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Planetary Life
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Let me start this by saying that I do actually like this game, but I'm going to be listing what it's lacking more than what’s good, because it is just lacking that much (at this point in time of development) This is a SPORE-esk game. I loved SPORE growing up however so far, this…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“First, I'd like to thank the dev's for making this game. You just made a lot of people happy. There is, however, pressing concerns afoot. While I am in favor of this game, I can't look beyond the negatives, and I feel I have a duty of care to place them first and foremost. Demo…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“don't get me wrong it's a solid game and a nice alternative to Spore. however also like Spore, it crashes constantly.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Devlog 6: Working on Civilizations update
Hi everyone! This is a quick update with the current development status of the Civilizations update. The bottom menu size and content has been reduced, so it doesn't take too much screen space and it
Release notes v0.7.8.6
Bug fixes Quick update to fix a new crashing issue with AMD GPUs introduced after adding new shaders for volumetric clouds.
Release notes v0.7.8.5
New features Added volumetric clouds to replace the old clouds rendering. Changes Adjustments in dust remover tool. Adjustments in terrain modifier tool. Decreased the probability of disasters based o
Devlog 5: Working on Civilizations update
Hi everyone! After some few updates and making the game compatible with Steam Deck, I returned back to my regular work on Civilizations update. This time I would like to show you things. DEMOGRAPHY Fi
Release notes v0.7.8.4
Bug fixes Fixed bug causing the game to crash, specially after loading game. Fixed bug not loading components help screen. Fixed bug causing the game to throw many errors when changing zoom in a situa
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · God Game · Sandbox · Simulation · Science · Strategy · Nature · Education · Procedural Generation · Life Sim · Relaxing · Management (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Official site | https://www.sotenbox.com/planetary-life/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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