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Planetaries
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“A very nice combo of tower defence, survival crafting, base building and combat. Here is a game with actual 'gameplay' where you have to figure stuff out and plan your strategies. Most engaging and enjoyable game I have played in a long while.”
— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs played“I would recomend to give it a try now, to get to know it, but I would not recommend to play it long run in the current state (March 12, 2026). I played 39+ hours, and I cannot recommended for a full play in this state. Tha games it has its merits, and a lot of good things…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played“While I have only played the game just shy of 6 hours, I played long enough to say, the reviews that don't recommend the game, most are spot on. I can't recommend the game in it's current state. Honestly, I don't feel like the devs are doing well with prioritizing. So, what…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-03 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Planetaries v1.8 – Major Loading / Optimization
Hello explorers, Thank you all once again for the amazing support, feedback, suggestions, and bug reports. To everyone in the Planetaries community — on Steam, Discord, and beyond — we truly appreciat
Update Planetaries v1.75
Thank you all for the support, feedback, and suggestions. Again! I can't express how much I appreciate the kind-hearted people in this community! This update focus is bug fixing, system improvements,
Update Planetaries v1.74
I want to start by thanking you all for playing, supporting, and providing feedback. So many of you are kind-hearted, and your support means the world to me. This update adds some new weapons, craftin
Update Planetaries v1.73
I want to start by thanking you all for playing, supporting, and providing feedback. So many of you are kind-hearted, and your support means the world to me. This update focuses on addressing a few pe
Update Planetaries v1.72 - Holiday & Optimization
I want to start by thanking you all for playing, supporting, and providing feedback. So many of you are kind-hearted, and your support means the world to me. This is a special holiday update, and I wa
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Early Access |
| Player tags | Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · Building · Crafting · Exploration · Base-Building · Co-op · Tower Defense · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 76 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-6400 (2.7 GHz 4 Core) / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (3.5 GHz 4 Core) or equivalent Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (req. 6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (req. 6GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD (Preferred)