Factsheet
Developer:
Bugbyte Ltd.
Based in Turku, Finland
Founding date:
March 1, 2012
Website:
bugbyte.fi
Press / Business contact:
[email protected]
Social:
X
facebook
reddit
instagram
discord
Release date:
Steam Early Access Q2-Q3 2020
Platforms:
PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS
Description
The Earth is dying, ravaged by decades of calamity. As humanity abandons its burning homeworld, you and your crew are among the privileged few with access to a temporary haven and a chance at survival. Build your ship and gather your crew to carry you between the stars. Choose whether you will be heroes or villains as you struggle to survive, or watch your ship become a tomb for other, more successful crews to loot. Whatever happens, it is up to you to chart your course. Space Haven combines the emergent story telling components of RimWorld with a tile-based gas-simulation system seen in Oxygen Not Included. The game tasks the player to build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in search of a new Earth. Space Haven is inspired by games like RimWorld, Spacebase Df-9 and Oxygen Not Included. Inspirations from TV-series include Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5 and Firefly.
History
About BugbyteSpace Haven is being developed for PC, Mac and Linux by Bugbyte, a small but experienced indie team located in Finland. As of 2026 Bugbyte has been developing games for 14 years. The company was founded in March 2012 by two brothers, Aksel and Allan. Matti joined the company when it was one year old, and the team has stayed together ever since. After developing two games with dog characters as a theme and failing financially, the team decided to make a complete shift and start developing premium space strategy games. Bugbyte has been through a few rough patches and was at the brink of bankruptcy right before releasing Battlevoid: Harbinger in late 2015. Harbinger was a first success for the team after developing games for 3 years. Work on Space Haven was originally started 10 years ago as of March 2026. The scope of the game and the complexity of creating a great colony sim has taken a tremendous amount of time for a small team with one programmer and one graphic artist.
Space Haven
Videos
Space Haven - 1.0 Full Release Trailer YouTube
Images
There are far more images available for Bugbyte Ltd., but these are the ones we felt would be most useful to you. If you have specific requests, please do contact us!
Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
Team & Repeating Collaborator
Aksel Junkkila
Team Lead
Allan Junkkila
Main programmer
Matti Vanhala
Art Lead
Paul Zimmermann
Composer
Philip R. Johnson aka HamboneHFY
Writer
Scalefin
Lyrics and Vocals