Spacebase DF-9

If you’re here on a historical tour of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of mismanagement, I would highly recommend the game “Space Haven”, which is feature-complete, well-executed, and supported by developers who care more about their customers than their own ego. It’s what this game could’ve been. I think my experience with this game was like many. Encouraged by some excellent Early Access titles at the time, when Spacebase DF-9 hit early access, I naively assumed that I was buying something that would be worked on for years. Double Fine had published an exciting development plan. However, just a few months later, development was abruptly stopped, and the still very minimal, bug-riddled game was released as 1.0, with future plans quietly and unceremoniously removed. In the fallout, Double Fine made statements claiming that they broke no promises and they simply weren’t making enough money on the game - which, honestly, never reached a state where it was functional enough to be worth buying. My Steam Early Access purchase, like everybody who bought the game, was seen by Double Fine as a donation. Note, at the time of abandonment, if I remember correctly, Steam Refunds were not a thing. If players were able to claim steam refunds, I doubt they would’ve even said anything. It’s really a shame, as this was a game that had a ton of potential, and instead, it was simply the game that made me forever mistrustful of early access. Even a decade down the line, after formally abandoning the game and releasing code to the community, who fixed the game for free, Double Fine still has the audacity to claim DF-9 as a complete project that they have no shame charging for. Double Fine has recently become an independent studio again. I have serious doubts that they will survive, given Tim Schafer’s now mile-long streak of financial negligence. He and the studio paint their players not as customers, but as charitable supporters patronizing their passion projects until they get bored and move onto a new one. They truly just don’t care as long as they get to make “their next game”.

Its good loved it when way back

Dont buy! Its Abandonware from dishonorable, greedy people...

I Love this game!

I'll say it now, Space Base DF-9 is actually quite a nice game. its a little buggy but it has quite the charm otherwise.

I still come back and think about what a waste this turned out to be, there was a lot of potential to be had and I really enjoyed what I played, but then they just abandoned it and declared it "Finished" That's good will you cant get back.

Never made. Terrible.

El juego es una mierda como un piano la verdad. No merece la pena comprarlo ni de rebajas. De hecho, si tus amigos te regalan este juego, cambia de amigos.

Pena que abandonaram, se querem algo parecido tem o space haven

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