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Planetary Settlers

Leveler Games · 2018-05-30

Steam

AdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Planetary Settlers is a family friendly game with real benefits! Learn about the solar system as you play. Experience realistic gravity as you control Blue 42 on each planet, completing mini games, uncovering secrets, solving puzzles, and completing quizzes to enhance your abilities!

Planetary Settlers is a 2018 Adventure, Indie, and Early Access game priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Positive review sentiment (92% of 12 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 12 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-29 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Save the solar system as the amazing AI robot Blue 42, in the year 2142! A solar flare has knocked out communications. You awake on Mars, presumably knocked out and memory erased by the flare. You are still alive, protected by the elevator you were in at the time of the flare (technically called a Coronal Mass Ejection). This event was far bigger than the Carrington event that happened centuries ago. Humanity colonized the solar system, but has retreated back to Earth due to the flare. Missions: re-establish contact with humanity, save the Earth, and help humanity get back out into the solar s(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 300% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 93% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-09-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120182023Week of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$2.992018-05-312025-01-022018-05-31 — best price $4.502018-07-09 — best price $7.992018-08-20 — best price $7.992018-11-01 — best price $7.992018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-01-03 — best price $7.992019-02-12 — best price $7.992019-05-06 — best price $7.992019-07-09 — best price $7.992019-11-01 — best price $7.992019-11-26 — best price $4.492019-12-20 — best price $4.492020-06-30 — best price $4.492020-10-29 — best price $4.492020-11-25 — best price $4.492020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-06-27 — best price $3.742021-11-24 — best price $3.992021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-06-23 — best price $3.092022-12-22 — best price $3.092023-03-16 — best price $3.092023-12-25 — best price $3.092024-06-28 — best price $3.092024-09-02 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $3.092024-12-20 — best price $3.092025-01-02 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
76.5%
earned "I'm Normal"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

MarsIndieSpacePuzzleRobotsSci-fiScienceAdventureEducationRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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