Unfortunately I can't recommend this game. I personally like it but since the developer decided to leave the game unfinished and incomplete, I can't recommend it. What you have is a fun Spacestation simulator that minus the bugs and glitches would be good enough on its own. However these bugs and glitches are often game breaking and could even destroy your save. That being said, don't buy this game unless you have a high tolerance for pain.

I poured money into this expecting it to be an ongoing project. It started out interesting for an alpha but then we realised that this was as good as it was going to get.

The developer either mismanaged the money so severely to the point where it should honestly be questioned whether Doublefine has any business in early access or they simply took the money and ran. Not bothering to finish this game as other projects needed more attention.

Either way we are left with a sorry excuse for a game. Horrendously shallow gameplay with barely any of the initially promised features. It is a barren boring game that you will grow weary of in less than half an hour of starting it up.

Do not buy unless it goes for less than a dollar.

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What Space Base DF-9 did right

-Great visual Appeal

One of the things i love about SBDF-9 is the look and style, they just seem right. And it reminds me of the Sims 4 or Sim City(2013)



-Great idea for a game
lots of people have done building games, city games,etc, but Space Bases are few. The idea for this game is Perfect, now if only the game was...



What Space Base DF-9 did wrong


-Did not deliver
on the Double Fine Games website they had a roadmap (now long gone) of things they said they were going to try to add. It was a big one. And yes i know that even they said it wasn't "set in stone" but it was used to get people to buy the game, and now only about 20 to 40% of those features are in the game, and it kinda feels like they tricked us.

-Left the Game unfinished
Double Fine Games the dev and publisher has left SBDF-9 to make another game and thereby make more money. They basically blame the community citing that "not enough people bought the game to fund it". Perhaps because the game is in an Alpha state at the most

-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ AI
I don't know about you but when i'm in a space base on the far reaches of the milky way, i get pretty damn pissed when i don't have Five Star meals, or Gyms, or bars, or TV. So mad i start trashing my own Oxygen tanks thereby killing myself. What? You wouldn't do that? Well the AI in this game does that. Yep, if they aren't living in luxury they decide life just ain't worth living.

-Not Worth the price
If Double Fine Games was going to keep working on this, i would say this is worth the price, however they aren't so really there is no point in spending cash on it. Its not going to get better, its not going to get fixed, and its not a good game.

-bugs and glitches that will never be fixed
Not being able to build, Oxygen not being produced despite the fact i have Oxygen tanks and more, these are bugs and glitches that will never be fixed.

-Made us pay for their failure
This is more of a issue of Double Fine Games itself. They the whole reason they said the game is being shut down is because one: Not enough people bought it, and two: they ran out of Kickstarter money. If they did run out of kickstarter money then STOP working on another game and spend that money on the game you sold us.

-This is not the first time Double Fine Game has let people down
Another game by DFG, Broken Age was also misleading. The game is sold as a full game but it is like TellTale games in that there are "Episodes". Right now, a year after the funding for the game ended there is only ONE episode, with a "promise" that the second one will be coming on "sometime in early 2015"

Who Space Base DF-9 is for
-People who like wasting money

-People who don't care about playing an unfinished game

-People who buy games on sale

-Idiots


Final Thoughts
The idea behind this game is amazing, and if worked on properly it could be a masterpiece. But it won't and thats a shame. Normally i keep supporting even bad EA games because i figure "eh, they will fix it later" i mean at the point i've already given them money, the best thing to do is hold on to the hope (however pointless) that the game will get better. There is no hope with SBDF-9, not anymore. And yes, modders could make it better, and they could make it a great game, but my belief is that if modders have to fix your game, and i mean Make it playable, then you've already failed.

I got double fined, and I paid for it

Got in on day 0 with this game. Expected big things. Got kicked in the proverbial nuts when the developers chose to stop developing before the game was considered done.

Do not buy. I will never support Double Fine ever again.

Avoid this game, It was abandoned and was left to be finished by the modding community.

Unfinished Game
DoubleFine tried to cash grab with Early access , they thought people would buy and totally fund their game only from early access sales just like Prison architect did . they canceled this game claiming the early access did not fund the game.

the game itself is a base building survival game. you build rooms try to keep everyone alive and happy. and defend against pirates and invaders. Thats it . no plots no missions nothing

the game as it is Totally not worth the Price Tag.

Game is incomplete, and devs won't finish it. Don't give them your money.

I never really take the time as I should to rate games, I either like them or I don't. Spacebase DF-9 was suppose to be a great game, many things were promised and not even a third was delivered. The game is unfinished after having the support from gamers to get it started, I really feel like they should give us our money back. Don't waste your time with this game or your money. To summarize the game, you'll start building, your citizens will get angry, they will kill each other, the end.

This title was abandoned, it's not finished and it never will be. Save your money.

The developer treated this game like a 3 legged dog. It was fun and cute until they tried to play with it, then it became clear that it's just a crap version of a better thing. So they packed it up and drove it to the forest and let it out "Go on boy, be free" they said. Spacebase just sat at the side of the road watching curiously as the door shut and the car drove away. It wasn't until it's early access collar rotted off that Spacebase realized they were never coming back. But yet it waits.

Do yourself a favor and dont buy this game, or just go DL it for free from one of those other sites if youre really that curious. Double Fine abandonded this project and so should we.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IT IS UNFINISHED AND WILL NEVER BE FINISHED. I'm warning you, don't make the same mistake that I did.

Game abandoned by the developer, still huge gameplay issues and infuriating bugs.

Double Fine took our money and gave us a broken, incomplete game.

The soundtrack is catchy.

Not finished. Should have never left Early Access.

Could have been a great game, but was abandoned by the developers. This is not hyperbole or butthurt exaggeration, the developers saw their sales for the game slow down and just threw their hands up, declaring the game completed. Do not buy it. This is one of the games that caused me to abandon purchasing any more Early Access games on Steam (thank you Doublefine -- I hope you're satisfied with the reputation you're purchasing for yourselves. The free "I'm sorry" shovelware game you gave us early access supporters sucks too, by the way). Do not buy this game.

Awesome graphics and sound are ruined by the crippled AI -- your citizens will literally charge past a fire extinguisher hanging on a wall to stomp on a huge room-sized fire to promptly catch on fire and burn to death. Technicians will do pushups in front of a failing oxygen scrubber, then their air will run out and they'll panic and die. Everyone on your station is mind numbingly stupid, but there's no way to directly control them -- you'll just watch them helplessly as their lack of regard for their own safety causes them to die in a variety of ridiculously preventable ways.
At first it's funny, for a short time. Then it's annoying. Then it's frustrating. Then it becomes infuriating.

Do not buy this game.

I'm somewhat convinced that it is not actually a game, but an elaborate psychological experiment to determine frustration thresholds. Do not buy it.

This game had the potential to be great. But unfortunately was rushed into early release, leaving out many promised features and leaving in many gamebreaking bugs. Not even handing this game over to modders could save it. I hate to leave bad reviews but seriously, unless its on sale for 80% minimum, stay away from this game.

A great idea for a game that showed excellent potential until, like so many other Early Access titles, the developers abandoned it and told the community to finish it with mods if they want. A real shame, because I was looking forward to the finished version of this game.

The game looks cool from the write up on the store page and the graphics...but be warned! the 'Mostly Negative' reviews are there for valid reasons, DO NOT buy this program.

Problems? Raiders are out of control. I've had 1 raider take out 4 of my security many times. Total hogwash.

The potential is great, but from what I can tell there are to be no further content, so be warned.

Stear clear unless things change.