Spacebase Startopia

"It may not be for hardcore simulation fans but folks like me who enjoy a more arcade-style sim experience will find Spacebase Startopia to be quite a delightful gem of a game. Plus, it&s;s downright hilarious!"

"Spacebase Startopia feels a bit too basic for a management game and is not something you could really spend hours cultivating once you have the station set up. What it offers is rather simplistic, and is marred by regular crashes …"

"Spacebase Startopia is a complex management-sim, but once everything clicks there&s;s plenty of fun to be had. It&s;ll take time to learn everything, and the camera can be annoying, but it&s;s still enjoyable."

"Spacebase Startopia is a decently comical management simulation that looks back at and expands on the original Startopia. With a wide number of buildings and areas to develop, aliens to satisfy and even hire, there&s;s a fair amount to do. …"

"A good management game, empowered by a very unique comedic sci-fi setting. Campaign isn&s;t the greatest and a little bit more content would have been great, but all in all a nice return for the classic 2001 Startopia."

"I believe that beneath these layers of bugs, there&s;s a good game that will keep many of us entertained for long hours despite the cons, but in its current state, I unfortunately cannot recommend it to any self-respecting gamer. I …"

"Spacebase Startopia is a reasonably fun management/strategy game, slightly too complex to play with a controller. Though genre veterans will not find much challenge here, Spacebase Startopia is unique and cheerful enough to make it worth a look."

"Spacebase Startopia is a remarkable game and a good successor to the 2001 version. But perhaps it lacks dynamism in its games, where we will spend many minutes throughout the game just waiting for the objectives of the level to …"

"Spacebase Startopia is a missed opportunity to meaningfully build on a classic, but it&s;s still an entertaining management sim."

"Even after a dedicated tutorial and several early missions that function as another tutorial, figuring out Spacebase Startopia often feels like playing an obtusely old-school game without the benefit of a manual. That underlying complexity is also its greatest strength, …"

"An interesting experiment gone horribly wrong, Spacebase Startopia is plagued with dull RTS mechanics, a grind heavy campaign, and bad writing."

"Spacebase Startopia is a great time if you like city sim resource management-based games, but unfortunately doesn&s;t excel in any one area. Caution to those highly susceptible to motion sickness."

"Spacebase Startopia has cutesy and cartoony xenos milling around, but that&s;s all it has going for it. From questionable mission objectives and monotonous micromanagement, to audio hiccups, technical woes, and a lack of direction, it&s;s a simulation of the doldrums …"

"Relax among the stars in this enjoyable starbase management sim."

"Spacebase Startopia doesn&s;t have quite the same charm and humour of the original 2001 classic. The campaign missions are short and fairly repetitive, and the combat feels really basic. It&s;s a shame, but even with an online multiplayer mode, this …"

"When I see Kalypso Media stamped onto a game, I immediately think of strategy titles such as Tropico, Port Royale, Dungeons and Commandos 2. They have a huge catalogue of amazing RTS experiences which span several years so I was …"

"When it comes to management simulations there&s;s no question that the pickings on the Switch are pretty slim, indeed, so when any new ones come along I have no doubt genre fans are immediately curious for details..."

"I had a great time with Spacebase Startopia, and that’s coming from someone who’s not typically a fan of this genre of games. I just don’t usually have the patience to sit down and manage a little empire, but Spacebase …"

"Spacebase Startopia is not completely without merit, but it does lack in charm and depth, and simulators need one or the other (and preferably both) else they&s;re in big trouble. With that being said there is a very specific audience …"

"Spacebase Startopia is a fairly standard strategy/simulation game at its core, with the balancing of resources, happiness and a bit of light RTS combat mixed in. Some technical concerns around the camera, balky control scheme and less-than-stellar AI diminish the …"

"Spacebase Startopia is a next-generation reboot of an amazing, 20-years old sci-fi strategy game, with the same approach to gameplay but a fairly renewed graphics style, perfectly fitting the funny dark humour that pervades our star bases. It&s;s incredible how …"

"Spacebase Startopia is a pretty complex space base builder that’s marred by poor tutorials. If you can manage without the tutorial and dive right in you might get on fine. Overall, Spacebase Startopia is an enjoyable game once you give …"

"A game for fans of the original who want to experience the classic in a modern way. With many strengths but also very many weaknesses of the original - and some that have been newly added."

"I&s;m not done with Starbase Spacetopia (or whatever it&s;s called, I give up), I still want to nail the perfect base, especially now I&s;ve fully understood all the games systems, and for the most part, I&s;m having fun. On top …"

"Spacebase Startopia is a humorous space station management game that revives the cult classic Startopia with updated visuals and gameplay. It features a multi-ringed space station where players build infrastructure, cater to alien tourists, and manage resources. While the game …"

"For a remake of a 20-year-old game, Spacebase: Startopia looks and feels very modern, providing hours of strategic entertainment with its resource management and economic simulation. The game may look complicated and overwhelming but, as long as you play the …"

"Simulation and management games are never simple and intuitive and often the gaming experience improves with knowledge of the same. In this case, in Startopia, by combining more fields - economic management and RTS - the difficulty increases, but also …"

"A unique and complex gem, Spacebase Startopia is an engaging and constantly interesting take on the management genre. The Sims in space is selling it very short, because it is much much more. On console however, it’s intricacy and scope …"

"That&s;s not to say Spacebase Startopia is a bad game, it&s;s just something of a disappointment. At best, it feels like a remake that makes a few missteps. It&s;s a forgery at worst. If you really want more Startopia but …"

"Spacebase Startopia may not qualify for iconic status, but it is hugely entertaining strategic game."