Malaysian Gamer has reviewed the Space RPG Rebel Galaxy:

There aren't many games out there like Rebel Galaxy. Sure, it's in space, you fly around a ship, you can fight or trade. But at its core, Rebel Galaxy is a very different style of space game. There are similarities here to an action RPG... but it's not really an action RPG. Read on for my review of Rebel Galaxy.

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There's so much more to Rebel Galaxy. You can be a bounty hunter, a smuggler that trades illegal stuff, a pirate preying on traders. It’s a massive game that you can jump in, do your money making run, and hop out. There’s certainly an element of grind and repetition that might throw off some people, but if you get into the whole amass wealth to get the biggest ship this side of the galaxy and be a space cowboy, you’ll love it. Rebel Galaxy is best played in spurts rather than one long session. It’s a surprisingly great first title for a new indie studio with great price too.

Gamasutra with some interesting background info:

How 2 Torchlight devs used new tricks to build an old-school space game

Game development has changed significantly in the last twenty years, and as many developers push through a daunting discoverability problem it's worth taking a moment to study how others have adapted to thrive in the midst of that ol' "indiepocalypse."

Erich Schaefer and Travis Baldree are a prime example. The pair went indie last year, forming the two-man studio Double Damage Games, and last month they released their debut game: Rebel Galaxy, a sprawling Elite-esque space game that quickly climbed into Steam's top charts.

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