When comparing Avorion vs Starmade, the Slant community recommends Avorion for most people. In the question“What are the best voxel-based games for the PC?” Avorion is ranked 10th while Starmade is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Avorion is:
The game is beautifully made. The visuals are fascinating. The ship building process is not traditional. You can build any kind of ship you like. Weapon variety is huge. Game mechanics are smooth and easy to understand. Less graphical requirements. It works like a charm even on on-board graphics, though OpenGl graphics are known to cause problems in the games and slight lag/performance issues. Almost everything is available in the Demo version. The demo map is huge enough that it'll take you 2-3 months to explore if you play everyday for 2-3 hours. Plenty of weapons are upgrade options in the demo version. Multiplayer on LAN and Internet and Hosting capabilities, making it easier to play with your friends
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Pros
Pro Beautiful, new and fun
The game is beautifully made. The visuals are fascinating. The ship building process is not traditional. You can build any kind of ship you like.
Weapon variety is huge.
Game mechanics are smooth and easy to understand.
Less graphical requirements. It works like a charm even on on-board graphics, though OpenGl graphics are known to cause problems in the games and slight lag/performance issues.
Almost everything is available in the Demo version. The demo map is huge enough that it'll take you 2-3 months to explore if you play everyday for 2-3 hours. Plenty of weapons are upgrade options in the demo version.
Multiplayer on LAN and Internet and Hosting capabilities, making it easier to play with your friends
Pro Free Demo
The demo of this game is available from the official website. The demo offers all the features of the game but in limited quantity. You can build custom ships but certain blocks are not available in the demo version, certain weapon types and logic upgrades are also not available in the demo version.
Pro Infinite possibilities
With its highly advanced build tools and universe sized maps. You can build and do just about anything you could want!
Cons
Con Time consuming
Be prepared to invest a lot of time, this is not a game for the impatient!
Con Slow updates for Demo Version
The devs are concentrating more on the full version. The demo version has not been updated since the last released (2016) 8.1.5 .
8.1.5 is stable but no major/minor updates have been seen so far.
Con Steep learning curve to master
With all of those possibilities, the learning curve gets progressively more difficult as you start getting into advanced logic devices and weaponry. But some might find that to be a good thing.