Sky Haven
- November 20, 2022
- Real Welders
- 15h median play time
Get on Steam"Sky Haven" allows you to create and manage your own airport, building everything from landing strips to terminals and managing passengers and cargo. Design every detail of your airport for optimal efficiency and passenger flow, and expand your airfield to city size. Ensure happiness and satisfaction of clients and passengers for a healthy economy.
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Reviews
- The game has a lot of potential and offers a fun and engaging experience for airport management enthusiasts.
- The developers are responsive and frequently release updates to address bugs and improve gameplay.
- The historical progression from early aviation to modern times adds a unique and enjoyable aspect to the game.
- The game is riddled with bugs and crashes, making it frustrating to play, especially in later stages.
- The tutorial is lacking and does not provide adequate guidance, leaving players to figure out mechanics on their own.
- Many features are incomplete or poorly implemented, leading to a lack of depth and replayability.
- gameplay124 mentions
- 26 % positive mentions
- 69 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players noting a lack of innovation and a frustrating learning curve due to inadequate tutorials. While some enjoy the core mechanics and find the tycoon elements engaging, others criticize the repetitive nature and numerous bugs that hinder the experience. Overall, the game shows potential but requires significant improvements in guidance, balance, and polish to fully realize its capabilities.
“The gameplay is incredible for a tycoon game.”
“10/10 for the gameplay, the balance, the simple graphics, and the game itself.”
“This game is extremely addictive; the mechanics are well thought out, thematically appropriate, and most important of all, fun!”
“The game does not provide adequate guidance or tutorials, leaving players to figure out the mechanics on their own.”
“The repetitive gameplay, lack of innovation, and frustrating mechanics led me to seek a refund.”
“The gameplay loop required to earn enough money to build a decent airport is dry and boring as can be.”
- graphics92 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 61 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with some praising the vibrant 3D art style and attention to detail, particularly in the aircraft design, while others criticize the performance issues, bugs, and overall graphical fidelity, describing it as outdated for 2023. Many players appreciate the game's potential and immersive environment, but note that it suffers from clunky UI and graphical glitches that detract from the experience. Overall, while the graphics show promise, they require significant improvements to meet player expectations.
“The graphics are gorgeous.”
“The graphic artist did a great job capturing the essence and beauty of the aircraft.”
“Sky Haven has a long way to go but the potential is bursting at the seams... it really has a lot of elements that I wished other airport sim titles had and the art style (3D) is just magnificent.”
“With the game still riddled with bugs, graphical issues, and performance issues, it's not close to being a game worthy of anyone's time or money.”
“Graphics in this game are early 1995-ish level at best.”
“Currently running around 12fps on my MacBook Pro i9 with Radeon Pro 560X graphics (can play most games) - so basically unplayable.”
- stability88 mentions
- 5 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 95 % negative mentions
The game is widely criticized for its numerous bugs, glitches, and overall lack of polish, leading many to describe it as an unfinished and clunky experience. While some players find it playable with patience and careful planning, the instability significantly detracts from the enjoyment, with frequent crashes and game-breaking issues reported. Despite its potential, the game's current state is seen as a major drawback, leaving players frustrated and hoping for future updates to address these problems.
“It was written by one person, and when released, it’s almost bug-free with all features in the game being fully playable.”
“This game is a great choice for tycoon game enthusiasts who enjoy planes, and it offers a stable experience overall.”
“The game is impressively stable, with minimal bugs at launch and all features functioning as intended.”
“This game is an unfinished, buggy, rough mess.”
“There are still far too many errors and problems and glitches in the system to have released this game!”
“Game crashes or has game-breaking glitches every 1 or 2 hours.”
- optimization30 mentions
- 10 % positive mentions
- 70 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with users reporting significant performance issues, especially when managing more than 20 planes, leading to low frame rates and crashes. Many players note the presence of bugs, graphical glitches, and unresponsive UI elements, indicating a need for substantial improvements in performance and stability. While the game has potential and is enjoyable once mastered, its current state is deemed unworthy of investment due to these optimization shortcomings.
“Addictive and good game once you figure it out, needs to be optimized when dealing with more operations but is a fun airport manager game, great detail.”
“Nice game but could use some performance improvements.”
“Great game simulation but is in need of more optimization to smooth out the crashes and stabilize the game.”
“With the game still riddled with bugs, graphical issues, and performance issues, it's not close to being a game worthy of anyone's time or money.”
“But a catastrophe performance-wise at the current state when you get more than just 20 planes.”
“The performance suffers the more you expand, which I understand to a point but it did get as bad as 15 fps.”
- music26 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it generic and repetitive, often looping the same track excessively. While some appreciate the era-appropriate tunes and lively graphics, others express a strong desire for more diverse and ambient soundtracks to enhance the overall experience. Overall, the consensus suggests that the current music detracts from the game's enjoyment, highlighting a need for improvement.
“Was looking to be a very fun game with catchy music.”
“The music is good and transfers with the era.”
“Ultimately the cute graphics and laidback music lull you into thinking this isn't a fast-paced game, but you can find yourself surprised when you've run out of fuel or cargo.”
“The music is pretty generic and gets old after it loops 20 times.”
“The game has one soundtrack... one... and it's terrible.”
“Also, no music, so you just spend most of your time on fast forward in silence mashing around menus.”
- grinding12 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 83 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessively tedious, particularly when managing planes and integrating taxiways and service roads. The need to quickly accept flights to maximize earnings adds to the grind, leading some to feel that it requires an inordinate amount of time and effort. Overall, the experience is described as monotonous and demanding.
“An extremely tedious game.”
“It's also quite grindy, having to spend most of the time accepting flights as fast as you can, so as not to miss out on a few dollars.”
“Taxiways and service road integration is probably the most tedious process of the game.”
- story10 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 70 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for being limited and lacking depth, contributing to an overall feeling of disengagement. Players feel that the narrative does not provide a compelling drive to continue playing, which detracts from the overall experience.
“However, I will say one critique of the game is the limited plot of space you get, which I understand is expected given that the game is currently evolving and improving bit by bit.”
- monetization8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has drawn mixed reactions, with some users labeling it as a cash grab despite recent updates from the developers. While the concept is appreciated, there are concerns that the monetization is primarily aimed at funding ongoing development rather than enhancing player experience.
“At this point, it's an utter cash grab for their 'new game'.”
“Cool concept, but it really appears to be a cash grab to pay for continued development.”
“Even though the advertising and trailer show more planes.”
- emotional2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The emotional aspect of the game is characterized by a sense of detachment and monotony, as players find themselves engaged in a repetitive cycle reminiscent of Pong, where the challenge shifts to maintaining the game indefinitely without intervention. This can evoke feelings of frustration or disconnection rather than engagement or excitement.
