<s>
Ixion	B-Application
is	O
a	O
city	B-Application
building	I-Application
survival	B-Application
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Bulwark	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Kasedo	O
Games	O
where	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
mobile	O
space	O
station	O
traveling	O
across	O
space	O
in	O
search	O
for	O
a	O
suitable	O
planet	O
for	O
colonization	O
after	O
Earth	O
was	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
on	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
assisted	O
in	O
certain	O
tasks	O
by	O
"	O
Edden	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
personal	O
assistant	O
AI	B-Application
aboard	O
the	O
Tiqqun	O
,	O
who	O
alerts	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
events	O
both	O
onboard	O
and	O
outside	O
the	O
station	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
accidents	O
or	O
worker	O
strikes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
cosmic	O
weather	O
conditions	O
that	O
might	O
affect	O
the	O
Tiqquns	O
hull	O
integrity	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crew	O
also	O
discovers	O
"	O
IXION	B-Application
"	O
,	O
a	O
more	O
stable	O
VOHLE	O
engine	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
DOLOS	O
facility	O
on	O
Jupiter	O
,	O
and	O
installs	O
it	O
aboard	O
the	O
Tiqqun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
Piranesis	O
VOHLE	O
signature	O
,	O
the	O
Tiqqun	O
finds	O
the	O
ship	O
powered	O
down	O
near	O
a	O
dormant	O
pulsar	B-Application
,	O
and	O
sends	O
a	O
science	O
team	O
to	O
recover	O
the	O
coordinates	O
to	O
Remus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
turning	O
the	O
Tiqquns	O
hull	O
into	O
a	O
makeshift	O
Faraday	O
cage	O
while	O
inducing	O
a	O
pulse	O
from	O
the	O
pulsar	B-Application
,	O
the	O
crew	O
manages	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
Piranesi	O
and	O
recover	O
the	O
coordinates	O
to	O
Remus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Piranesi	O
recovers	O
from	O
the	O
pulsar	B-Application
attack	O
and	O
follows	O
after	O
the	O
Tiqqun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Tiqqun	O
crew	O
settles	O
on	O
their	O
new	O
world	O
,	O
a	O
recording	O
from	O
DOLOS	O
founder	O
Vanir	O
Dolos	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
cutscene	O
reveals	O
that	O
he	O
knew	O
the	O
Lunaclysm	O
would	O
occur	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
Tiqquns	O
mission	O
ensured	O
humanity	O
's	O
survival	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ixion	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
called	O
Ixion	B-Application
"[a]n	O
enticing	O
premise	O
held	O
back	O
by	O
uneven	O
pacing	O
and	O
glaring	O
technical	O
issues	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
balanced	O
and	O
calmly	O
elegiac	O
busywork	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
few	O
hours	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
Bulwark	O
decides	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
training	O
wheels	O
on	O
a	O
bit	O
too	O
long	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
criticized	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
required	O
to	O
stay	O
in	O
place	O
to	O
complete	O
chapter-closing	O
tasks	O
,	O
"	O
dousing	O
your	O
excitement	O
at	O
,	O
ironically	O
,	O
the	O
exact	O
moment	O
you	O
yearn	O
to	O
go	O
gallivanting	O
somewhere	O
new	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
effect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
production	O
chain	O
management	O
on	O
the	O
sustainability	O
of	O
the	O
layout	O
of	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
buildings	O
,	O
opining	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
way	O
Ixion	B-Application
stealthily	O
slides	O
into	O
doom-spirals	O
of	O
unsustainability	O
makes	O
reloading	O
preferable	O
to	O
redesigning	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screen	O
Rant	O
compared	O
Ixion	B-Application
to	O
Frostpunk	B-Application
,	O
lauding	O
its	O
"	O
incredibly	O
detailed	O
mechanics	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
noting	O
two	O
flaws	O
with	O
those	O
mechanics	O
:	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
not	O
too	O
welcoming	O
to	O
players	O
that	O
are	O
new	O
to	O
the	O
genre	O
because	O
the	O
sheer	O
amount	O
of	O
tasks	O
,	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
responsibilities	O
will	O
quickly	O
become	O
overwhelming	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
despite	O
having	O
a	O
high-end	O
graphics	O
card	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
crashed	O
regularly	O
.	O
</s>
