The Planet Crafter first launched in Early Access for PC on March 24, 2022, followed by a full release on April 10, 2024. The PC version will also be made available alongside the console launch.
Here is an overview of the game, via Miju Games:
About
Embark on a chill experience alone or with up to eight friends in online cooperative play. Your mission is to survive on a hostile planet and turn a barren land into a lush paradize. Terraforming is the only way!
You are sent on a hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You’ll have to survive, collect resources, build your base, produce machines to heat the planet, create an oxygen-rich atmosphere and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet!
Gather minerals and resources to survive. Craft all the tools you need to fulfill your mission. Explore old shipwrecks and ruins and discover a planet full of mysteries!
You’ll need a base and all sorts of machines to make yourself at home, and be able to bring life to this planet! Progress through building tiers to upgrade and expand your base and explore the planet further.
See life forms appear on the planet as you terraform it by increasing heat, oxygen and pressure. Witness the first signs of life with moss and insects and unleash the planet’s full potential with thick forests and animals.
From chill to hardcore, choose the difficulty level that suits you. Play with starting presets to create new games and experience endless possibilities.
Key features
- Multiplayer – Survive by yourself or with friends (up to eight players in online cooperative play).
- Survival – Thirst, Oxygen, Temperature and Health mechanics.
- Base Building – Shelter from a hostile environment and expand your exploration.
- Crafting – Equipment, tools and food to help you survive.
- Terraformation
- Turn an entire hostile planet to a habitable paradise!
- Build machines to create atmospheric pressure and heat the planet.
- Create a biosphere with breathable oxygen.
- See your environment change as your terraformation progresses.
- Creatures – Create life by decrypting and mixing DNA extracts and make your own animals.
- Procedurally Generated Shipwrecks – Explore and find infinite rare loot.
- Chill
