Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1

Game: Stranded In Space
Developers: Wildman
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Rating: 8/10

This rather interested me at the start with its sci-fi ship-survival-turns-harem scenario, but it was a slow build, day by day. I don't mean just in terms of plot details, romance arcs, or conflicts; I mean in every aspect. There are so many details and characters and unknowns to take in, but you never really feel like Wildman is throwing too much at you at once.

I particularly like the way the character falls into a routine of laptop sessions in the mornings; it builds out a mini social network and instant messenger system on the laptop. That also adds some optional mini-games, most of which correspond to unlocking images (some SFW, some lewd, some nude) in the photo gallery, which is something you also frequently get as part of messages. (Gigi, a notorious flirt, even dubs herself your "Pic Queen.") Chats don't really matter for altering the story, but they do provide a more personal experience connecting with all the different personalities, and managing personality clashes rapidly becomes a large part of your role.

The lewd side of things starts fairly tame, but people start to really let their freak flag fly once the harem becomes more of a reality than the original group joke. There are some very morally questionable choices being made, but it's generally handled fairly well and is self-acknowledging of its depravity. And this is more social taboos and not-the-greatest handling of consent than, say, something like Pale Carnations (no kink shaming, just PC is pretty hardcore in my book, YMMV).

My biggest gripe is that the MC is immature. He's a pervert with a (big) cock of gold, but he frequently makes very inappropriate jokes; that's part of his schtick. Sometimes it's genuinely hilarious, sometimes it's just sexist/ageist/misogynistic, and that's something the MC is self-aware of. So expect some "jokes" to land quite poorly, and others you'll be busting a gut over. He went from an 18-year-old virgin to almost having a harem on Earth in a very short period of time, based on a pivotal few months of experience, but at the end of the day, oftentimes he's just young, dumb, and very full of cum. I want to smack him for how he deals with some of the sexual encounters (particularly how frequently he does not kiss the girls goodbye when they leave his room), but I probably wouldn't have done much better when I was his age, tbf.

My biggest praise is the story. Not just the sci-fi AI/ship plots, but the character personalities, the flirt, the chase, the capture, trying to unravel the MC's amnesia years with flashbacks... the MC being very unhappy at his own behavior during the amnesia years... I didn't rate this very high when I started, but there is serious depth here, and the twists and turns... just damn. Note that the MC is not a good person. He's not a bad person, either—he has done some pretty horrible things during his amnesia years, but he's also specifically trying not to be a bad person now and moving forward, even with temptations. And sometimes he gives in to those temptations, too, so... expect both moral ambiguity and self-doubt to be recurring themes.

Some scenes will just really break you. Things keep changing and evolving and going in directions you don't expect... sometimes devastatingly so. And Wildman left very clear indications that part of what made one recent day so hard is going to happen again, but to more characters... it's clear to the audience, but the MC hasn't realized it yet with everything going on, which by that part of the game is a LOT.

And when I say serious depth, I'm not just talking about the story, either; I also very much mean the amount of content. My first playthrough through Day 21 Part 1 was about 67 hours. I'm not a slow reader; make of that what you will.

Cannot fucking wait until the next update.

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Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Stranded In Space: Days 1-21 Part 1
Published: Oct 9, 2026