Havendock on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

Havendock is a early access, singleplayer and strategy game developed by YYZ Studio and published by IndieArk and Pretty Soon.
Released on April 20th 2023 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Thai, Ukrainian, French, German and Korean.

It has received 1,313 reviews of which 1,144 were positive and 169 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Havendock into these genres:

Early Access Singleplayer Strategy City Builder Colony Sim Sandbox Agriculture Automation Building Crafting Management Base-Building Farming Sim Life Sim Relaxing Open World Casual Simulation Resource Management Immersive Sim

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit)
Processor: Dual core 3 GHz+
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 700 series or similar
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025

Super cute, super funny and highly re-playable. Havendock is one of those games that you have in your library that every few months you pick it up dust it off and play a new game again and enjoy it all. For an EA game it has a good amount of content and I did not have any issues with bugs (or if there were bugs they were not bad enough for me to remember and were a quick fix with a reload). It is very easy to play leaving no confusion around how production works and what you need to improve and get better production going and the production cycle is very well designed with the new areas you unlock on the map fitting in seamlessly to add and grow your production. The villagers and birds that help you are a fun addition and even include side quests for you to do. There are new areas to unlock but it does not feel like a long grind to get to them. Overall a fun well developed re-playable game (what more could you ask for).

Nov. 2024

Liked it a lot, way more to do and to explore then I intially anticipated. But, the 'late game' needs some work. The concept of this game is: Expand your 'village', except more settlers, satisfy their needs, expand, unlock new buildings and stats via the tech tree. But here comes the problem late game: Normally, you asign settlers on tasks so they do them for you, otherwise it takes a loongg time. But, without giving away to much, there is no way to use settlers for this late-game task, and you have to do it yourself. And there seems to be a way for you to eventually asign settlers, but before being able to do it, you need to GRIND a LOT. Which is kind a weird in my opinion, because thus far there was barely any grinding involved in this game, which I appreciate cause I don't like grinding at all. Also, the end game is a bit unexpected and surprising, and if you ask me, a bit out of order as well. There was still a lot I could do and I could discover (still an island I wasn't able to reach), but I could still 'finish' the game. I hope they do some balance fixing (especially for late game) , maybe expand the tech tree a little, and I have a pretty decent PC, but I ran into some framedrops and lag later on in the game, which I feel is not really because of my PC, but more so because the game isn't really optimised yet.

Sept. 2024

Cozy "survival" community builder; it's slightly more complicated than what I'd truly consider casual, but there is no fail state. Hungry citizens just work a fraction of the time, but you don't lose them. Progression is based on getting new materials, this is not at all trivial and you'll have to talk to NPCs to get hints to where to find them. There are complex production lines, sometimes with 4-5 steps, and citizens can be assigned to specific jobs - all in all the management part works very well. There is a research tree that unlocks new items and buildings, and clear progression. There are very few things I think could be done better, for example having a better overview of what is working and what is stuck on inputs, or the industrialization which kinda pulls me out of the cozy vibe - not due to the machinery, but rather the density and expanse of cranes, generators etc. Also some materials require travelling to another island or diving, and for some material lists it can be a lot of time spent running back and forth to double check what you need for the next step. Overall I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone looking for a fairly laid-back game to play to wind down, that still gives you goals you can work toward.

Sept. 2024

This game is a lot of fun. There are a plenty of materials and products to manufacture. I definitely recommend it, with a few caveats. 1. Part of the fun of these types of games is the opportunity to create a settlement that reflects your own tastes. Havendock restricts player creativity by providing a pre-planned footprint for the settlement. I would prefer if I could place platforms, raised platforms, docks, bridges, and boathouses where I want them to be, rather than where the game insists that they must be. If the developer insists on providing blueprints for the player to follow, there needs to be more variety. Because I've started over twice and I'm already bored with the existing layout. 2. The game becomes tedious once islands become available. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the sense of exploration and discovery. However, I do not like is that certain industries are restricted to specific islands. It's fussy and annoying mechanic. Especially since I can't assign settlers to live and work on those islands in order to keep up production. 3. Likewise, transportation is fussy. There are boats. However, settlers don't seem to use the boats. The player is the one who has to go back and forth to set up production. There are birds that can handle the logistics, I believe. Yet, once again, I would like to assign settlers to live on the outer islands and to ferry items back and forth by boat. Those are my main concerns about the game. Otherwise, I've been having a lot of fun setting up production chains and growing my settlement. The game runs well, the art style is endearing, and I love, love, love the underwater elements. The developer has a winner on their hands. It can be even better with additional worlds and another look at how the islands could better integrate with the home base. Thank you for taking the time to make a very enjoyable game. Oh, and thank you for adding a pooch! :D

April 2024

If your ADHD brain needs a dopamine fix, you've come to the right place. Cute little chill game that does the "make x thing to build y to obtain z" loop very well. Reminded me of Graveyard Keeper in that way (but i enjoyed this a lot more than that game). The only negative thing I have to say is I didn't really like having to register an account and do a cloud save through the game itself rather than Steam. I swap between playing on a desktop PC and a laptop and found that part a bit annoying. I would much rather it save to the steam cloud.

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19.50€

8.3

1,144

169

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Developer

YYZ Studio

Publisher

IndieArk, Pretty Soon

Release 20 Apr 2023

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