Habitat

About

Habitat is a successfully funded Kickstarter game from indie developer 4gency. It is a strategic space survival game where you have to build and manage the future homes of humanity from orbital debris that you find in space junkyards surrounding Earth’s orbit. Leading your team of engineers, you will have to build and fly your space stations in a zero gravity setting, mastering physics driven fli…

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Play Modes

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

32%

Audience ScoreBased on 282 reviews

gameplay10 positive mentions

stability12 negative mentions

The game has a unique concept of building spaceships from junk, which can be entertaining for short periods.
Some players find the physics and mechanics interesting, providing a sandbox experience with room for creativity.
There is potential for the game to improve with future updates, as some players have expressed hope for its development.

The game is considered unfinished and has been abandoned by the developers, leading to numerous bugs and lack of updates.
Controls are often described as clunky and unresponsive, making gameplay frustrating and difficult.
Many players feel misled by the game's trailer, stating that the actual gameplay does not match the expectations set by promotional materials.

gameplay
39 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
26%
54%
21%
The gameplay has been widely criticized for being tedious, poorly implemented, and lacking substance, with many mechanics either broken or absent. Players find the controls frustrating and the overall experience unchallenging due to the presence of cheat tools. While there are some enjoyable elements and potential for replay value, the game currently feels incomplete and fails to deliver on its promises, leading to a sense of boredom and annoyance.
- “Nice realistic mechanics and physics.”
- “Although it's currently short on content, its dynamic destruction and generally fun gameplay give it tons of replay value at the moment.”
- “When they add things like food and oxygen and necessities like that, then it would add more gameplay to the game.”
- “The game is lacking some of the old assets that it used to have and some of the old mechanics no longer exist. Coupled with the fact that some of the mechanics that were spoken about in the most recent update don't even work to begin with.”
- “This game is a serious waste of money. From bad controls to mechanics that don't even make sense, the garbage that is floating around in space cannot be avoided. Unless you carefully navigate, you're going to die just from that. Furthermore, the controls make the game almost impossible to play, and lastly, the game has no substance. It's easy to get bored, and from what little I played, I can assure you it's not worth your time.”
- “There's no tutorial, it's not easy to pilot, turn, or aim (which is mostly by design), and the gameplay isn't really in the game yet.”
story
27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
11%
78%
11%
The story in Habitat is criticized for being extremely thin and underdeveloped, serving merely as a backdrop for gameplay rather than a compelling narrative. Players report numerous bugs and issues that detract from the experience, leading to frustration and a sense that the missions and combat are poorly integrated and feel like afterthoughts. Overall, the plot lacks depth and coherence, leaving players unsatisfied with the narrative aspect of the game.
- “Habitat is a short but 'complete' game where you scavenge for resources to build stations and follow a barebones plot through multiple warpgates as you fight enemies.”
- “Which, considering the tone of the game and what little I was able to glean of the 'story' in-game, could actually be intentional in some brilliant meta-design by the creators, but I very much doubt that.”
- “The story line is pasted on and rice paper thin.”
- “The storyline is pasted on and rice paper thin.”
- “The plot is so thin that, if it is ever discovered, will revolutionize the world of particle physics.”
- “The missions, combat, and trivial amount of other gameplay elements cannot hope to hide that they were all added as an afterthought to the main game, and the main game is a one-trick pony.”
stability
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is widely criticized for its severe stability issues, with numerous reports of bugs affecting gameplay and controls. Many users find it unplayable due to these persistent problems, describing the steering and overall mechanics as frustratingly unreliable.
- “I find it unplayable and buggy as hell.”
- “Extremely buggy, abysmal controls.”
- “Buggy, unrealistic, over-the-top...the game just doesn't make sense.”
grinding
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and slow, particularly in managing and flying their ships. The controls can be cumbersome, making tasks feel boring and difficult to accomplish, which detracts from the overall enjoyment. While the game has fun elements, the repetitive nature of grinding is a significant critique.
- “However, near the end of the tutorial, the game told me to do something that was tedious and boring, and not easily accomplished with the game's controls.”
- “It's hard to figure out what things are and once you do it's painfully tedious to make use of them.”
- “It's fun, but my main critique would be how tedious it is managing and flying your ship.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The graphics have received mixed reviews, with some players expressing disappointment that the in-game visuals do not match the quality seen in the trailers. Additionally, the graphics are noted as a visual reference, highlighting a perceived lack of engaging content in the game.
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game offers significant replayability due to its dynamic destruction mechanics and enjoyable gameplay, despite currently having limited content. Players find it much more playable than before, contributing to its fun factor and encouraging repeated playthroughs.
- “Although it's currently short on content, its dynamic destruction and generally fun gameplay give it tons of replay value at the moment.”
monetization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users express frustration with developers who prioritize profit over player experience, labeling their practices as cash grabs. This sentiment highlights a growing dissatisfaction with monetization strategies in games.
- “I'm really tired of cash grab developers.”
- “I'm really tired of cash grab developers.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is criticized for its indecision between serious and comedic tones, resulting in a failure to effectively deliver on either front. This lack of clarity detracts from the overall experience, leaving players unsatisfied with the comedic elements.
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game's optimization is criticized for poor performance, particularly when numerous moving objects are connected, leading to significant slowdowns. Users express frustration with the default Unity objects, which struggle to maintain efficiency under these conditions.
- “Unfortunately, this one too suffers from the fact that the performance of the default objects Unity provides you with is rather abysmal by the time you hook up dozens of moving objects together.”