I purchased Approaching Infinity almost ten years ago, when it was sold for quite an hefty amount of money at Shrapnel Games. And people could tell you what a cheapassgamer I was back then!
I had given the demo a try, and to say I had fallen in love with it in matter of instants would almost be an understatement.
Not because of its visuals, quite basic although very stylish, thanks to David Gervais' talent, nor because of its writing, redacted in a very simple style and with references to Star Trek that I had no way of understanding then, neither because of its game mechanics, which were pretty much what you'd expect from such a game.
No, what had grasped me was the insane ambition of giving the player infinite adventures in a random universe. But, you'll say that number of games claim to do that, and boy are you right. Indeed, many claim, but Approaching Infinity is one of those extremely rare gifts that actually manages it, thanks to its humility and its homogeneity.
Bob Saunders, its creator, wanted, to sum it up very quickly, to create an infinitely replayable rogue game using elaborate mathematical formulas, taking place in a lore scape that he enjoyed, the universe of Space Opera.
What he achieved, without even knowing it at the time from his own account, is to build up and create an infinitely playable Starflight.
The player's imagination is tasked to make it happen, stimulated by textual and visual elements spread around. What happened in my case was the birth of epic or ironic tales, like that time when my fine landing party explored an underground cave system and killed on sight the people they found there, only to realise when it was done that they had wiped out a band of tourists on a space safari.

Oh, enough babbling: in the end, I could simply sum it up by saying Approaching Infinity is the game that made me watch Star Trek.

come for no man's qud, stay for a unique and compelling roguelike experience. absolutely fantastic 10/10

This little gem of a game keeps you entertained and slightly frustrated. Which is a good thing. Price is fine, gameplay is solid and you can sink an ungodly amount of hours into this one.