Planetary Life

Planetary Life

Steam Deck Verified

Sotenbox · God Game · Aug 15, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $11.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

94%
Very Positive
905 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 905 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews25% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
firstly, you have something that is potentially great for replayability. in its state right now its kind of straight forward. terraform a planet, make it into a planet that can support life, recreate society. i'd like to see the ability to create or start on different types of planets aside from the standard rocky planet and the moon. (you may also want to look into making modding or a workshop possible for the game)
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- the art style is great simple enough to get the point across and complex enough to make the creatures interesting
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This game is the perfect planetary sim game, and i got this game 7 hours ago, and have been playing it sense writing this, First to first, this game rocks, not only is well optimized, it also has this quality feedback of watching the world evolve to taking control and creating the perfect creature or plant.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay20 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Story and characters7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Bugs6 reviews
83%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $11.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $11.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
22
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.