Small Spaces

I refunded this game, and I wanted to like this game, but it's a bit laggy and there's not much content; I understand it just released and is an early access game, but there's not much sandbox freedom. The "Design" gameplay option is really nice, but there's a lack of options to pick from, and some items you can't even recolour. Also, the colours when recoloured are a bit muted, and you can't change that, despite making a colour "brighter". There's also a shop where you can get more items to use in the Sandbox "Design" mode but you have to purchase them using stars (which you earn 1 every level, but slow grind since there isn't many levels yet). I might come back to this game at a later stage, but for now, I shall be passing on this one. Still a nice game to check out though, if you enjoy Sims or Tenants, or any type of interior decorating games, but at its current state, I cannot fully recommend.

[b]Cute game, but probably not for me.[/b] I expected this game to be more about decorating and getting some ideas on how to make a space look good. But in the mode I played, you basically have complete freedom to place and arrange everything yourself. You get some basic requirements and points for things like having a bed or a table, but that's pretty much it. I was hoping for more tips like “this would look better here”, “these things work well together”, or just some ideas based on how real apartments are designed. Instead, it’s basically all up to your creativity. And as someone who was terrible at decorating houses in The Sims, I’m apparently just as bad at this. The game is really cute and relaxing, though, and I’m sure people who love building and decorating will really enjoy it. There’s also an unpacking mode that I haven’t tried yet, so maybe you’ll like that one more!

The style and look of the game is very nice! I do like that it gives you the option to turn on/off guidelines (tells you where to put the item). But having done all the stages in the New York package, I've dealt with enough glitches that have soured my experience enough that I may not bother with the other locations. One of the levels is glitched in a way that the stage won't end/ give me the 'star' even though there are no boxes to be unpacked (I made sure none were hiding), and after looking around online other people were running into the same problem months ago and it's sad to see that it hadn't been fixed in all that time. Other main issues I had were the boxes glitching: the boxes not spawning in and boxes that should be empty are re-opening themselves with duplicate items. If this game was free of these glitches, it would probably be my favorite game. It was say it's in "early access" still, but it's been out since late 2024. These game breaking glitches seem like they should have been fixed by now. In conclusion, when I am forced to essentially dump out (click and drag) 50 items from a respawned duplicate box into a pile on the floor in order to make progress/end the stage in a cozy organization game, it sucks.

I've been wanting this game since I saw it and I was able to get it recently when it went on sale. Honestly I was contemplating if I should really buy but my friends convinced me to and it's the best decision I've made this month. This game is oddly therapeutic for me. Since i got this game, it helps me destress. I usually don't want to play it when i'm stressed but i play it and after spending 3-4 hours, i forget what i was stressed about. I tried using their guides to style the apartment and i felt unfulfilled (because the fun for me is in spending the hours trying different ways to make the house look cute). If i could buy this game again, I would. I don't even mind that it's still under development. If i could afford to, I'd absolutely buy this full price. It is absolutely worth the money. So if you're looking for cute games to spend hours on, this is the game for you.

Game has potential. Is entirely half-baked software-wise unfortunately, and the moment you start to build "too much" (which isn't much at all) lights or anything with shadows or reflections ... Boom, watch your brief Small Spaces career crumble to ash. Game breaking flashing and flickering across all saves. Unfortunately repeating the same sad story as House Flipper. Waste of 12 bucks, and I literally cannot fix the graphics until they fix it... Which, if House Flipper is anything to go by (with a much bigger budget), that could be years or never. When I mentioned this issue on the discord, they said "pls send you PC specs <3". So that basically means we're not getting a fix anytime soon. RIP. Back to Outside The Blocks. Try it, it's a way better cozy builder and it's not glitched to hell. :) And here. Here are my PC specs... But we all know that's not going to fix anything. We're not new here.

谁懂要求你摆两百盆花盆摆到一百五十盆时游戏闪退带来的力竭感。既然优化做得差那就别在开箱模式放那么多负荷高的东西哇，稳定与美观在不可兼得的情况下总得做点取舍吧，你不能要求我在装修的同时还要注意存档什么时候会突然爆炸啊。同时bug多的飞起，开箱模式箱子莫名刷新不全（第一次玩还意识不到，卡了半天才意识到是有bug）,箱子里的物品没拿完之前箱子莫名消失，放出来的家具莫名消失，各种视角穿墙，点按多了给你来个雷霆闪退。力竭了，真的力竭了，在优化的能流畅运行前我不会再打开这个游戏了。

63 hours in and still playing! <-- proof point

I had a specific need I was looking for a game like this for; something easy to use that lets me mock up different rooms for comic characters to inhabit. And this is perfect, fit the bill exactly! It's an enjoyable experience otherwise, too. Easy to play, relaxing, lovely to look at. I extra appreciate that all of the art is hand-crafted in this age of plagiarist image generation machines, too.