Spacebase DF-9

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User Score
2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 56
  3. Negative: 39 out of 56

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  1. Siphine
    Oct 21, 2013
    9
    Great game for only being in Alpha. Genuinely fun. All these minor little details just make me shiver with excitement. For example the way you select an area and it just generates wherever you select, no predetermined spots. Or the airlocks lights that slowly go from red to green or green to red, signifying someone is entering or leaving the station and oxygen is being refilled/depletedGreat game for only being in Alpha. Genuinely fun. All these minor little details just make me shiver with excitement. For example the way you select an area and it just generates wherever you select, no predetermined spots. Or the airlocks lights that slowly go from red to green or green to red, signifying someone is entering or leaving the station and oxygen is being refilled/depleted according to what is happening. Even the suits are different! Really all it needs is a bit more content since it's a bare bones right now, not filled out.
    Oh and before I end, love the Spaceface and how they aren't all human.    … Expand
  2. Qgal5kap
    Oct 27, 2013
    8
    The game shows great potential. Now it's all up to Double Fine to deliver some more content, and give us a delicious micromanagement experience. I can't wait to see what's next.
  3. smartbombradio
    Feb 12, 2014
    8
    The game needs work (it's in Early Release Alpha stage) but the parts that do work are VERY fun. I tend to play about 5-10 hours every update, and as it drops new updates the game gets better.

    Basically it's like Dwarf Fortress in space but with actual graphics/animations. You build a Spacebase, defend it, improve it, and read your little sims life stories until parasites or killbots or    The game needs work (it's in Early Release Alpha stage) but the parts that do work are VERY fun. I tend to play about 5-10 hours every update, and as it drops new updates the game gets better.

    Basically it's like Dwarf Fortress in space but with actual graphics/animations. You build a Spacebase, defend it, improve it, and read your little sims life stories until parasites or killbots or raiders kill everyone on board... then you start over and do it again!

    I recommend it, (and I recommend it highly during one of the sales they run.) It's a lot of fun and looking to get funner.    … Expand
  4. Hostile_Jesus
    Mar 10, 2017
    8
    this has to be one of the best games I've ever played ut the only issue is that development stopped. don't let this put you off I still have over 70 hours on this game
  5. Criiich
    Jul 27, 2019
    10
    Anything Double Fine is a treasure this isn’t their best work but they are a hardworking loving group of people!

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49

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 3 out of 4
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jan 24, 2015
    49
    Absurdity reaches its peak when a corpse that’s been lying on the floor for a while gets some new friends and enemies. Looks like the space frontier in Spacebase DF-9 is settled exclusively by deranged people who were booted from civilized worlds. [Feb 2015]
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Nov 27, 2014
    25
    Double Fine overestimated its abilities and failed to produce a proper management strategy game. Remember Spacebase DF-9 every time before buying anything in Steam Early Access. Even a big name is not a guarantee that a game will be actually finished.
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  3. 4P.de
    Nov 18, 2014
    43
    Not only does it feel unfinished, even with what is there you encounter a lot of issues.
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