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The Planet Crafter

Miju Games · 2024-04-10

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

5,003
playing now
96%
positive of 73k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
124
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$23.99
steam price (US)

5,003 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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
  • · 5,003 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,811 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,226/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72,990 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-50%

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 36 of 59 observed days · $2.00 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: 520 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.9k02026-08-06 21:00 — 4,052 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,171 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 3,814 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,490 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,825 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 4,723 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,201 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,999 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 5,197 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,974 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,247 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 3,648 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 3,795 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2,177 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3,492 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,436 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2,005 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4,032 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 5,180 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,183 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 2,500 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 3,947 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,884 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3,798 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,649 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2,016 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 3,396 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3,158 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 5,003 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.99$9.992022-03-242026-08-302022-03-24 — best price $17.992022-06-23 — best price $16.992022-08-02 — best price $19.992022-10-17 — best price $15.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $15.992023-05-08 — best price $15.992023-08-15 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $15.992024-02-26 — best price $19.992024-04-19 — best price $16.792024-06-03 — best price $23.992024-07-17 — best price $23.992024-08-26 — best price $16.792024-09-25 — best price $16.792024-11-13 — best price $14.392024-12-09 — best price $16.792025-01-16 — best price $14.392025-02-28 — best price $14.392025-04-03 — best price $23.992025-05-20 — best price $13.912025-06-27 — best price $13.192025-08-12 — best price $23.992025-09-20 — best price $14.392025-10-08 — best price $23.992025-11-13 — best price $23.992026-01-03 — best price $23.992026-02-18 — best price $14.392026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-20 — best price $23.992026-06-07 — best price $14.392026-07-21 — best price $11.992026-08-28 — best price $11.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

664522026-05-22 — 57 pageviews2026-05-25 — 64 pageviews2026-05-28 — 63 pageviews2026-05-31 — 95 pageviews2026-06-03 — 66 pageviews2026-06-06 — 66 pageviews2026-06-09 — 76 pageviews2026-06-12 — 66 pageviews2026-06-15 — 84 pageviews2026-06-18 — 143 pageviews2026-06-21 — 188 pageviews2026-06-24 — 149 pageviews2026-06-27 — 143 pageviews2026-06-30 — 156 pageviews2026-07-03 — 145 pageviews2026-07-06 — 123 pageviews2026-07-09 — 128 pageviews2026-07-12 — 129 pageviews2026-07-15 — 139 pageviews2026-07-18 — 156 pageviews2026-07-21 — 664 pageviews2026-07-24 — 408 pageviews2026-07-27 — 369 pageviews2026-07-30 — 257 pageviews2026-08-02 — 251 pageviews2026-08-05 — 202 pageviews2026-08-08 — 237 pageviews2026-08-11 — 180 pageviews2026-08-14 — 160 pageviews2026-08-17 — 151 pageviews2026-08-19 — 151 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

265342026-08-26 19:15 — 126 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 43 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 99 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 161 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 116 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 99 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 189 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 224 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 187 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 241 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 153 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 204 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 136 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 95 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 106 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 108 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 177 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 124 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…

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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