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Planet Explorers

Planet Explorers

Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

Released Nov 8, 2016 Developer Pathea Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

62.0%positive6,812 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“ok so - anyone who says 'they need more time....' or hoping for more development: This game has been dead for years now. It was great, as my 200+ hours show, but sadly the developers (Pathea) had lost a huge chunk of essential data because of a server malfunction (or so I…”

— a player, Steam review · 213 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Honestly, I have nothing but good memories of playing this.”

— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs played
Not recommended · 4 found this helpful

“This game had been on my backlog for a long time, because I didn't have a decent PC. Then I forgot about it, and later it was a lack of time that kept me away. But now I finally had the time and a good PC to play it. And it has turned out to be a disappointment. After several…”

— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:46 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1playing at last check
524-hour peak
2,107all-time peak
0 500 1k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 910 avg · Mar 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

16achievements
2.7%median completion
0.8%rarest: Peace Ambassador
14.2% of players 10.9% of players 7.4% of players 5.7% of players 5.0% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 14.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
14.2%Old and Sick — Complete Escort Mission
10.9%Follower — First recruitment
7.4%The Forest — Take over the mission The Forest
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Peace Ambassador — Achieve Cordial in each party
0.9%Destroy Everything — Destroy all the towns
0.9%Planet Explorer — Gain all the achievements

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 03, 2021
Super Buckyball Tournament is back, Come give it a try!

Clear your calendar and fill your freezer with frozen pizza, because you’re not going to leave your PC for a week! Super Buckyball Tournament is back today, and you can play the demo here! https://sto

Dec 25, 2020
Merry Christmas from Pathea!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! Here we celebrate Christmas and New Year with an all new special episode of My Time at Pathea. 2020 has been a big year for us. We have announced My Time a

Nov 19, 2020
PATHEA GAMES KICKS OFF THE SBT PRESEASON TODAY

GET SBT PRE-SEASON HERE ! Welcome back to the future where speed, strategy and intensity are sweeping across the world with fast-growing Sport; Super Buckyball Tournament. Everyone can join, no matter

Oct 26, 2020
My Time at Sandrock Announced Today!

ATTENTION: PATHEA GAMES NEEDS YOUR HELP!! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR KICKSTARTER. Hey Sandrockers! My Time at Sandrock – Just like My Time at Portia, the game takes place in perhaps the only wholesome post-ap

Jun 25, 2019
Planet Explorers Server Issue Final Solution

Dear PE Players, As you know by now, if you're still playing PE, our lobby server had an issue where all the code base got deleted from its server. After trying to fix it for the last month, we've arr

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsOpen World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Open World · Survival · Multiplayer · Adventure · Crafting · RPG · Exploration · Building · Sci-fi · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese *
Achievements16
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://planetexplorers.pathea.net
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Win 7 64bit Processor: i3+ Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 460+ HD 5770+ DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: Must have OpenCL compatible CPU or GPU (DX10.1) 32bit can run, but will experience some memory crashes on higher qualities