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Shares resource management with Tin Can.
- $24.99 (Price checked Oct 20)
- Deck Verified
- 2019
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Shares procedural events with Tin Can.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 20)
- Deck Playable
- 2012
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Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Why this: Same stressful mood as Tin Can.
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PULSAR: Lost Colony
Why this: Shares procedural events and resource management with Tin Can.
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Why this: Also Science and Space Sim, like Tin Can.
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Tin Can Studio
- Price: $19.99checked Oct 17
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 83% of 693 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Diagnose before you die
- Emergent problem solving loop
- High stakes survival tension
- Challenging
- Immersive
- Stressful
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tin Can at current Steam store prices.
ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Why this: Also Science and Space Sim, like Tin Can.
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Why this: Shares resource management with Tin Can.
Rover Mechanic Simulator
Why this: Shares part replacement with Tin Can.
Shortest Trip to Earth
Why this: Same stressful mood as Tin Can.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Oxygen Not Included
Why this: Shares resource management with Tin Can.
- 54 new reviews this week
- Trending
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Why this: Same stressful mood as Tin Can.
About Tin Can
The closest matches to Tin Can: Oxygen Not Included, Stationeers, FTL: Faster Than Light, Space Haven, and Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Tin Can is your kind of game, the closest matches are Oxygen Not Included, Stationeers and FTL: Faster Than Light — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, immersive and stressful, and single out its environmental hazards and part replacement. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Tin Can: You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?
Is Tin Can worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 83% of 693 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Oct 17).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Diagnose before you die
- Emergent problem solving loop
- High stakes survival tension
- Relentless environmental threats
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I'd only buy this if it goes on sale for less than ten dollars. The concept? Immaculate. The development? Leaves so much to be desired. Implementing a better campaign would be nice to see, and not incorporating the other space shuttle into…”
“The game is fun, but the price is too high for the amount of content. I would wishlist and wait for a sale.”
People who play it also play: Oxygen Not Included, Stationeers, FTL: Faster Than Light
Frequently asked about Tin Can
Can I run it?
Does Tin Can run on Steam Deck?
Tin Can is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Tin Can cost?
Tin Can is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Tin Can?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tin Can are Oxygen Not Included, Stationeers, FTL: Faster Than Light.
Who developed Tin Can?
Tin Can was developed by Tin Can Studio.