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Habitat
Habitat is a physics-based space game where you build, fly, and fight with whatever you can find out in space. Upgrade and arm your creations with weapons and structures you find in orbit, fly and explore using rocket physics.Battle deadly enemies in Campaign Mode to save humanity or explore Sandbox
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This has the potential to be a pretty jolly KSP. I guess Unity must make it really easy to connect things to each other with intergalactic space ropes, or else there wouldn't be a bazillion people making games like…”
“Somehow this game is everything it said it would be, and yet not what I expected. That's probably my own issue, so take this review with a grain of salt. I like base-building games, and I thought this would be more…”
“This game has a ton of potential and some good people that can make it fantastic. I had the pleasure of meeting the creator, Charles Cox, at RTX this past weekend and I can tell that this is his baby and he will do…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game has a ton of potential and some good people that can make it fantastic. I had the pleasure of meeting the creator, Charles Cox, at RTX this past weekend and I can tell that this is his baby and he will do…”
“Light-hearted sandbox space game that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's been on early access for a while and recently has gone from feeling less like a tech demo and more like a sandbox game. If you like sandbox…”
“Habitat is a beautiful game. Considering this is being Early Access game, it is still improving, but each revision offers quite of bit improvements over last. If you have dreamed of creating your own space station to…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Weaponized T-Rex Head. Let that soak in for a minute. Habitat is about building a space station called a habitat from space junk floating around Earth. Space junk including the aforementioned Weaponized T-Rex Head,…”
“It took me a bit to get the physics and start understanding all the pieces of space junk and their powers, but after that, it became addicting. If I didn't have other commitments I'd be playing it every day - there's a…”
“Habitat is pretty fun. I'm really liking the setup and how it's playing right now. Right now, it's a pretty fun sandbox with lots of room for experimentation. I'm looking real forward to what you guys have in store to…”
46 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is good fun for about half an hour - you can build a wacky ship and mess around with fun weapons but that's more or less it. The flight is really difficult, though made a little easier by proper booster…”
“The game is not without fun and I did enjoy it for a while but I found that there was no real purpose to ship building beyond small weapons platforms. Currently not enough depth to it but it is an early access game and…”
“Somehow this game is everything it said it would be, and yet not what I expected. That's probably my own issue, so take this review with a grain of salt. I like base-building games, and I thought this would be more…”
25 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is good fun for about half an hour - you can build a wacky ship and mess around with fun weapons but that's more or less it. The flight is really difficult, though made a little easier by proper booster…”
“This game has single handedly stopped me from buying early access games. I picked this up 8 months ago when it was first released and it was unplayable. I wanted to love it, so I decided to leave it alone and give the…”
“As it is I can't recommend it. This will probably change as the game progresses. This game has issues... beginning with the tutorial. In the first mission I managed to put the two parts right next to each other ... only…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“As it is I can't recommend it. This will probably change as the game progresses. This game has issues... beginning with the tutorial. In the first mission I managed to put the two parts right next to each other ... only…”
“I wish i could reccomend this game I really do. After playing for a while i have noticed serious gamebreaking bugs. my ships break everytime i go to lunar orbit and ship parts constantly break off for no reason when…”
“This is a poor game with no support. Developer appears to have abandoned it, and never fixed many of the problems with it. Sad I spent money on it.”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is good fun for about half an hour - you can build a wacky ship and mess around with fun weapons but that's more or less it. The flight is really difficult, though made a little easier by proper booster…”
“I think some may misunderstand what this game really is. A quick and dirty description of it would be an arcade game. The game is not intended to be a long term play and you will restart the game multiple times just…”
“This game sucks. It is absolutely horrible. The tutorial explains basic movement and building, but not combat between engineers. Sadly, the campaign quickly plunges you into combat against "civilian engineers" without…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has single handedly stopped me from buying early access games. I picked this up 8 months ago when it was first released and it was unplayable. I wanted to love it, so I decided to leave it alone and give the…”
“This is a poor game with no support. Developer appears to have abandoned it, and never fixed many of the problems with it. Sad I spent money on it.”
“I played the game i like the concept but it lacks major for a old game i was hoping for a lot more From what i have read the DEV's have given up on the game completely giving up making changes to the game. So for now i…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 39.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Habitat is a bizarre and lovely experience. At first it seems very simple, but a few minutes in and the depth of the experience is unavoidable. This sandbox spacestation construction set is very slow paced but so obviously full of potential. Be warned, if you are not a patient…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I really wanted to like this game, but I couldn't. It suffers from the sadly all-too-common problem of being unable to decide if it wants to be serious or funny, and in trying to do both it fails to do either. The plot is so thin that, if it is ever discovered, will…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“A year later (after my purchase) and the "full release" is upon us; but despite improvements it feels like nothing has changed, aside from features that I'm not sure anyone really asked for (More engineer micromanagement? An engineer camera?). It technically works, but still…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Space · Indie · Simulation · Action · Sandbox · Survival · Adventure · Physics · Early Access · Building · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | http://jointhe509th.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2 GHz processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD3000, Nvidia GeForce GT8600 or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0c