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Planetary Life

Sotenbox · 2025-08-15

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

Planetary Life is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy and Early Access game released in 2025, priced at $11.99, with a review sentiment of Very Positive (94% of 925 reviews).

94%
positive of 961 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1
Nexus mods (17 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 58 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (175 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 51,036 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 961 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.59 at Steam (2026-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16416420252026Week of 2025-08-15: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

22
achievements tracked
98%
earned "Welcome to Planetary Life"
50.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)65713%22

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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