Underplayed Gems

Galacticare (2024)

Galacticare cover
Developer
Brightrock Games
Publisher
CULT Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Simulation, Strategy
Rating
4.3 of 5, 646 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 6.6 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

Managing a cartoonish interstellar hospital where dark humor and profit-driven decisions collide with trying to keep alien patients alive.

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What players say

Players praise the humor and management gameplay in the early chapters, comparing it favorably to Theme Hospital and Startopia. But multiple reviews report that a game-breaking bug in Chapter 6 halts progress, with corrupted saves and no checkpoints to recover.

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