Excellent story and lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The best use of gameplay as a storytelling tool I've ever seen.”
Steam review · 123.3 h played ↗
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%ProjectMoon2018Management · Psychological Horror · Simulation
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A brutally punishing SCP-style monster management sim with a superb story, lore and music, but harsh RNG, huge time-wasting resets and rough optimization. Skip it if you dislike stress or trial-and-error.
Great for
Patient masochists who love lore-heavy, hard management games and learning monsters by trial and error
Main risk
One mistake or bad RNG wipes hours of progress, forcing endless tedious restarts
What players love
Brutal but rewarding difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Wanted to rip my eyes out every reset but the feeling of completion is so rewarding.”
Steam review · 179.9 h played ↗
Addictive, high replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“The game has insane replayability”
Steam review · 139.4 h played ↗
Great music and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Did not expect the top shelf Jungle beats either. OST is wild.”
Steam review · 61.9 h played ↗
Unique, memorable abnormalities
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“all the abnormalities are so fun and unique, both mechanically and visually”
Steam review · 198.1 h played ↗
Meta-progression eases later runs
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“So, every subsequent run in this game becomes easier than the previous one...”
Steam review · 272.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, bugs and memory leaks
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“This STUPID ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GAME KEEPS CRASHING AFTER EVERY CORE SUPRESSION”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
Tedious, repetitive grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The game is a grind-fest, endgame days take multiple hours, one mess-up on a later game abnormality = restarting and all time lost.”
Steam review · 75.2 h played ↗
Punishing RNG and unrecoverable failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the difficulty mainly comes from RNG and not actually the game itself. It's extremely punishing if one thing goes wrong and it can basically end a run on the spot”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Better to watch the story than play
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“playing this game just for the story is NOT WORTH IT!”
Steam review · 198.9 h played ↗
Cryptic, unexplained mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“many unrecoverable fail states with no warning or explanation.”
Steam review · 63.2 h played ↗
Clunky UI and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“You cannot check your employee current health by clicking them, you need to click on a workplace then you'll see current health of employees.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8.1 or later
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 550 ti or Radeon hd 6570
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows 8.1 or later
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 550 ti or Radeon hd 6570
Storage6 GB available space
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