Autonauts review – sim robots share the load of colonisation

PC/Mac; Denki, Curve Digital
There's plenty to do in this exciting and empowering simulation game, where automation is the key to your shining future

You'll know that Autonauts has taken over your thinking when you first reach for a real pen and paper while playing.

For the many genres this intriguing game capably spans, interacting with it is really about keeping up with a spiralling to-do list. And at some point that list will exceed the capacity of your brain and spill over on to the closest paper to hand. To lose yourself to Autonauts is to find notes like "reprogram plank-sorting robots!" scrawled on the backs of envelopes scattered around your computer.