Hubble Bubble

Hubble Bubble is a shopkeeping simulator for one to four players. You take over a run-down hookah lounge on a space station, serve alien customers and reinvest the money you earn in the shop. The previous owner left in a hurry, and nobody knows why.

Run the lounge

Customers arrive from passing ships, and some pull up to the drive-thru without landing. Most want a smoke, while some may try to eat the staff. Customers leave if they wait too long and tip when they are happy, so you need to prepare and deliver orders before their patience runs out.

Preparing a hookah means packing the bowl, stretching the foil, poking holes and heating the coals. You can also brew coffee, pour tea, blend Nebulas, microwave burgers and serve sodas and sandwiches. Between orders, clear tables, carry hot coals, mop up messes and restock supplies. You can split the work with your crew or run the shop solo.

Grow the shop

Spend your earnings on upgrades that change the lounge and bring in more cash. Add carpets, paintings and an aquarium, open the spaceship drive-thru, improve the lounge and take the elevator to a second floor for VIP customers. You can also spend leftover money on a G-String.

Physics and difficulty

The station uses real physics, affecting you as well as its objects. Stand in front of the wrong hatch and you can be launched into space; fall from too high and you hit the floor. Sometimes the gravity generator switches off, lifting hookahs, coals, customers and crewmates into the air. When gravity returns, they all fall at once. Proximity voice chat lets nearby players hear one another.

You can play solo or in online co-op for one to four players, with Chill, Normal and Hard difficulty settings. The game also features questionable outfits.