Adventure · April 10, 2024

The Planet Crafter (2024)

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Embark on a chill experience alone or with up to 10+ friends in online co-op. Your mission is to survive on a hostile planet and turn a barren land into a lush paradize. Terraforming is the only way! You are sent on a hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect resources, build your base, produce machines to heat the planet, create an oxygen-rich atmosphere and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet! Gather minerals and resources to survive. Craft all the tools you need to fulfill your mission. Explore old shipwrecks and ruins and discover a planet full of mysteries! You'll need a base and all sorts of machines to make yourself at home, and be able to bring life to this planet! Progress through building tiers to upgrade and expand your base and explore the planet further. See life forms appear on the planet as you terraform it by increasing heat, oxygen and pressure. Witness the first signs of life with moss and insects and unleash the planet's full potential with thick forests and animals. From chill to hardcore, choose the difficulty level that suits you. Play with starting presets to create new games and experience endless possibilities. Multiplayer: survive by yourself or with friends (1-10+ online co-op) Survival: Thirst, Oxygen, Temperature and Health mechanics Base Building: shelter from a hostile environment and expand your exploration Crafting: equipment, tools and food to help you survive Terraformation: turn an entire hostile planet to a habitable paradise! Build machines to create atmospheric pressure and heat the planet Create a biosphere with breathable oxygen See your environment change as your terraformation progresses Creatures: create life by decrypting and mixing DNA extracts and make your own animals Procedurally generated shipwrecks: explore and find infinite rare loot Chill experience with no violence: the only enemy you'll have to fight is the hostile environment Adjustable difficulty to fit your level Adjustable presets for renewed experiences through time Creative mode

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume54.3k Steam reviewsTop 4% in Adventure
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 21%
Concurrent peak7.3k playersTop 1% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours35 h averageTop 9% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Open World Survival Craft · 843
  • Base-Building · 839
  • Survival · 815
  • Online Co-Op · 810
  • Co-op · 781
  • Building · 772
  • Crafting · 750
  • Open World · 736
  • Exploration · 713
  • Space · 693
  • Automation · 663
  • Sandbox · 652
  • First-Person · 650
  • Resource Management · 642
  • Singleplayer · 641

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Italian

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 54.3k reviews

52.1k positive · 2.2k negative

Curator recommendations

59.0k

Peak concurrent players

7.3k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

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

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

35h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

23h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

16h

Current engagement

Achievements

55

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 10, 2024
DeveloperMiju Games
Base price$11.99 -50%
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksSupport · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

  • Buy The Planet Crafter