Hilarious text-to-speech chat memes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Text to speech brought this game to life.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Moonbase Alpha
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%Virtual Heroes, Army Game Studio2010Simulation · Strategy · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A short, free NASA-made moon base repair sim, remembered mostly for its text-to-speech chat memes. Skip it if you want lasting gameplay or can't find co-op partners.
Great for
Nostalgic meme fans and friend groups wanting an hour of free, silly co-op
Main risk
One repetitive, slow mission and a dead multiplayer scene, so it gets boring fast
What players love
Free, nostalgic piece of internet culture
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“An amazing piece of internet culture.”
Steam review · 17 h played ↗
Fun co-op repairing with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“A decent game to pass a couple of evenings with friends.”
Steam review · translated · 5 h played ↗
Realistic NASA moon atmosphere and physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“A full feeling that you're in space, on the moon!”
Steam review · translated · 3.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Slow, repetitive, boring gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I was doing nothing but the same little minigame for 45 minutes and got really bored and annoyed by the amount of time I was wasting.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
No audio, crashes and technical bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“THERE'S NO AUDIO AFTER THE DEVELOPER SPLASH SCREEN!”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Very little content, one short mission
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“What is the point of this game after you fix the base? Nothing to do!”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Multiplayer hard to set up, servers dead
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“No servers up, tried port connection and still no luck.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Trolls and abusive TTS spam
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“people just abuse the text to speach to say the n word”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Clunky controls and unclear tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It's too hard to figure out how to do anything and you move like a snail.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown2 GB
Minimum
OSWin XP SP3
Processor2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
Memory2 GB of System RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA 7000-series or ATI Radeon X1900 Video Card
Storage2 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
Recommended
OSWin XP SP3 / Vista / Windows 7
Processor2.4+ GHz Dual Core Processor
Memory4+ GB of System RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA 9000+ or ATI Radeon 3600+ Video Card
Storage5 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
OSWin XP SP3
Processor2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
Memory2 GB of System RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA 7000-series or ATI Radeon X1900 Video Card
Storage2 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
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