Haven

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

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  • Summary: Does love truly conquer all? Two lovers gave up everything, left their entire lives behind, and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Play these lovers, Yu and Kay, at the same time as they settle into an unknown and eerie world. Explore the planet searching for parts and material to fixDoes love truly conquer all? Two lovers gave up everything, left their entire lives behind, and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Play these lovers, Yu and Kay, at the same time as they settle into an unknown and eerie world. Explore the planet searching for parts and material to fix their ship and make it a cosy home. Enjoy life together as a relatable couple cooking meals, crafting, collecting resources and engaging in meaningful conversations. Fight against those trying to tear them apart by synchroniSing their actions in combat, finding the perfect timing and rhythm, while controlling both characters simultaneously. Glide through the mysterious landscape, explore a fragmented world and fight against what’s trying to tear them apart in this RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Worth Playing
    Dec 11, 2020
    90
    Haven is a cute and enjoyable mix of light survival, light RPG, and serious romance novel. It's exactly the kind of game to play if you want to relax for a few hours and see adorable people being adorable. The surprisingly enjoyable RPG combat and gentle survival mechanics make the game feel more like a game, while at heart it is closer to a visual novel. If you like warm and fuzzy feelings, Haven is a great choice, as long as you don't mind the occasional risqué dialogue.
  2. Digital Chumps
    Jan 11, 2021
    80
    Haven presents a lush alien world, one rife with resource gathering and loaded with turn-based combat, as a suitable venue for its forbidden love story. Such an unorthodox collection of disparate elements may have had trouble connecting if not held together by widely relatable and sharply written interpersonal dialogue. It’s an assembly that allows its pair protagonists to thrive inside moments of tedium, suggesting a story worth telling takes precedent over action not always worth doing.
  3. COGconnected
    Feb 19, 2021
    80
    Haven is a noteworthy story that defines what it is like to find your home with your loved one. Yu and Kay have their ups and downs, but Haven shows that love conquers all hardships. The game is about exploring and finding new places, and of course being free to love whoever you want. Like all relationships the game isn’t perfect, but it successfully presents a warm and powerful narrative that demonstrates an adult relationship with characters that we can all relate to.
  4. Jeuxvideo.com
    Dec 3, 2020
    75
    A charming surprise and should mark the genre of adventure game thanks to the quality of the writing, the few mechanics borrowed from RPGs, the possibility of playing as a duo and its accessibility.
  5. Finger Guns
    Dec 5, 2020
    70
    A delightful central relationship gives this love story RPG wings, but generic survival beats and somewhat empty worlds leaves Haven not quite the essential indie experience we were hoping for.
  6. SpazioGames
    Dec 3, 2020
    70
    Haven has a good premise and a touch of freshness as it strives to convey humanity, even though most of its mechanics and plot deserved more depth.
  7. Gameblog.fr
    Dec 3, 2020
    50
    Despite its charming story and truly endearing characters, Haven does not deliver the adventure it once promised. Between its cryptic mecanics, redundant environments and rough battles, it seems like the game does not want to player ton pursue the adventure or have a pleasant time. Too bad, because Danger's soundtrack and the story of Yu and Kay should have had a better treatment.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. Nuhman1990
    Jun 21, 2021
    10
    Game was awesome when you play with your Gf or wife !! Had a good gaming experience! Relaxing music and enjoyable story!!
  2. Tomicsavo
    Feb 5, 2023
    10
    Really good atmosphere, and nice gaming experience when you co-op. Absoluiely loved it.
  4. CStar73
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    Haven isn't a big box adventure title with perfect mechanics. It is the perfect game to relax with on a weeknight with someone you love. ThereHaven isn't a big box adventure title with perfect mechanics. It is the perfect game to relax with on a weeknight with someone you love. There are few games I've enjoyed as much as I've enjoyed Haven so far. The story of Yu and Kay is endlessly relatable and the visuals, music, and mechanics come together to create a zen cooperative game. This game gives myself and my partner a sense of peace and contendedness at the end of a long day and is a real gift. Pick it up!… Expand
  5. SplitMind
    Mar 27, 2023
    5
    Haven is doubly frustrating because the visuals, story and soundtrack are so good, but the gameplay is bafflingly mundane and protracted.
  6. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 6, 2021
    5
    Haven
    Cute and Pretty and Pretty Boring
    Haven is a 3rd person exploration game where you play solo or coop as Kay and Yu, two lovers that    Haven
    Cute and Pretty and Pretty Boring
    Haven is a 3rd person exploration game where you play solo or coop as Kay and Yu, two lovers that escaped to a lost planet together.. at first Haven looks promising with its beautiful color and design, its race like mechanics for floating around this lost planet… but almost instantly turns into a head scratching, what is this?
    its kind of instantly boring and never does much to ease this feeling, there is cute boyfriend girlfriend dialog between the two, you can explore the world to find different ingredients to cook for eachother, and you can collect materials to upgrade your items and your home called the nest, and the game looks and feels the same for at least 4 hours… I couldn’t muster up the care to see haven all the way through to the end, it is just so repetitive, all 4 hours look the same and have you doing the same things,clean up this iron goo, pacify these rogue creatures in a little turn based combat, and float across these bridges to a new patch of land just to do the same thing…
    I couldn’t take it anymore…
    Sadly there is no aspect here I could see that could make anyone else feel otherwise..
    Not even the relationship building between to two..
    I just couldn’t care where cleaning up this world would take me..
    I give Haven
    a 5/10    … Expand
  7. Giero
    Jul 29, 2023
    3
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  8. dark0153
    Mar 27, 2023
    0
    Horrible coop experience
    - only tracks trophies for 1 user
    - duo attacks are broken by enemy attacks - locked movement for 1 player - dialogue    Horrible coop experience
    - only tracks trophies for 1 user
    - duo attacks are broken by enemy attacks
    - locked movement for 1 player
    - dialogue choices must be confirmed by both players, even if each player controls one character

    Should be removed from PS store or have the coop part disabled
    Not sure how this dumpster fire passed QA and Sony certification    … Expand

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