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Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
Planetary Life is a early access, god game and sandbox game
developed and published by Sotenbox.
Released on August 15th 2025 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 9 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Japanese.
It has received 935 reviews of which 880 were positive and 55 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.
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- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.8 GHz Dual Core or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 560
- Storage: 200 MB available space
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I played the free demo for 4 hours before purchasing the game. I have really enjoyed it so far. You can take a more active role, or you can place your starting organisms and sit back and watch them develop on their own. Some things I really like about the game (which also make it unique from Spore): - I like that you affect your planetary conditions (the core temperature, the water, etc.) and that you can use this as a driving force of evolution - I like that designing an organism doesn't make it better. Even though you take the role of a god in some ways, this game doesn't have a creationist agenda and it actually depicts natural selection in a fair way: that survival is about fitness not design - The game has challenge to it Some suggestions for the developer, since the game is in early access: - I would really like it if when I am looking at a creature in the encylopedia, that I could click something to pinpoint it quickly on the planet - Likewise, I would like to be able to click a creature on the planet and find its encyclopedia entry from its info screen In conclusion, I can tell that the developer genuinely cares about this project. It's very charming and I can't wait to see where it goes! The creatures are also very cute!
This game is like SimEarth, SimLife, SimAnt, and Spore all rolled into one. Adding intelligence and civilizations would only make it better, and it's pretty good as-is. The cellular stage added a lot of depth, it's now possible to custom create all life - plants, organisms, and fungi, from the building blocks. Some of the explanation of how each cellular component contribute to the whole organism would be nice, but experimenting with all-mitochondria or whatever and seeing what happens is half the fun. Once you get a few plants and animals created, exporting them and importing them into a different planet and save is easy. Atmospheric composition is mostly "have enough oxygen for things to live" at this stage, but the framework appears there for a more complex implementation later on. As far as I can tell, animals must breathe oxygen, alternate metabolisms aren't possible. In the same theme, some evolutionary options aren't available until mouths or lungs evolve, making my dream of giant, filter-feeding flying mollusks just a dream for now. Overall, this is a great game, and I've found it well worth what I paid for it. I'm excited for future updates!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Planetary Life is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.
No, Planetary Life is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 11.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Planetary Life received 880 positive votes out of a total of 935 achieving a rating of 8.85.
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Planetary Life was developed and published by Sotenbox.
Yes, Planetary Life is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Planetary Life is not playable on MacOS.
No, Planetary Life is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Planetary Life is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Planetary Life is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Planetary Life does not support VR.
Planetary Life is a single-player game.
No, Planetary Life does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Planetary Life does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Planetary Life does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Planetary Life is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Planetary Life.
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Last Updates| Steam data | 10 September 2026 04:31 UTC |
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| SteamSpy data | 09 September 2026 06:16 UTC |
| Steam price | 11 September 2026 18:18 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 10 September 2026 11:46 UTC |
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Sotenbox
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Sotenbox
Release
15 Aug 2025
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