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Planet's Edge

New World Computing · Ziggurat · 2021-02-05

SteamGOG

RPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 01, 1991 (DOS), Feb 05, 2021 (Mac), Feb 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Travel between dozens of stars, harvest resources to repair and upgrade your equipment, meet and negotiate with friendly (and hostile) aliens, and do whatever it takes to stay alive and bring Earth back in this groundbreaking sci-fi RPG.

Planet's Edge is an RPG and Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $7.99, with an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Positive review sentiment (91% of 11 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 11 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Planet's Edge is a 1992 space science fiction role-playing video game developed by New World Computing with Eric Hyman as the lead designer. The game's plot centers on investigating the sudden disappearance of planet Earth, by venturing out into the universe from a Moon base. There are two main play modes: real-time exploration and combat using various spacecraft, and turn-based exploration, problem solving, and combat on the surface of dozens of planets. The game features a variety of objects, weapons, and missions, though it lacks any detailed experience or stats system for the four characters the player controls.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 800% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 96% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Current store prices

GOG$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.63 at Fanatical (2026-09-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 71 of 114 observed days · $6.36 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120212026Week of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.992021-02-052026-10-142021-02-05 — best price $5.352021-05-18 — best price $7.992021-06-18 — best price $7.092021-09-07 — best price $7.992021-10-29 — best price $5.872021-12-03 — best price $7.092022-01-27 — best price $5.192022-05-06 — best price $5.192022-06-26 — best price $7.092022-12-08 — best price $7.992023-03-22 — best price $5.192023-05-23 — best price $7.992023-07-11 — best price $7.092023-11-17 — best price $5.192024-01-18 — best price $5.192024-07-18 — best price $7.992024-11-21 — best price $5.192025-01-20 — best price $5.192025-06-26 — best price $3.992025-08-18 — best price $3.592025-10-07 — best price $3.592025-12-05 — best price $7.992026-01-30 — best price $3.192026-03-27 — best price $2.792026-04-30 — best price $7.992026-06-08 — best price $7.992026-07-15 — best price $2.392026-08-29 — best price $1.992026-09-08 — best price $1.992026-09-18 — best price $1.992026-09-28 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1722026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 13 pageviews2026-09-12 — 9 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGCRPGRetroSpace1990'sAliensSci-fiAdventureSpace SimColony Sim

Census log

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

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