Buildanauts

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Buildanauts is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by TouchTilt Games and was released on May 4, 2017. It received negative reviews from players.

In BUILDANAUTS, you’re the foreman, the city planner, and the mayor of the town of your dreams. Build a town that your townsfolk, the Buildanites, will be proud to call home!

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Single-Player

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27%

Audience ScoreBased on 74 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game has great potential and interesting concepts.
Some players found the game fun once they got used to the controls.
The developers were initially responsive to feedback and the game showed promise.

The game is plagued with bugs and has not been updated in months, leading to a feeling of abandonment.
Many players experienced severe issues with saving/loading worlds, making the game unplayable.
The graphics and UI are considered terrible, and the controls are unintuitive.

gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
Gameplay is hindered by framerate drops in dense forest areas and issues with floating objects during construction on mountains. New players may initially struggle to grasp the mechanics, but after some time, they can begin to understand the core gameplay elements and building systems.
- “Gameplay-wise, it has some issues with framerate drops when looking in dense forest areas and things floating when building on a mountain.”
- “When I started, I didn't understand much of what was going on or any of the mechanics.”
- “So far, I've only played maybe 40 minutes or so, but I believe I now understand some of the core mechanics and how to easily build now.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
25%
The graphics of the game received mixed reviews, with some players praising them as great and enhancing the overall experience, while others criticized them as terrible, leading to frustration over the game's value, especially given its lack of a save feature.
- “The graphics are great; the whole game is great!”
- “The graphics are stunning and really enhance the overall experience of the game.”
- “The visual design is impressive, making the game world feel immersive and vibrant.”
- “I thought it looked fun, but the graphics were terrible.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviews indicate that while the game experiences early glitches, players view these issues as a typical part of the experience and consider them to add to the overall enjoyment.
- “The game is riddled with glitches that disrupt the experience.”
- “Frequent crashes make it hard to enjoy the gameplay.”
- “I encountered numerous bugs that hindered my progress.”