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A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

The Planet Crafter is a open world survival craft, base-building and survival game developed and published by Miju Games.
Released on April 10th 2024 is available only on Windows in 14 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 52,050 reviews of which 50,005 were positive and 2,045 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 23.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10 - 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 3GB VRAM
  • Storage: 4 GB available space

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March 2025
Yo get this game, man. If you're missing the thrill you had when you first played Subnautica, this will scratch that itch. It might not seem super promising at first, but it will pull you in. You will feel the joy. I am still in what I think is the mid game. Do yourself a favor and don't watch any videos or pictures of the game, if you can help it. Let it be a surprise.
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Oct. 2024
An excellent, slow-paced survival-crafter game. Pros: * Lots and lots of secrets to discover. * Great tech tree to unlock. * A surprising number of biomes. * Freaking beautiful, and great (low-annoyance) soundtracks. Cons: * Some of the late-game mechanics aren't explained very well. (genetics, mostly, tho that may've been because I unlocked mammals way later than I should've) * One biome ( rainbow caves ) is key to mid-to-late game progress - if you haven't found it yet, you're almost crippled by a lack of quartz varieties. A hint towards it would have been nice. Meh: * Most of the late-game "special" foods' perks were... useless, to me? I certainly never bothered, anyhow. TL;DR: If you like exploring/crafting games, 9/10; else, avoid.
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Aug. 2024
Outstandingly polished, adaptively paced and engaging throughout. Even if you don't like the genre, this one is special and worth a look. Due to its clever pacing, there's always something to do, no matter if you go fast or if you take your time. The game never overwhelms with too many new mechanics at once, while allowing experienced players to quickly make progress. Multiplayer pacing and coop is done very well, with an easy drop-in-drop-out system, people can visit your world and join you in building — keeping their inventory between sessions. The pacing beautifully adapts to multiplayer as well, and given the variety of tasks, folks will be able to work together in a very organic way. Be it going out on a big exploration adventure together, or someone designing and beautifying the base while others gather resources. The first impression the game gives might be is its weakest point. The world might look a tad random and cheap at first, with resource blobs scattered around. It thankfully rather quickly shows how well it was crafted by guiding the player, purely through its design, to the next objectives and opportunities in a very unintrusive manner. As the world is undergoing many terraforming iterations, in the mid-game it further shows how well put together it was. The unlocking mechanics are a combination of incremental games and exploration that allow each player to go at their pace without getting bored or overwhelmed. The system used here, and the math put it to make it work, is truly commendable and something I hope other devs learn from.
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May 2024
Thank you devs, for making the rare gem of game that my whole family can play together and all have a great time. My husband loves sci-fi space games, I love peaceful building games and my preschool aged daughter loves patting animals and running around collecting cobalt. Only cobalt. I don't know why. Fellow gamers, if you liked Subnautica but didn't like the jump scares, if you liked Raft but got sick of being conked on the head by very rude birds....then this game is 100% for you.
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May 2024
It's a 6.5/10, full of exciting surprises but also many letdowns. PROS: +World is *very* fun to explore +World changes in delightful ways as game progresses +Time spent base-building feels rewarding +Excellent soundtrack +High volume of unlocks, lots of content +Relaxing crafting game with decent resource management loop CONS: -Placing structures is buggy and adherence to grid is inconsistent -Environment collision is a horrific mess, clipping inside geometry is commonplace -Certain unlocks are virtually useless and feel like padding -Draw distance on medium graphics settings causes extreme pop-in and important structures do not have any LoDs, rendering them invisible at a fairly close range -Late-game crafting loop lacks useful automation and recipes for insects/frogs are extremely tedious -Aesthetics, gameplay, and many icons are *highly* derivative of Subnautica -Disappointing ending(s) -Many structures/recipes/terraforming phases unlock in bizarre order depending on how you choose to increase Terraformation index -Living creatures lack variety, animal system should be huge reward but feels underdeveloped. -Certain mechanics do not function as expected (specifically resource miners needing very specific placement and production fuses not working on many machines that produce items i.e. food growers) -High volume storage unlocks too late in the game -Pinning a recipe should be a default mechanic, not an unlock. All in all, a fun game with a very exciting first 15 hours that eventually becomes highly tedious. A vast amount of content and systems, but many elements lack a robust implementation. Well worth the money, but decidedly uneven.
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The Planet Crafter is currently priced at 23.99€ on Steam.

The Planet Crafter is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 23.99€ on Steam.

The Planet Crafter received 50,005 positive votes out of a total of 52,050 achieving an impressive rating of 9.43.
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The Planet Crafter was developed and published by Miju Games.

The Planet Crafter is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Planet Crafter is not playable on MacOS.

The Planet Crafter is not playable on Linux.

The Planet Crafter offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

The Planet Crafter includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There are 2 DLCs available for The Planet Crafter. Explore additional content available for The Planet Crafter on Steam.

The Planet Crafter does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Planet Crafter does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Planet Crafter 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.

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The Planet Crafter
9.4
50,005
2,045
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
2,355
Developer
Miju Games
Publisher
Miju Games
Release 10 Apr 2024
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