The Station

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

3

Pros:

Trying something different, Pretty good puzzles, Nice environmental storytelling, Creepy moments

Cons:

Story that doesn't quite deliver, Script that feels unnatural, Janky light effects, Game breaking bug

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Last revision on May 1, 2018

Reviewers Liked

Trying something different, Pretty good puzzles, Nice environmental storytelling, Creepy moments

Reviewers Didn't Like

Story that doesn't quite deliver, Script that feels unnatural, Janky light effects, Game breaking bug

Expert reviews and ratings

By gamingcentral.in on March 19, 2018 77

A first person sci-fi “walking simulator” set in a space station, The Station is similar to games like What Happened to Edit Finch and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and takes the player on a story driven journey. The Station is a kickstarted game...

By PC Gamer on March 02, 2018 77

Even stranger than its premise and scarier than it looks, The Station is a short ride to a great...

By New Game Network on February 21, 2018 46

The Station lacks the storytelling it needed in order to justify playing it. The lack of gameplay could have been overlooked if the story was up to snuff, but it just simply isn't. What results is a short, boring experience that will only satisfy the...

By VideoGamer on February 19, 2018 60

The trouble is that because it's been a popular choice for a little while now, whenever you play a small-ish game set on an abandoned space station you can squint and see all the other small-ish games set on an abandoned space station. So in The...

By Gaming Nexus on February 19, 2018 85

I hate it when I have to clean up other people's messes.I'm not sure why I always get the ugly and dirty jobs, but there I was, yet again, sent off to a distant spot in space to figure out what kind of trouble those first three folks to go got into....

By WCCFTech on February 19, 2018 59

The Station fails to captivate despite its interesting ideas and puzzles. The setting is nice, but the script and narrative couldn't quite deliver on the core...