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About the Game
The Planet Crafter is a relaxed alien survival game about terraforming a barren world into a home for people.
The Planet Crafter is an adventure game with a survival core and an open-world feel. You are sent to a planet with an extremely harsh environment, and your mission is to make it livable for humans. The pressure comes from the environment itself rather than from enemies, so you spend your time gathering resources, crafting tools, and keeping yourself alive while you explore.
The core loop starts with collecting minerals and materials, since every tool has to be made from what you find. You use those materials to build a base and craft the equipment, tools, and food you need to meet your basic needs. As your building level grows, you can upgrade and expand the base and push deeper into the planet. Exploring randomly generated crashed spacecraft and ruins is a big part of the experience, as you uncover the planet's secrets and search for rare items.
The terraforming side is where the game builds real momentum. You raise temperature, oxygen, and atmospheric pressure by building machines, and as the planet changes, life begins to appear, from moss and insects to dense forests and animals. Creature DNA can be decoded and mixed to create new animals, which adds a creative layer to the work. You can choose a difficulty from relaxed to hardcore, and a creative mode is available for players who prefer to focus on building.
You can play alone or team up with friends in online co-op for up to ten players. The store description stresses that it is a non-violent, easygoing experience, so the focus stays on survival, exploration, and watching a dead world come back to life.
Feature Highlights
- Terraform a barren alien planet by raising its temperature, oxygen, and atmospheric pressure with machines you build.
- Play alone or team up with up to ten players in online co-op.
- Gather minerals and resources, then craft the tools, equipment, and food you need to survive.
- Explore randomly generated crashed spacecraft to search for rare items and uncover the planet's secrets.
- Decode and mix DNA fragments to create new animals as moss, insects, and forests appear with the changing climate.
- Choose a difficulty from relaxed to hardcore and enjoy a non-violent experience with an optional creative mode.
Who It Is (and Is Not) For
Recommended For
Players who enjoy calm survival and creative building will likely find a lot to love here, especially those who like watching a world change in response to their work. It also suits groups of friends who want a low-pressure online co-op project, since there is no violence and the difficulty is adjustable. Controller players are covered too, with full controller support and DualSense support.
Not Recommended For
If you want fast combat, boss fights, or a tense horror experience, this game will feel slow, because the environment is the main challenge rather than enemies. Players who get bored by long crafting and base-building loops may also struggle to stay engaged. If you want a fast-paced action game or a plot-heavy adventure, this one focuses on survival and terraforming instead.
What the Steam Reviews Say
The Planet Crafter holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, shown in Taiwan as 壓倒性好評, with 96% of its reviews being positive. That is one of the strongest ratings Steam can show, and the review volume runs to tens of thousands of reviews, which gives the score a solid base.
Steam labels combine the positive percentage with the total number of reviews, so a high percentage backed by a large sample is more dependable than the same percentage from a handful of players. With a review count this large, the rating is a good indicator of general player satisfaction, though it cannot tell you whether the game's slower pace will suit your personal taste.
Price History & Historical Low
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| Date | Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | NT$439 | — |
| 2026-10-29 | NT$439 | — |
| 2026-10-27 | NT$263 | -40% |
| 2026-09-15 | NT$439 | — |
| 2026-09-01 | NT$219 | -50% |
All prices here are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. The Planet Crafter currently sells for NT$ 439 with no discount, which is also its regular price. Our records show it has been discounted often, with the deepest cut reaching 50% off, and the lowest price we recorded was NT$ 219 on September 1, 2026.
The game has not been free to keep in our records, and we have not logged a free-to-keep promotion for it. So far, the only way to get it cheaper has been paid sales.
Our price record is still short, so this verdict is tentative. Because the game is discounted often and its lowest recorded price is roughly half the current price, waiting for a sale and watching the price is a reasonable approach if you are not in a hurry. If you want it right away, the current price is fair for a title with such strong reviews, but you may get a better deal later.
Analysis written 10/29/2026 from our recorded prices; the chart above is live. Taiwan-region Steam prices.
How to Buy
- Sign in to your Steam account on the Steam website or in the Steam client.
- Open The Planet Crafter store page and check the current price of NT$ 439.
- Add the game to your wishlist if you want to wait for a lower price, or buy it right away if the price suits you.
- Turn on wishlist sale notifications in Steam's settings so you hear about discounts as soon as they start.
- Check back here for the price trend before you decide, since the game is discounted often.
Things to Know
Traditional Chinese is supported, along with Simplified Chinese and English, and English is marked as having full audio support. The game is not flagged for adult content. The prices shown here are Taiwan-region Steam prices in NT$ and may be different in other regions. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.
