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Haven

The Game Bakers · Dec 3, 2020

PC · PS5 · Series X|S · PS4 · Xbox One · Switch

Mature

About

Yu and Kay have escaped to a forgotten planet. Play the two lovers settling in an unknown world. Survive together, glide over the plains, camp, restore the planet, fight if you have to. All that matters is to stay together.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 7.3 (17 critics) · Gamer 8.9

7.9

PlayStation 5

Critic 7.2 (9 critics) · Gamer 8.7

7.8

Xbox Series X|S

Critic 7.3 (15 critics) · Gamer 9.0

8.0

PlayStation 4

No critic reviews yet · No ratings yet

Xbox One

Critic 7.3 (6 critics) · Gamer 9.0

7.9

Nintendo Switch

No critic reviews yet · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

  • Hey Poor Player

    Scott MacDonald · Feb 23, 2021

    8.0
    Haven is absolutely worth playing, especially with a partner. Its story is beautiful, engaging, and authentic. Its storytelling sets a clear benchmark in realistically portraying relationships in video games. I do wish Haven’s gameplay reached the incredible standards set by its story, but even a few blemishes can’t completely tarnish such a unique experience.
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  • NintendoLife

    Kate Gray · Feb 21, 2021

    7.0
    Haven is a beautiful game about a relationship that is best in its quiet moments. The conversations and tenderness between Yu and Kay, its two leads, are the lifeblood of the game, and everything else is secondary. Its interesting combat system would benefit from a bit more signposting, and the flying traversal is a fun sci-fi addition to the game that works more often than it doesn't. Still, it's a wonderful experience, especially in co-op, but perhaps one to get on sale.
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  • COGconnected

    Stephanie Sung · Feb 19, 2021

    8.0
    Haven is a noteworthy story that defines what it is like to find your home with your loved one. Yu and Kay have their ups and downs, but Haven shows that love conquers all hardships. The game is about exploring and finding new places, and of course being free to love whoever you want.
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  • Nintendo World Report

    Willem Hilhorst · Feb 04, 2021

    7.5
    It feels good to see a relationship that comes across as more mature and developed in a video game. Something that isn’t there to satisfy people that ship in-game characters or gives them additional stats, but two characters that live together and struggle together.
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  • 3rd-strike.com

    Noparg · Dec 24, 2020

    7.2
    Although I generally had fun with Haven, I found the later part of the game very repetitive and sluggish. A particularly demoralizing moment came after I realized there was an achievement for dying less than three times in the whole game, something easily doable if only I hadn’t been dying on purpose to fast travel back to the ship. You see, the only way to do so otherwise is to find certain spots where a friendly creature will take a piece of food to fast travel. These spots appear only in certain areas, without map indicators for reference.
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  • XboxEra

    Harm0nica · Dec 21, 2020

    7.5
    The game finishes with a choice about how to proceed. Having played both, I can say that rather refreshingly neither of them ends as you would expect them to and that a key message of Haven is that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.
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Gamer reviews

  • ndr

    Jun 28, 2022 · PC

    8.0

    Haven

    It is a gender flexible romance adventure game with a remarkably unique battle system. Well, the battle system caught my attention where they have to fight side by side and it can be played either solo or coop. Whenever a battle sequence starts (Tagged by a monster like in some RPG games), The characters can either be attacking while the other blocks or both of them do the same move at once. You can explore, collect, craft and upgrade items and the game offers multiple endings depending on how you behave in some situations.

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  • Justin Paul Uy Sim

    May 2, 2021 · PC

    9.0

    I finished Haven about a month ago and much of its music and in-game events still come up in memories. Haven is an underrated gem that is a good co-op game for gamers and non-gamers. +Amazing Visual Style +Easy controls +Music by Danger = Synthwave/EDM heaven +Quirky/Sexy Dialogue will have you smile and chuckle +Superb Voice Acting \-Resource Collector at its core \-Map Layouts in Zones may leave you confused \-Certain Dialogue Repetition +/- = Game Pacing.

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