Longterm Video games has introduced their upcoming recreation, StarKeeper, which has you handle a tavern on a wayward meteor. Alongside it, they’ve launched a trailer that showcases gameplay that appears oddly adjoining to 2001’s Startopia.

Administration sims primarily based round constructing a tavern have been rising in reputation over the previous whereas. It’s a kind of ideas that creators have grasped onto and try to place their very own spin on it. As a hobbyist, it may be a bit vexing, as I don’t actually even know the place to start when it looks as if the announcement of three of them hit my inbox every day, and I can’t inform their names aside. However whereas StarKeeper payments itself as a sci-fi tavern builder, it appears to be like prefer it has a special tackle the idea.

The tavern in query is constructed on an asteroid that’s hurtling by way of the depths of house. Whereas this looks as if an inconvenient location, it implies that you’ll see completely different occasions and guests relying on what star system you’re going by way of at the moment. So, like an area meals truck.

What provides me Startopia vibes is partially the artwork type but in addition its inclusion of friction between alien races. That you must present particular providers for the completely different species that go to, and they’re going to typically butt heads towards rival factions. Based on the press launch, you will have a hand within the wider political sphere the place you’ll be able to befriend or remove factions in “a political recreation.” Looks as if numerous affect for a small enterprise proprietor.

Nevertheless, there are extra intimate options extra befitting of a enterprise sim. You construct buying and selling agreements, organize the furnishings, and also can experiment with dishes. There’s simply extra to it than ensuring what you are promoting has snug seating and good service.

The final time we actually noticed a tackle the Startopia formulation that I do know of was Spacebase Startopia again in 2021. It was an honest recreation however it didn’t actually really feel prefer it improved on the unique. On the time, I felt like an enlargement or DLC might spherical issues out, however that didn’t occur, sadly. So, I’m trying ahead to what StarKeeper brings.

StarKeeper is coming to PC adopted by a console launch someday after. There’s no indicated launch window at the moment.