Startopia

The whole experience felt pretty flat to me. This is a light-hearted and humorous base builder with some combat thrown in. Unfortunately, the Douglas Adams style comedy just didn't have that Douglas Adams genius and although I cracked a smile here and there, I think it mostly missed the mark. The pacing is slow at times and I found the interface to be disjointed and clunky, especially when hiring aliens. There is almost nothing provided in the way of in game descriptions of what the various items and buildings do for your visitors (Sick Bay is obvious enough, but how about the Dispenser?) Some of the items that you can place within buildings don't seem to have any purpose at all. The game manual is no help here either. Aside from the space port segments that constrict you from expanding until you've unlocked them, the whole space setting seemed to be just a skin and any other setting would have worked just as well. Or maybe I just didn't play far enough into the game. The best games I've ever played are inexplicably more than the sum of their parts. In my opinion, Startopia does not belong in that category.

Absolutely the best builder sandbox game I have played ...and still playing. The bastard child of theme hospital, Theme Park and and all the other Bullfrog panache that you know and love. Choccablock with humour, style and interest, its a place I love to visit. I would live there if I could.

There are some flaws (the combat system) but all the rest is so damn good. Lovely soundtrack Great mechanics Fun Gameplay I wish there are some sequel

Startopia is a delightful sci-fi management sim where you build and mantain a space station. Hardcore sim/management players will probably find the gameplay a little on the simple side, but it's perfectly servicable, and the big draw is the game's personality. It has a wonderfully Douglas Adams-esque sense of humor that makes the game fun and entertaining. I really feel like I can't overstate the wit and charm contained in this game. Would recommend anyone try it.

Still well worth playing to this day, runs well on windows 11 so long as the resolution doesnt go too high