2025Isra C., Shei S.
- Videos
- 30
- Creators
- 24
2 players20 - 40 minMedium weight

2022Gabriel J. Cohn
Mainly reviews. Space Station Phoenix is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 12 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 5 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Space Station Phoenix is a worker-placement and resource management game set in one of Earth's possible futures. The players are representatives of the Galactic Council, sent to Earth to build space stations to observe and perhaps interact with humanity. Players begin the game with nine ships and a station hub. These ships act as action spaces that players use to gather resources, explore the nearby planets, and build their stations. Turns are fast and straightforward; either take ship action or take income. Many games start players off with a small resource engine which they build up to a bigger one. In Space Station Phoenix, players start with the best production engine they will ever have and proceed to break it down part by part. As the game progresses, their actions get more efficient, but the number of ways to take those actions starts to diminish. Space Station Phoenix also features deep re-playability with millions of possible starting positions and station parts combinations. -description from the publisher
Space Station Phoenix has 27 videos from 24 creators: 12 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 5 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to November 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Space Station Phoenix - Learn While Playing!" by Getting Games, which runs 1 h 5 min. For a quicker teach, "Règles et premières impressions" by Jacquot pose des ouvriers runs 12 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Space Station Phoenix Review - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 11 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Space Station Phoenix - 3p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try The White Castle Duel, Golem, Explorers of Navoria or Recall, which share several of its mechanics.
8 of 24
2025Isra C., Shei S.
2 players20 - 40 minMedium weight
2021Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Simone Luciani
1 - 4 players90 - 120 minVery heavy weight
2024Meng Chunlin
2 - 4 players40 - 80 minMedium weight
2025Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, Anna Wermlund
1 - 4 players90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Space Station Phoenix is a worker-placement and resource management game set in one of Earth's possible futures. The players are representatives of the Galactic Council, sent to Earth to build space stations to observe and perhaps interact with humanity. Players begin the game with nine ships and a station hub. These ships act as action spaces that players use to gather resources, explore the nearby planets, and build their stations. Turns are fast and straightforward; either take ship action or take income. Many games start players off with a small resource engine which they build up to a bigger one. In Space Station Phoenix, players start with the best production engine they will ever have and proceed to break it down part by part. As the game progresses, their actions get more efficient, but the number of ways to take those actions starts to diminish. Space Station Phoenix also features deep re-playability with millions of possible starting positions and station parts combinations. -description from the publisher
Designer
Gabriel J. Cohn
Artists
Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan
Publisher
Rio Grande Games
Categories
Mechanics