able to have enough to trade for credits and materials.
As you get more established, you gain upgrades that let you explore further afield. As you explore more, you discover the world’s ancient secrets that point to lost knowledge from many years past. Working on this mystery, alongside dealing with the ever-changing weather conditions and seasons gives you plenty to do.
The result is a game that's great fun to play with friends. More than that though, it's a game about balance rather than rinsing the soil for everything it's got. Your challenge is to create a sustainable lifestyle by carefully managing your planet's ecosystem, so you are able to endure environmental hazards and weather conditions.
Our examiner, Rob Prior, first checked Lightyear Frontier 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is an Adventure, Strategy and World Building game with Simulation elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 4-player online game. You can start a farm with 4 friends, or invite guests for a quick tour. Or even open your planet for visitors in general.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Benefits
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
Skill Level
9+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it’s important for parents and guardians to ensure they understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. You need forward thinking to plan how you create your homestead. Good communication and coordination with other players helps.
Costs
Lightyear Frontier usually costs £20.99.
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
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Lightyear Frontier
 | Xbox X|S | £20.99 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
 | PC | £20.99 | – | – |
- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 19/03/2024
Out Now: PC and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1 (4 online)
Genres: Adventure, Strategy, World Building and Simulation
Accessibility: 3 features
Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather
Developer: Frame Break Games (@FrameBreakGames)
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