Hubble Bubble, a co-op game about running a hookah lounge on a space station, is out on Steam for Windows at $7.99 US, with a 20% launch discount. Up to four players can work the shop together online, and Steam showed a Very Positive rating of 94% when this story was written.
Parita Games, a two-person indie studio, develops and publishes it. The game launched on October 23, 2026, and the Steam page lists 19 interface languages, including French, Latin American Spanish, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese.
What do you actually do in Hubble Bubble?
You take over Ghalyan’s Hookah Lounge, a space station shop whose last owner left in a hurry, and serve alien customers who arrive by spaceship. The work is hands-on: pack the bowl, stretch the foil, poke the holes, heat the coals, then get the order to the right table before the customer runs out of patience.
Hookah is only part of the menu. According to the developer, the game also includes:
- Coffee, Nebulas, sodas, burgers and sandwiches to prepare and serve
- A drive-thru for spaceships that never land
- Upgrades you can see in the lounge, such as paintings, carpets, an aquarium and an elevator
- Proximity voice chat, so nearby players hear you panic before they see why
Every credit you earn goes back into the shop, and the developer says each upgrade brings in more cash. You can also run the lounge solo.
Why is the game so chaotic?
The station runs on physics, and Parita Games leans into it. Touching a hot coal sets you on fire, standing in front of the wrong hatch launches you into space, and a long fall ends badly. Some customers, the page warns, want to eat the staff.
Then there is the gravity generator, which the developer calls not exactly reliable. When it cuts out without warning, hookahs, coals, customers and crewmates all float off the floor, and when it comes back everything in the air lands at once. Delivering orders mid-flight is part of the job.
What do you need to run it?
Steam lists the following for Windows:
- Minimum: Windows 10 64-bit, 8 GB RAM, DirectX 11, 1 GB of storage
- Recommended: Windows 11 64-bit, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT with 6 GB
- A broadband connection for online play, and a headset with a microphone for voice chat
The storage need is small at 1 GB, so the game should fit on most gaming laptops that meet the graphics line.
Prices
In Canada, Steam shows its own Canadian price with the 20% launch discount applied. In the United States the price is $7.99, or less with the discount. The Steam page says the discount ends November 6. Prices at the time of writing can change, so confirm on the store page before you buy.
Who it suits
Friend groups. The game is built around two to four people shouting at each other over proximity chat while a hatch, a coal or a gravity failure ruins the order. If you already have a regular co-op night, it fits the format.
Solo players. Steam lists single-player, so you can run the lounge alone, but the pitch and the voice chat gags are aimed at a group.
Parents and younger players. The developer says hookah use is shown as a social ritual in cartoon slapstick, with no blood, no gore and no weapons, and that it has not rated the online voice chat. Steam shows no formal content descriptor, so read the page before you decide.
Who should wait. The pages list Windows only. If you want a console, Mac or Linux version, nothing has been announced, and the review score rests on a small number of reviews that can still move.
What is still unknown
The pages we read do not mention a content roadmap, console versions or what the price will be once the launch discount ends. The 94% score is based on a small number of reviews, which is a small sample for a game this new.
For a next step, open the Steam page, check the current price in your region and watch for the November 6 end of the discount before you commit.
