Ambrosia Sky

PC There’s no escaping the obvious X+Y format when describing the absolutely wonderful Ambrosia Sky. That’s because it’s absolutely Prey meets PowerWash Simulator, albeit with a smaller budget. And that works for me. Dalia is a Scarab, a sort of investigative action-type who is returning to her former colony of stations situated around the rings of Saturn, trying to recover survivors and data after the outbreak of a fungal disease called Clusterlung. Not only do these spores infect humans and take over their bodies (not turning them into zombies, but simply killing them), but they are also growing in vast arrays around space stations, ships, satellites and outposts, and you’re here to clear them up. However, rather than simply being PowerWash In Space, Ambrosia Sky takes much of its influences from immersive sims, most especially Prey. It’s not that epic or elaborate – I don’t want to over-inflate expectations – but it lifts enough neat ideas when it comes to exploration and…