In Search of a Home
- October 10, 2019
- Ghostly Bear Games
Get on SteamIn "In Search of a Home," guide a spacefaring fleet to find a new home for humanity. Manage resources, morale, and alliances while exploring distant galaxies. Your choices will determine who survives and what kind of community you establish in this strategic roguelike.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a fascinating concept that evokes a Battlestar Galactica feeling of managing a fleet in dire trouble.
- Gameplay involves clever fleet drafting and resource management, providing a satisfying optimization problem.
- The core game is compelling and shows potential for further development, appealing to fans of sci-fi fiction and roguelite mechanics.
- The game is slow, boring, and heavily reliant on RNG, with minimal animations and action.
- It appears to be abandoned, with no updates or fixes since 2019, leading to a dead game experience.
- The gameplay is primarily about beating the clock with little story or engagement, making it unappealing for those seeking action.
- gameplay14 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
Gameplay reviews are mixed, with some players finding it slow and lacking in action or story, leading to boredom. However, others appreciate the early access version for its solid mechanics that involve balancing population needs and resource management in a survival roguelite format, emphasizing the challenge of real-time decision-making and optimization. Overall, while some aspects are engaging, the experience can feel repetitive and frustrating for others.
“In the current early access release, there is solid gameplay to start with, managing balancing the wants of your population and factions with the needs of getting from system to system until you are successful...in your search of a home.”
“The survival roguelite/time management sim gameplay does a good job capturing the feel of desperately trying to save your people through one close scrape after another.”
“Moment to moment gameplay is a satisfying optimization problem of managing resources and timers with a little risk management.”
“Gameplay was slow, with no animations and it felt very boring.”
“Never finished and the gameplay was just about beating the clock, no story or action. Do not buy.”
“It runs in real-time (or 4x real time to speed up certain gameplay), so you won't get much rest to plan your next move.”
- story8 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal and often overshadowed by gameplay mechanics, with some players noting a lack of action and narrative depth. However, others appreciate the underlying themes of survival and resource management, as players navigate a quest to find a new home for their fleet amidst various challenges. Overall, the story is seen as a backdrop to the gameplay rather than a central focus.
“In search of a home is a quest to cross the galaxy, trying to keep your straggling fleet alive, your populace happy, your ships repaired and fueled, and the politicians appeased, all while scrambling to find a new home out there somewhere in the blackness of space.”
“Never finished and the gameplay was just about beating the clock; no story or action, do not buy.”
“This is a game for people who aren't into action, storylines, or animations.”
“The fleet drafting is surprising and clever, and the resource management is suitably desperate, but it's the morale, population, and factions that give you the cues that take this from an interesting puzzle to a set of systems from which you can discern a story.”
- graphics2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Reviewers indicate that the game's graphics demand exceed the capabilities of a system with a 3.2 GHz quad-core CPU, 2GB graphics card, and 8GB RAM, suggesting that higher specifications are necessary for optimal performance.
“4 cores on a 3.2 GHz CPU, 2GB graphics card, and 8GB RAM is not enough to keep this game running smoothly.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the optimization aspect of the game engaging, as it involves effectively managing resources and timers while incorporating elements of risk management, creating a satisfying gameplay experience.
“Moment to moment gameplay is a satisfying optimization problem of managing resources and timers with a little risk management.”
