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Planet Explorers

Pathea Games · 2016-11-08

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 08, 2016 (Mac), Nov 08, 2016 (Linux), Nov 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

1
playing now
62%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Planet Explorers is an adventure role-playing video game developed and published by Pathea Games. Development began in January 2014, existing as an early access game. The game was released on 8 November 2016 for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux on the Steam digital distribution platform.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (224 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2018-10-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15015020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

912026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$0.002015-01-012019-07-042015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-01-02 — best price $24.992015-02-19 — best price $12.492015-02-21 — best price $24.992015-06-11 — best price $18.742015-06-17 — best price $12.492015-06-18 — best price $18.742015-06-22 — best price $24.992015-11-25 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $24.992015-12-22 — best price $12.492016-01-04 — best price $24.992016-02-05 — best price $14.992016-02-12 — best price $24.992016-06-23 — best price $14.992016-07-04 — best price $24.992016-12-22 — best price $14.992017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-01-19 — best price $19.992017-06-01 — best price $9.992017-06-03 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $11.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-08-07 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $10.492018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $10.492018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-15 — best price $7.492018-10-22 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $7.492018-11-27 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-02-14 — best price $9.992019-07-04 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
14.2%
earned "Old and Sick"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2203%16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionSci-fiSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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