{"id":598875,"date":"2026-09-13T07:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/598875\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T07:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:46:16","slug":"they-wanted-to-make-a-polish-no-mans-sky-but-got-a-flop-players-didnt-play-honeycomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/598875\/","title":{"rendered":"They wanted to make a Polish No Man&#8217;s Sky, but got a flop: players didn&#8217;t play Honeycomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honeycomb: The World Beyond from the creators of House Flipper launched to scathing reviews on Steam and a peak online of only 737 players, despite over 224,000 wishlists.<\/p>\n<p>The game by FrozenWay studio was conceived as a Polish version of No Man&#8217;s Sky, albeit on a much smaller scale. Initially, the project steadily gained wishlists, and each new piece of material raised hopes for a good outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The release took place on September 8, 2026, but players received Honeycomb poorly. Due to the initial ratings, the game quickly lost visibility on Steam. Currently, it has 64% positive reviews, and the peak online was 737 players. At the same time, the game <a href=\"https:\/\/api.ixbt.games\/to\/ZXlKcGRpSTZJbFJ0U1RSdFpWbGlNeTkyU0dsTmFsazVZMlJEVkZFOVBTSXNJblpoYkhWbElqb2lXRUZPYUhOU01FWnJUa1JRVEZwSVZVaHNXRkl4UXpsV04zSmxNamhxV1hremMwMDFTMEk1UjBSc2RGbEZXbGRRUWtkSFdURnBTak12ZDA5Nk5HUmFRVzA1TTJ4RGFTdHJhM0UwZVd0M1EzbHRaRTFKVDFFOVBTSXNJbTFoWXlJNklqVmxORGMzWldSbFlqTXdOVGN3WkRBNE1tWm1NVFUyWTJSaU56Sm1ZamMwWVdFM016TTNOek0yT1RJNFlqZ3dNVFppTkdabU56ZGhPREUwTW1KbU5URWlMQ0owWVdjaU9pSWlmUT09\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-processed=\"1\">is<\/a> on the wishlist of over 224,000 users.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789285576_900_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Honeycomb: The World Beyond - Official Launch Trailer\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"absolute inset-0 h-full w-full object-cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An additional reason for disappointment was the involvement of the publisher of the Ark Survival series \u2013 the potential for a successful project was high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Honeycomb: The World Beyond from the creators of House Flipper launched to scathing reviews on Steam and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-598875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}