StellarHub
- August 16, 2017
- Casualogic
- 2h median play time
Get on Steam"StellarHub" is a single-player strategy game with metroidvania-style action-adventure elements, offering pretty visuals and taking about 2 hours to beat. As the Captain of a space station, you build a functional starbase using a variety of modules and manage a crew with unique skills, abilities, and needs. Choose wisely, as each module requires resources, time, energy, and oxygen. Wishlist now on Steam.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a great concept and potential for fun, especially for fans of management sims.
- Graphics are appealing and the game features a soothing soundtrack that enhances the gameplay experience.
- The developers are responsive to community feedback and actively work on bug fixes and updates.
- The user interface is cluttered and confusing, making it difficult to manage crew assignments and tasks effectively.
- The game suffers from numerous bugs and crashes, rendering it frustrating and often unplayable.
- Excessive micromanagement is required, which can make gameplay tedious and detracts from the overall enjoyment.
- gameplay30 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The gameplay is a mix of simulation and management set in a sci-fi environment, focusing on resource management and micromanagement, reminiscent of games like Startopia. While it offers a soothing atmosphere and engaging sound design, many players find the mechanics to be shallow, unbalanced, and occasionally confusing, with some unfinished elements and bugs. Overall, it provides a decent experience for fans of the genre, but may leave others wanting more depth and polish.
“The gameplay is pretty much a simulation of working, living, and producing goods in space while dealing with random events and daily human needs.”
“If you like key shortcuts as much as I do, since they make gameplay smoother and easier to handle, then be amazed.”
“Fun gameplay, nice visuals, and a great game for multiple plays.”
“It's possible, but with heavy micromanagement and mechanics abuse.”
“There are a number of things I find very strange in the game mechanics, such as you can only build a solar power module on certain tiles; wouldn't the sun be available pretty much everywhere?”
“That said, the mechanics are rather shallow and most possibilities are exhausted quite quickly.”
- graphics15 mentions
- 47 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players criticizing the use of outdated 2D pixel art that lacks depth and quality, while others appreciate the visuals as decent and fitting for a base-building game. Although there are options to adjust resolution, they do not significantly enhance the simplistic art style. Overall, while some find the graphics appealing and suitable for the game's price, others feel they fall short of contemporary standards.
“Graphics and art style is excellent, sound and music enjoyable.”
“The visuals are very appealing.”
“Fun gameplay, nice visuals, and a great game for multiple plays.”
“From all accounts, the people who could get this to work found what looked like a deep and interesting space station builder was, in fact, as bad as the shoddy 2D pixel visuals.”
“A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel 'art' as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
“While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
- story6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game's story emphasizes resilience and the unpredictability of life, but it lacks depth and engagement, primarily serving as a tutorial rather than a fully developed campaign. While the contracts provide some mission-based content, players desire more substantial narrative elements and interactions to enhance long-term engagement. Additionally, the tutorial's heavy reliance on text could benefit from improved editing for clarity.
“Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“More interaction, more story, a campaign or two maybe; the game needs more.”
“The game offers a tutorial to help you get into the game, it has a slight learning curve which is actually quite fun to learn.”
“The game offers a tutorial to help you get into the game, but the missions that can be considered the campaign are more just there to work as a tutorial and slowly ease you into the game. It feels like the game is pretty much played in custom mode as a simulator.”
“More interaction, more story, a campaign or two maybe. The game needs more depth in its narrative.”
- stability6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 83 % negative mentions
The game currently suffers from numerous bugs, including a significant overscan issue that remains unaddressed by the developers. While players find it frustrating to play in its current state, there is optimism as the developers are actively working on fixes and updates to improve stability. Overall, potential buyers may want to wait until these issues are resolved.
“If you like your games bug-free and complete, I wouldn't buy just yet, but the developers are engaged and seem to be addressing all the smaller issues very quickly, with more updates planned for the future.”
“It's also incredibly buggy beyond just the game-breaking overscan problem that the developer refuses to fix.”
“It's extremely buggy and a chore to play.”
“At the moment, this game is buggy as hell.”
- music4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The game's soothing soundtrack enhances the overall experience, perfectly complementing its slower pace and gameplay. Players appreciate the ability to customize music and sound effects, contributing to a relaxing atmosphere that aligns well with the game's aesthetic. Overall, the music is described as enjoyable and well-integrated into the game's design.
“Graphics and art style are excellent, and the sound and music are enjoyable.”
“I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
“The game has a soothing soundtrack that really sets the pace for the gameplay itself; it may not be a fast pace, but then again this isn’t a fast-paced kind of game.”
“On the setting side of things, we have volume control of the music and sound effects so you can customize them to your liking.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users find the grinding aspect of Stellarhub 2.0 to be excessively tedious and poorly designed, with overwhelming micromanagement that detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game. The need to locate and activate modules individually is seen as a chore, suggesting that improvements in automation and management features could enhance the experience.
“It's fine in practice, but poorly thought out, awfully tedious management and quite frankly a chore more than fun.”
“Having to find all these modules and one by one activate them is tedious; a defense control to activate all or selected defenses would be a massive improvement here.”
“Stellarhub 2.0 lacks some basic features that just make it too tedious for me to enjoy.”
- replayability3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
Users highlight that the game offers significant replayability due to its challenging nature, encouraging players to start over and experience the game multiple times.
“No, no, starting over is essential because replayability is a must!”
“The challenge is there, as is the replayability.”
“No, no, starting over because replayability is a must!”
- humor3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is highlighted by its amusing graphics and sound effects, which, while somewhat limited, contribute to an overall entertaining experience. Players appreciate the game's ability to deliver humor despite its simplicity, making it a top choice at a good price.
“Funny graphics; for a simple game, they have managed to make the game look great.”
“The sound effects are funny but a bit limited.”
“Top game, good price, and very funny.”
