Base One
Released: 5/11/2021
Score Breakdown
67.1
Critic Average
7 reviews
37
Steam User Score
478 reviews
N/A
Metacritic User Score
Disparity Breakdown
67 vs 37
Average of both sources
Review Disparities
Each point represents a critic review. Hover for details. Positive = critic higher than users. Negative = critic lower.
6/19/2025
Late Review“Like many games that are smaller budget, when a game has remotely fancy graphics, gameplay tends to almost always suffer. This is no exception, while the space survival idea is cool, from frustrations in the UI, to constantly glitches and freezes it’s hard to even see the game at its best when so many other things get in the way.”
40
40/100
11/3/2021
Late Review“Base One has problems, and there are plenty of them, whether they be bugs, imperfect engineering or unimaginative. However, it works around the proven core of strategy building and survival management focused games. This level works - with difficulty, but it does. Furthermore, there is also the potential for game development, and the ugly duckling could potentially grow into a beautiful swan, only that would require consistent care and effort on the part of the developers. The planned DLC could indicate that they consider Base One a longer-term project, but I certainly wouldn't put my hand up for that at this point.”
55
55/100
7/1/2021
Launch Window“After bad start with few patches you can find here good space base builder with complex and sometimes difficult management.”
70
70/100
5/13/2021
Launch Window“Base One is an enjoyable space base building game with great ship interior detail, a decent story and good challenging gameplay. Without a multiplayer component, custom games will extend the gameplay beyond completed the campaign free of mission objective shackles. It’s well worth the purchase price though and I’m looking forward to the first DLC.”
80
80/100
5/11/2021
Launch Window“Base One is too conservative in its take on the future, its approach to mechanics, and its story to create an experience that can keep gamers engaged with the campaign in the long term. The custom game mode offers ways to engage with all core mechanics in a variety of player-defined scenarios.”
75
75/100
5/11/2021
Launch Window“Base One is a remarkable game where some design decisions -especially at the interface level- somewhat questionable and dozens of bugs, at least in the preliminary version, prevent it from reaching a higher grade. But it has some cool ideas and if it has developer support it can be a great game in the long run.”
70
70/100
5/10/2021
Early Review“Base One is an enjoyable sim/management game that you can play casually for a few in-game cycles or a few IRL hours.”
80
80/100
