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Planet Scanner

Ham Goblin · 2024-10-22

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scan the stars and claim planets for your corporate masters! In Planet Scanner, you will discover unique new worlds, decode transmissions, and upload data all in the name of keeping your job. But what happens if you gaze too long in the void?

Planet Scanner is a Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Positive (97% of 38 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 39 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 29,944 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420242026Week of 2024-10-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$2.392024-10-222026-07-092024-10-22 — best price $6.792024-10-29 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $5.592024-12-04 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $2.392025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $3.192025-11-03 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $5.352026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
66.1%
earned "Planet Scanner"
9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RetroAliensHorrorEconomySpace SimCapitalismDark HumorFuturisticSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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