The Game Census
Planetbase cover art

Planetbase

Madruga Works · 2015-10-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 22, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Oct 16, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 03, 2017 (Xbox One), Jan 08, 2016 (Mac)

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

161
playing now
80%
positive of 10k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

161 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Planetbase is a space simulation and strategy video game developed by Madruga Works which was released on October 16, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, and January 8, 2016 for OS X. The game involves establishing a human colony on a distant planet and building an outpost to survive on the planet.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 161 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 291 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 261k–626k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,427 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2025-06-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 48 of 81 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

225972026-08-06 21:00 — 168 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 108 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 124 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 177 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 125 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 179 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 190 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 137 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 225 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 214 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 148 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 177 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 108 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 144 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 158 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 105 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 199 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 200 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 98 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 122 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 170 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 139 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 139 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 170 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 123 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 110 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 204 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 161 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.242015-10-162026-08-302015-10-16 — best price $16.992016-04-04 — best price $19.992016-09-29 — best price $13.392017-04-03 — best price $12.992017-09-18 — best price $19.992018-05-07 — best price $14.992018-11-12 — best price $14.992019-03-28 — best price $19.992019-08-08 — best price $10.492019-12-01 — best price $9.742020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-07-20 — best price $8.992020-11-27 — best price $8.992021-04-05 — best price $14.992021-08-20 — best price $8.992021-11-29 — best price $14.992022-04-18 — best price $14.992022-09-12 — best price $14.992022-12-23 — best price $7.492023-04-27 — best price $7.492023-07-26 — best price $14.992023-11-20 — best price $14.992024-01-25 — best price $7.492024-04-11 — best price $7.492024-06-24 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $7.492024-11-26 — best price $7.492025-02-21 — best price $14.992025-05-05 — best price $7.492025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-09-25 — best price $7.492025-11-24 — best price $7.492026-02-09 — best price $14.992026-04-17 — best price $7.492026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2232026-05-29 — 22 pageviews2026-06-01 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
98.4%
earned "Desert Landing"
19.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,9952%30
Xbox One (Xbox)9152%30
PS4 (PlayStation)8665%31

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsUnclaimed WorldSupreme Ruler UltimateSol 0: Mars ColonizationPolaris SectorAnother Brick in The MallRise of IndustryBronze Age - HD Edition

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Reddit ↗Wikipedia ↗