Creatures Docking Station
Life sim where autonomous creatures learn and inherit traits
Creature Labs · Published by Gameware Europe, Critter Consortium · Released Dec 7, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 216
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 3
- peak 24h 8
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Jun 11, 2024
What is Creatures Docking Station?
This free-to-play, single-player life sim takes place in a self-contained, four-room ecosystem. You hatch and train creatures called Norns, care for them using food and toys, and watch them interact with their surroundings. Their offspring can inherit traits.
For you if...
- +you enjoy watching virtual pets behave independently
- +you like experimenting with genetics in a sandbox
- +you enjoy expanding games with community-made content
Not for you if...
- −you prefer clear objectives to open-ended creature care
- −you want action instead of watching creatures develop
What players say
95% of 216 reviews are positive
Players praise the depth of the creature simulation and the range of fan-made additions. Some say the systems take time to learn and report glitches with elevators or display settings.
Screenshots and trailer
Creatures Docking Station system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 95/98
- Processor
- Pentium 200 MMX
- Graphics
- A graphics card with DirectX compatible drivers
- Memory
- 32 MB RAM
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 7.0a
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Tags
- Life Sim
- Casual
- Artificial Intelligence
- Simulation
- Cute
- Moddable
- Sandbox
- Science
- Dialogue Heavy
- Nonlinear
- Singleplayer
- Family Friendly
- Nature
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- Survival
- Atmospheric
Recent updates
- Jun 11, 2024 · Creator Tools Update
- Feb 27, 2023 · Update: Bramboo fix, Life Events and Autonamer+
- Oct 20, 2022 · Update: Muco, learning machine and dragonflies.
- Apr 4, 2022 · Update: Body data fix live!
- Mar 22, 2022 · Update: C3 Ecology, DS tweaks, and the question of body data.
4 DLC available.
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