If you know and liked Star Control, you will like this.
I never even heard of this game until it popped up on a Steam advertisement. I quickly turned off the ad, as I always do, yet I caught a glimps of it, and thought "I wonder if it is like Star Control", and found it again. I am so glad I did. 4 bucks, yet I find it addictive. It does not warp from one side of the screen to the other like Star Control, but the basic principle is still there. You have a ship you pilot, and you combat other ships. You can change out your ships hull, weapons, defenses, engines, power core, ect... You can buy blueprints from different starbases, or blow up the star base and take it... for freeeeeee. When you start the game it tells you it was made by a two people team, who couldn't find this type of game anymore, so made their own. I can identify with that greatly, as I had the same thought, but no talent or means to pull it off.
I thought with two guys making this game, how good or balanced could it be, but it is supprisingly well done. There were times I was way outclassed by the opponent ships, and I realized I could bribe my way past to get the loot beyond, which inevitibly made me more powerful and able to compete, and eventually dominate... until the core, where I felt way outclassed again until I fine tuned my methods and weapons loadouts. Then I dominate again, mostly. They seemed to have it all figured out you so can only get stuck if you give up. For what it is, and suppose to be, it is perfect.
Very well done. Very, very well done.