Spacebase DF-9
Space colony management sim with asteroid mining and alien settlers
Double Fine Productions · Published by Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios · Released Oct 27, 2014
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Negative
- 18% of 4,341
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 49/100 (critic reviews)
What is Spacebase DF-9?
A single-player sandbox management sim set in Earth's distant future, where humans and aliens settle in space. You build and expand a station with material mined from asteroids, assign residents to jobs, manage their needs, research technology, and deal with intruders and space hazards.
For you if...
- +you like open-ended space station building
- +you enjoy assigning settlers jobs and managing their needs
Not for you if...
- −you prefer guided objectives to sandbox base building
- −you want to control one character rather than manage settlers
What players say
18% of 4,341 reviews are positive
Players praise the space-colony concept, but commonly describe the game as unfinished, buggy, and thin on content. Many say development stopped before its ideas were fully realized.
Screenshots and trailer
Spacebase DF-9 system requirements
Minimum: HD 3000 with 384 MB of RAM, 2 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Spacebase DF-9?
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- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo or Higher
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of RAM
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo or Higher
- Graphics
- NVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ or higher
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
Does Spacebase DF-9 have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Spacebase DF-9 run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Spacebase DF-9 use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
