Gameplay

Everspace is an open-world space themed shooter. You travel in your spacecraft to fly and fight your way through six sectors, followed by the seventh sector. You encounter various enemies, such as the interstellar band of outlaws, the colonial fleet, an alien race, and old mysterious technology.

Mechanics
In everspace there are four main mechanics: Weapons, Devices, Fuel, and Energy. Weapons are used to attack and crush your enemies. Devices such as the shield, help you in battle, fuel lets you travel between sectors, and energy is used for almost anything.

Controls
Everspace has a fairly complicated controls system, there are a lot.
 * 1) WASD - Simple horizontal movement
 * 2) Spacebar - Hover up
 * 3) Control - Hover down
 * 4) Q - tilt left
 * 5) E - tilt right
 * 6) Shift - Boost
 * 7) Left click - fire primary weapon
 * 8) Right click - Fire secondary weapon
 * 9) Mouse wheel - change primary weapon
 * 10) 1 (tap) - change primary weapon
 * 11) 1 (hold) - show primary weapon wheel
 * 12) 2 - Change Secondary weapon
 * 13) 3 - Change device
 * 14) 4 - Change consumable
 * 15) R - use device
 * 16) C (Hold) - use consumable
 * 17) F - Interact
 * 18) Mouse - look
 * 19) Push in mouse wheel - Select ship, scan

Combat
Everspace's combat system is more simple. When an enemy has been selected, a red ring appears around it, making it easier to spot. This also will tell you your target's health. A second red ring will also appear, either in front of the enemy or on top of it, the distance depends on your weapon's velocity. Only by shooting at the smaller ring will you hit the enemy. Meanwhile, other enemies will be firing at you, eventually they will deplete your shield and damage your hull and systems. If your shield is depleted, flee and wait for it to recharge.