Lifeless Planet Premier Edition

Lifeless Planet Premier Edition

Steam Deck Playable

Serenity Forge · Atmospheric · Jun 6, 2014

Worth it for the right player.

On sale at $2.99, but it has been as low as $1.99.

77%
Mostly Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 185 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 5 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
58% of themes are praise25% are divided17% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Given that there is a heavy narrative focus in this game, I will do my best to avoid major spoilers.
185 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GT 640
85 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music and voice acting is really good, nothing to complain here!
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
+ Emphasis is placed more so on the environment, story and emotions of the game versus the actual gameplay (Gameplay may not be at the forefront here but it still needs to be enjoyable, check other points below), thus there's a nice blend of difficulty ensuring you can stay focused on the story without being hampered and dismayed by any overly difficult and egregious gameplay.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
+Easy controls, especially with a controller.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
Lastly, this game is Linux native and played flawlessly.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters185 reviews
Graphics85 reviews
Audio58 reviews
Difficulty19 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Linux compatibility8 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay61 reviews
64%
Interface8 reviews
63%
Performance6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs21 reviews
71%
Crashes13 reviews
69%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $2.99 (−70%). The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
15
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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