Base One

About

"Base One is a strategy game with RPG elements, where you manage a fleet of space stations seeking a new home for humanity. Assemble a crew with unique abilities, manage shared resources, and upgrade your artillery to protect your stations. Your goal is to explore wormholes, find valuable minerals, and ensure the survival of the Earth Global Union's space program."

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

36%

Audience ScoreBased on 230 reviews

story17 positive mentions

stability22 negative mentions

The game has a great concept and beautiful graphics, providing an engaging atmosphere for players.
The campaign offers a smooth learning curve with a gradual introduction to game mechanics, making it accessible for new players.
There is potential for deep gameplay with resource management, crew dynamics, and base building, appealing to fans of the genre.

The game is riddled with bugs, including AI pathfinding issues that cause crew members to get stuck, making it frustrating and sometimes unplayable.
The user interface and controls are clunky, requiring excessive clicks and making simple tasks tedious.
The game feels unfinished, with many mechanics lacking depth and polish, leading to a linear and often boring gameplay experience.

story
122 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
83%
3%
The game's story is generally considered entertaining and intriguing, with players appreciating its premise and narrative progression through missions. However, many users express frustration with numerous bugs and mission design issues that hinder gameplay, such as unresponsive AI, forced objectives, and the inability to progress due to game-breaking glitches. While some players enjoy the story and find it engaging, the overall experience is marred by technical problems and a lack of meaningful choices in mission execution.
- “I think the story is great!”
- “I have been playing and I enjoy the game because of the story.”
- “Enjoying the game so far and only 2 hours in, seems like a lot more will be unlocked as you play, also the campaign is good so far, like the story and missions.”
- “I wish I never got this game; it has game-breaking bugs that make it impossible to complete some of the missions, and you can't move on from them as everything is locked behind missions, so you can't even build the basic stuff until the mission is over.”
- “The campaign progression is messed up in terms of quest requirements; simply failing if you reload a game causes many restarts.”
- “The main mission is called 'solution program,' which is the term the Nazis used for the holocaust.”
graphics
37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
62%
30%
8%
The graphics of the game have received generally positive feedback, with many users praising their beauty, detail, and polish, often comparing them favorably to other titles in the genre. However, some players noted issues such as lag, bugs, and inefficiencies in coding that detracted from the overall experience. While the visuals are appealing and immersive, there are concerns about the game's depth and mechanics that may overshadow the graphical quality.
- “The graphics are stellar, the modules and build are great.”
- “The game looks very cool and attractive, and the graphics are very detailed, almost insane details in some spots.”
- “Great graphics and atmosphere.”
- “It's graphically 'ok', it's not anything special but it looks half decent; however, it is kinda laggy at max details on a 2080 RTX with a 3.7GHz 16-core AMD and 32GB DDR4, so it has some inefficient coding for sure.”
- “First of all, this game is just a copy of Planet Base with fancier graphics. I mean, it doesn't look like they have tried to hide it; the modules/rooms are the same, how these modules connect are the same, and how things/furniture are placed in the modules are the same.”
- “Then came the actual game; graphically, it's very pretty and similar to Planet Base (another game I enjoy), however, that's where it stops.”
gameplay
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
74%
9%
The gameplay of the game is visually appealing and offers a variety of mechanics, but it suffers from numerous bugs and balance issues that detract from the overall experience. While the depth of management and resource utilization is appreciated, many players find the tutorial slow and the mechanics poorly explained, leading to frustration. Overall, the game shows potential but requires significant improvements in its mechanics and user interface to fully engage players.
- “The gameplay experience can be improved in some ways, but the game is at the beginning and has plenty of room for improvements.”
- “The graphics are great, the mechanics are pretty detailed, and there's an enormous research tree that gives you a ton of options on how to expand and improve your starbase's work/living conditions.”
- “This game plays out like a HD version of Meeple Station; you can build your station any way you like, manage your crew, deal with environmental issues, defend against external threats, with a much more varied and deeper gameplay than any space station game to date.”
- “It is a boring game that fails to grab the attention during the tutorial or starting gameplay.”
- “Between bugs and poor gameplay mechanics, this game is practically unplayable, not fun at all.”
- “This game needs a lot of quality of life fixes, especially the UI and controls; this control has made this game from nice to very, very annoying gameplay.”
stability
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is widely criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs and glitches that significantly hinder gameplay, including AI issues and unresponsive mechanics. Many players describe it as feeling unfinished or akin to an alpha version, with some expressing frustration over the lack of updates to address these problems. While there are occasional acknowledgments of improvements, the overall consensus is that the game remains too unstable to recommend.
- “Unfinished, buggy, abandonware.”
- “This game is basically an alpha; playing for a few hours nets bugs and glitches that make it unplayable.”
- “Had potential but right now it's buggy and lacking an engaging campaign mode; cannot recommend it as it is.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is highly praised for its atmospheric quality, with a relaxing soundtrack that enhances the gameplay experience, especially during tense moments. Reviewers note the developers' thoughtful effort in creating a sound environment that complements the game's visuals and overall enjoyment.
- “The atmospheric details, music, and sound are on point, and it's obvious that the developers have put a ton of thought and effort into making this.”
- “The soundtrack is pretty good and relaxing for a sit back and build your space station simulator, and when a threat approaches it subtly kicks in enough to kick things up a notch.”
- “The music is nice, and so is the overall sound ambiance.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
Overall, players report significant performance issues, including AI problems, lag spikes, and control difficulties, which are attributed to unoptimized coding. While some users experience temporary fixes through game restarts, concerns about memory leaks persist. However, the frequency of updates offers some hope for future improvements.
- “My biggest gripes are: AI getting stuck, seemingly unoptimized coding that causes lag spikes the larger the base gets, general AI stupidity, and terrible controls that go nuts.”
- “The performance is sometimes a little turgid, but it's a young game and the regularity of updates is heartening.”
- “I've also run into performance issues, but so far a restart of the game seems to resolve that, so it's probably a memory leak; hopefully, it will be resolved in the future.”
atmosphere
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
25%
25%
The game's atmosphere is highly praised for its meticulous attention to detail, complemented by impressive graphics, music, and sound design. Players appreciate the immersive environment that enhances gameplay elements such as base construction, resource management, and crew interactions, contributing to an engaging overall experience.
- “The atmospheric details, music, and sound are on point, and it's obvious that the developers have put a ton of thought and effort into making this.”
- “Great graphics and atmosphere.”
- “Really liking the atmosphere of the game.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is generally perceived as lacking compared to similar titles, with crew members described as lacking charm. However, some players find amusement in specific moments, such as the humorous reactions of characters when dismantling objects.
- “I do find it funny when you are dismantling the pieces; they start running to get out of it, lol.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, particularly in the process of creating products and managing connections, which can feel overly complicated and restrictive. Additionally, technical issues such as freezing and poor AI contribute to the frustration, making the grinding experience more cumbersome. Despite these challenges, some players do not consider them to be deal breakers.
- “Creating products is tedious; why do I need to combine raw ingredients into a dongle that I’m going to add into a finalized product?”
- “I also felt the connections section to be a bit tedious, mainly due to the chaos of the lines. It felt like I was in charge of something that needed to be done, but there was only one real way to manage it. None of this really were deal breakers for me until you add in the bugs.”
- “The game will freeze randomly, and you have to force quit. The characters keep getting stuck due to poor AI and pathfinding, meaning you have to restart a mission. The power and resource management wiring is extremely tedious.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
150%
150%
Reviewers highlight the game's strong replayability, noting that players can enjoy many hours of entertainment by experimenting with different station components and layouts. However, some suggest waiting for additional patches to enhance overall playability.
- “Guaranteed many hours of entertainment and great replay value as you experiment with various station components and how to lay them out, then use the complex connection system to make them work.”
- “The game offers a multitude of choices and paths, ensuring that each playthrough feels unique and engaging.”
- “With different strategies to explore and outcomes to achieve, I find myself coming back for more every time.”
- “The game lacks meaningful choices, making multiple playthroughs feel repetitive and dull.”
- “Once you've completed the main story, there's little incentive to return, as side quests feel uninspired.”
- “The limited character customization options lead to a lack of variety in gameplay experiences.”