Action · January 28, 2021

Journey To The Savage Planet (2021)

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Onward to Adventure WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but good luck! Play with a friend Play solo or online with a friend. If you have one. Explore and catalog the flora and fauna. From strange spherical birds to hallucinogenic plants to ‘festering alien orifices.’ Try not to die. No Expense Spared* You get some cool tools for free, like a laser pistol, rocket booster pack, and ‘probe’, but if you need something you have a slick 3D printer can turn space trash into sweet items. Are you alone? Bonus mysteries! Complete your survey of the planet to find out. You’ll know you’re on the road to completion when you’ve heard the words ‘cucumber sh*twater’ and found the ‘festering butthole’. *Most Expenses Spared.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Adventure · 238
  • Exploration · 220
  • Action · 218
  • Action-Adventure · 201
  • 3D Platformer · 177
  • Multiplayer · 171
  • First-Person · 167
  • Arcade · 155
  • Colorful · 152
  • Comedy · 133
  • Shoot 'Em Up · 119
  • Dark Comedy · 108
  • Co-op · 107
  • 1990's · 101
  • Dark Humor · 98

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.2k Steam reviewsTop 53% in Action
Positive rating87% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 49%
Metacritic76/100Genre average 77 — top 62% of Action titles
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 54% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish - Latin America

Reception Metrics

Steam community

87%Very Positive · 6.2k reviews

5.4k positive · 808 negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.3/10

Curator recommendations

5.5k

Press Quotes

“Funny, fresh, and full of surprises, Typhoon’s debut blends genres expertly.” 84 – PC Gamer “One of the most interesting and unique indie games to be released in a very long time.” 90 – Screen Rant

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

Achievements

51

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJan 28, 2021
DeveloperTyphoon
Publisher505 Games
Base price$5.99 -80%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksMetacritic page · Support

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Content Notes

Players use laser blasters to shoot enemy creatures; players can also kick aliens into carnivorous plants, resulting in splatters of green blood. The game depicts some comical TV ads that contain instances crude humor: a phone-sex commercial for a gelatinous blob creature (“Chat with the most seductive soft bodies in space...”); a fast-food commercial showing human limbs going through a…

Editions & Packages

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