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The Planet Crafter

Miju Games · 2024-04-10

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Adventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Jul 21, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

The Planet Crafter is a $23.99 Adventure game released in 2024, estimated to have between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 owners, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment based on 96% of 74,017 reviews.

2,535
playing now
96%
positive of 75k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66
twitch viewers (latest)
8.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
4.77★
PlayStation Store rating (1,096 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 20 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$23.99
steam price (US)

2,535 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Planet Crafter is a 2024 open-world survival video game developed and published by the French studio Miju Games. It was initially released for Windows and was later ported to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The game allows players to freely explore a large environment while managing resources and working to survive and progress. The player controls a convict who scavenges barren planets and their moons to gather resources, construct machines, and transform the environment.

Trailer

The Planet Crafter trailer thumbnail

The Planet Crafter - Official Console Release Date Trailer

≈434,308 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,535 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8,500 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,063/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74,633 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$23.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.99 · on sale 61 of 95 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.0k5.0k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 1,793 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5,041 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,124 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 950 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,259 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,927 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 654 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,151 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4,273 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,961 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,011 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,806 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 967 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,235 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,991 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,513 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,784 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,496 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,649 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,182 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,432 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,519 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,793 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,021 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.8k1.8k2026-09-15 11:00 — 4,291 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 6,311 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,102 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 4,883 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 7,849 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,580 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,619 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,546 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,552 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3,739 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 3,905 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,829 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,833 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,459 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 5,120 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2,301 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 3,292 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 4,078 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,187 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 4,007 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,708 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,485 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,123 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 2,535 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9.3k673Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 6,103 · peak 10,175May 2022 — avg 2,650 · peak 5,205Jul 2022 — avg 968 · peak 3,380Sep 2022 — avg 803 · peak 1,732Nov 2022 — avg 1,309 · peak 2,720Jan 2023 — avg 976 · peak 1,870Mar 2023 — avg 2,336 · peak 5,366May 2023 — avg 798 · peak 1,720Jul 2023 — avg 2,040 · peak 4,295Sep 2023 — avg 673 · peak 1,280Nov 2023 — avg 1,008 · peak 2,088Jan 2024 — avg 943 · peak 1,817Mar 2024 — avg 1,034 · peak 2,215May 2024 — avg 6,541 · peak 15,969Jul 2024 — avg 4,164 · peak 8,443Sep 2024 — avg 3,221 · peak 8,173Nov 2024 — avg 3,597 · peak 8,682Jan 2025 — avg 3,172 · peak 6,561Mar 2025 — avg 2,914 · peak 6,244May 2025 — avg 5,875 · peak 19,899Jul 2025 — avg 3,896 · peak 8,482Sep 2025 — avg 2,736 · peak 5,871Nov 2025 — avg 6,675 · peak 18,434Jan 2026 — avg 6,138 · peak 11,625Mar 2026 — avg 3,650 · peak 7,499May 2026 — avg 3,926 · peak 8,436Jul 2026 — avg 3,874 · peak 7,680Aug 2026 — avg 3,382 · peak 7,495
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
84842026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 84 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 12 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 19 new positive2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-25: 16 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 21 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 35 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 28 new positive2026-09-30: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 18 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 15 new positive2026-10-04: 56 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 22 new positive2026-10-06: 19 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 15 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 18 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 24 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 29 new positive2026-10-11: 34 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 21 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 18 new positive2026-10-14: 22 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$23.99$9.992022-03-242026-10-152022-03-24 — best price $17.992022-07-18 — best price $16.992022-09-12 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-23 — best price $16.992023-04-27 — best price $15.992023-08-15 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-18 — best price $19.992024-04-19 — best price $16.792024-06-19 — best price $16.792024-08-14 — best price $16.792024-09-25 — best price $16.792024-11-21 — best price $23.992025-01-02 — best price $23.992025-02-28 — best price $14.392025-04-16 — best price $23.992025-06-16 — best price $23.992025-08-12 — best price $23.992025-09-25 — best price $13.912025-10-30 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $23.992026-02-28 — best price $13.192026-04-11 — best price $23.992026-06-07 — best price $14.392026-08-04 — best price $23.992026-09-01 — best price $11.992026-09-09 — best price $11.992026-09-17 — best price $11.992026-09-25 — best price $11.992026-10-03 — best price $11.992026-10-11 — best price $23.992026-10-15 — best price $23.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

664572026-05-22 — 57 pageviews2026-05-26 — 60 pageviews2026-05-30 — 61 pageviews2026-06-03 — 66 pageviews2026-06-07 — 82 pageviews2026-06-11 — 78 pageviews2026-06-15 — 84 pageviews2026-06-19 — 134 pageviews2026-06-23 — 165 pageviews2026-06-27 — 143 pageviews2026-07-01 — 112 pageviews2026-07-05 — 117 pageviews2026-07-09 — 128 pageviews2026-07-13 — 132 pageviews2026-07-17 — 126 pageviews2026-07-21 — 664 pageviews2026-07-25 — 396 pageviews2026-07-29 — 244 pageviews2026-08-02 — 251 pageviews2026-08-06 — 184 pageviews2026-08-10 — 201 pageviews2026-08-14 — 160 pageviews2026-08-18 — 134 pageviews2026-08-22 — 144 pageviews2026-08-26 — 116 pageviews2026-08-30 — 123 pageviews2026-09-03 — 148 pageviews2026-09-07 — 205 pageviews2026-09-11 — 136 pageviews2026-09-15 — 136 pageviews2026-09-19 — 118 pageviews2026-09-23 — 99 pageviews2026-09-27 — 114 pageviews2026-10-01 — 79 pageviews2026-10-05 — 94 pageviews2026-10-09 — 78 pageviews2026-10-12 — 82 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

86262026-10-01 07:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 222 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 158 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 170 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 66 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "Shelter"
49.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-04-12, latest 2025-11-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23,43711%55
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,5336%55
PS5 (PlayStation)41822%56

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opSpaceSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAutomationOpen WorldExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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