Shortest Trip to Earth
Interactive Fate Developer
Iceberg Interactive Publisher
2019-08-15 Release
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Mostly Positive
(1214 reviews)
Public Linux Depots:- Shortest Trip to Earth Linux [479.18 M]
- Shortest Trip to Earth - Supporters Starting Pack Linux (1172131) [180.63 M]
- Shortest Trip to Earth - New Enemies Linux (1392711) [87.15 M]
The Next Steps for Development (The "Micro-Roadmap")Fellow space rogues,
Thank you for your continuous support! Below you'll find a summary of our development plans for the immediate future ("some of us enjoy calling it a micro-roadmap").
Keep in mind that in addition to the things mentioned here, there are literally hundreds of Shortest Trip things we want to work on.
The ones below are just those that we feel good about promising at this moment.
1.New easier & harder game modes
2.Material convertor modules update
3.Ship sensors update
4.Ship doors update
5.... and we will release new plans as existing ones get completed :)
In addition, today we will be updating the game with several fixes. Read the changelog below to find out all the latest changes (including all updates active since the release of the DLC Shortest Trip to Earth: Supporters Pack)

Updated features
- The most resource consuming crew will now be chosen first to be sent to cryosleep (crew panel cryo + button).
- Module slot craftable module button hover now shows all the info about craftable module
- Added shield highlight when aiming with a weapon that can do shield damage
- Damage per minute (DPM) stats added to data shown in ingame ship info panel
- Added new game over texts
- Updated Nuke targeting. Missing nukes now attempt damaging new target (closest enemy module)
- Nukes now self destruct when they reach target position, but nothing is there and no other targets are around
Balance & related
- Numerous DIY and Decoy nukes now also cause light module damage on impact.
- rebalanced some sos warplife encounters
- replaced dangerous explosives smuggler in level 1, updated insectoid fast laser stats
- Two ancient gatling guns now consume a bit more ammo
- Spider bossfight now always happens from the front
- Shops now sell more cheaper explosives
- Material convertors that make explosives are now better
- Made all cryosleep modules better at healing
- Increased crew movement speed during accelerated time
- Gave ship HP bonus to many containers
- All playable ships now have at least 2 container-only slots
- More modules will now give minor ship HP bonuses
- Reduced evasion bonus for starting ships and some ECM modules
- DIY dronebay repair price is now 15 instead of 20 synthethics
- Made medbays a bit faster
- Module crafting now takes more time
- Greentail nukes now have more hitpoints
- Reduced fire damage speed on mostly enemy ships
- Slightly lowered playable ship HP's
- Updated enemy boss ships
- Rebalanced hostile ship nuke arsenal
- Rebalanced sensors, bridges
- Slightly increased accuracy of all enemy ships
- Slightly reduced deflection of some enemy ships
- Gave +1 point defence to 1 slaver ship
- Changed 2 slots for Tigerfish, gave better starting point-defence turret
- Removed fate bonus from some SOS events
- Changed fleet of Sector 1 Style Guardians
- Updated HP of squid ships
- Red Ripper biotech war animal does not need extra time any more to wake up from cryosleep
Visuals
- Container modules that have initial rotation 90 or 270 degrees will now also rotate upright
- Science drone perk image updated
- removed outdated chat sounds from fleet encounter dialogues
Fixes
- Overhauled navmeshes on all modules, fixing some possible "getting-stuck" or navblocker issues.
- Optimizations on lev4 boss weapon animations
- "Fixed crew panel glitches"
- Fixed an issue that starmap clickable area didn't cover the edges in larger sectors.
- Re-aligned module slot angles in bluestar ship for better navigation.
- Fixed crew permanent leave for all shops and now this action has a special cursor
- Three buttons for selecting player crew now fixed
- fixed firebomber cannon text
- Some tweaks to fueltank artifact graphics.
- Fixed weapon-swap exploitability that allowed installing weapons modules into less valuable slots
- Fixed rat gatling gun description
- Fixed some typos
- Launched player nuke UI is now shown green
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[ 2019-10-29 16:16:33 CET ] [ Original post ] From the writer of “Teleglitch: Die More Edition” comes Shortest Trip to Earth, a roguelike spaceship simulator featuring exploration, ship management, game-influencing decision-making and real-time tactical battles.
Onboard combat against hostile intruders is a messy businessExplore a detailed and deadly universe
Embark on a perilous journey through a procedurally generated universe and explore massive space sectors crawling with exotic lifeforms. Engage in action-packed tactical combat against hostile ships, boarding parties and inter-dimensional space monsters.
Each ship comes with its own strengths and weaknessesMaster the art of survival by customising your ship with modular components and perks. Choose from a range of spaceships and manage life within your vessel - from crew, pets and drones to ship modules and weapons. Shape your journey through hundreds of multiple-choice events, featuring unique hand-drawn illustrations.

A selection of crew typesShortest Trip to Earth features unforgiving permadeath, but you can unlock perks to increase the odds of survival on your next run.
Key Features
- Master the art of survival in unexplored space!
- Explore a procedurally generated universe, packed with content
- Collect resources, craft modules & upgrade your ship
- Epic real-time tactical space battles
- Onboard combat, featuring hostile intruders, drones and battle-hardened pets
- 500+ ship modules, a variety of ship weapons and nukes
- 30+ unique crew weapons
- 50+ types of crew, drones & combat pets
- Hundreds of random events with unique illustrations and outcomes
- Every ship starts with a cat
MINIMAL SETUP- OS: Linux
- Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalentMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD4400 or dedicated DX11 GPU (1280x720)
- Storage: 600 MB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUP- OS: Ubuntu LTS
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalentMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1050 (1920x1080)
- Storage: 600 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Large screen highly recommended (24" or better)
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