Game2015

Planetbase

IndieSimulationStrategy

Developer Madruga Works

Planetbase is a space simulation and strategy video game developed by Madruga Works which was released on October 16, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, and January 8, 2016 for OS X. The game involves establishing a human colony on a distant planet and building an outpost to survive on the planet. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

227 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works

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72
Fresh

142 positive · 56 negative
95% range 65–78%

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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
8,365 of 10,480 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2025

    The Rover is in-game! #Planetbase 2

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    The Largest Dome in #Planetbase 2 will be the Terra Dome, this is an end game structure where, you will be able to plant trees and build homes, to give your colonists a taste of Earth. store.steampowered.com/app/3509420/...

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2025

    We now have the Geothermal Plant in game in #Planetbase 2. - Scan for underground heat using manpower or drones. - Use Scan Mode to locate the right area. - Build Plant - Connect to base

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    After several years working on this, it's great to finally see #Planetbase 2 emerge as a game. One could say this is the Dawn of Planetbase 2. We can't wait to share this with everyone! store.steampowered.com/app/3509420/...

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2025

    The Pressurized Truck is in the game. #Planetbase 2

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    We've now reached 300 population in the game for the 1st time in our tests! This is our first full playthrough, we will be doing a lot more of these from now on to balance everything. #Planetbase #Planetbase2 store.steampowered.com/app/3509420/...

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    In #Planetbase 2 you will be able to choose from 1x to 8x game speed. This is what 8x looks like. store.steampowered.com/app/3509420/...

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    All the in-game fully functional vehicles so far in #Planetbase 2: - Rover: Basic unpressurized vehicle. - Truck: Large pressurized vehicle. - Harvester: Mining vehicle. More soon!

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    Another #Planetbase 2 structure in-game: the Monomer Refinery. It extracts CO2 from the martian atmosphere, and combines it with H2O, to produce Monomers. Take these to the Polymerization Reactor to make Plastic. Monitored from the Industrial Console in the Control Center.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8500Steam reviews · Feb 8, 2026 · 242 h played

    They took the PAUSE feature away and it sucks enough to not play it anymore.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1731Steam reviews · Jun 21, 2026 · 36 h played

    I want to like this game. I really tried, but I kept getting frustrated with all of the random and uncontrollable outcomes. Oh, you're doing really well? Let's just drop a ship with 8 armed intruders into your base to kill as many of your colonists. You think your armed guards will come to the rescue? Nope, they're too busy watching the slaughter unfold on the security cameras. Are your food reserves running low? Maybe your biologists will make sure the farms are tended. Nope! They will wander…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3969Steam reviews · Oct 7, 2025 · 19 h played

    اشوفها لعبة مناسبة كبداية للي ما قد جرب التصنيف هذا ، واجهة الاستخدام واضحة وسهلة الفهم ، في البداية الموارد تكون تحدي وصعبة الإدارة ، لكن مع الوقت يبدأ تركيزك يتحول على الإدارة اكثر ، تسبب الإدمان لكن بعد فترة تبدأ تحس إن التحدي يقل فتصير التجربة مكررة نوعًا ما ، كنت اتمنى لو المباني فيها تنوع ، الرسومات جميلة خصوصًا الإضاءة في الليل تعطي جو ⭐ 3\5 (20 ساعة )

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  • Steam user Steam user …7560Steam reviews · Apr 8, 2026 · 81 h played

    Buggy as hell and has really bad support for large bases even though it has an achievement for a population of 300. I have built and achieved a base of 300 for one of the planets however when I attempted it on a different planet It is almost impossible wating game. The settlers pathfinding is awful they consistently kill themselves by walking outside till they asphyxiate. They also will not refill the food makers resulting in them starving even when there is ample meat and veg and empty food…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5143Steam reviews · Dec 19, 2025 · 42 h played

    ⭐ 9/10 – I Built a Colony and Everyone Immediately Forgot How Doors Work ⭐ Planetbase is a calm, thoughtful colony builder that slowly lulls you into a false sense of security… right before your entire population suffocates because one guy couldn’t be bothered walking to the oxygen generator. You land on a hostile planet with nothing, build a thriving space colony, and then spend the rest of the game micromanaging airlocks, power cables, and the emotional wellbeing of people who absolutely…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4236Steam reviews · Dec 18, 2025 · 2 h played

    The game has an interesting premise but is poorly designed. Pioneers and even robots can become so fully preoccupied with things that even high-priority constructions are ignored for a period of multiple days and will not be advanced, even when the lack of the structure causes conditions to deteriorate. I wouldn't recommend this game to my worst enemy, based on my current gameplay experience.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1141Steam reviews · Jun 6, 2026 · 1 h played

    Compared to Dawn of Man, the game has issues regarding how the AI works. The astronauts will refuse to grow food if they are sad and they'll starve to death. I find that mechanic bad because it's unrealistic, and I feel it adds unnecessary difficulty, given that in special-themed situations, astronauts are supposedly supposed to be more resistant to a minimum amount of stress. While the game has an interesting level of difficulty, I wouldn't recommend it because it feels old compared to Dawn of…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5155Steam reviews · Jan 11, 2026 · 40 h played

    **WARNING: THIS GAME TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO.** There was a period about halfway through my playtime where I thought to myself, "Am I playing this all wrong? Why are things not working as I intend them to?" I was just coming off of "Dawn of Man," saw many similarities between the two, and figured the same general rules applied here. I had successfully established large colonies on the first three planets, the whole time fighting with the efficiency of said colonies. I don't have enough ores…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8238Steam reviews · Mar 1, 2026 · 21 h played

    No ability to control colonists is my biggest complaint. They will just stand in one spot and die of starvation, low oxygen or water rather than pick up a box of food or build an O2 generator or a freaking water extractor. I mean, where did they pick up these colonist - the Forrest Gump Institute of Idiots!

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  • Steam user Steam user …5298Steam reviews · Nov 8, 2025 · 5 h played

    Game that has poor resource balance. You end up just sitting there not able to do anything because mining/resource processing takes to long compared to durability loss on structures. Dev should play their game and realize it's not fun to sit and wait 20 minutes, unable to advance at all.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1759Steam reviews · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 h played

    Tutorial was fine. Trying to get a base to actually work, not fine. NPCs sat around doing nothing while base was needing to be built, died of asphyxiation for not building a basic airlock. Restarted twice, same thing. No mods just basic game. Unsat.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1987Steam reviews · Feb 14, 2026 · 44 h played

    I want to like it but man is the AI a case study of what no selfpreservation on a species wide level would look like, job prioritizing is a joke at best, "safe" passages are a suggestion as it appears your "braindead" colonists rather would run outside and asfixiate than take the route through buildings, Bots break down constantly regardless of maintance centers. Foood evaporates into thin air the moment sombody forgets to stock up the processors, which CANT BE PRIORITIZED... Oh yeah,…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5217Steam reviews · Jan 31, 2026

    No windowed mode. Frustrating to play on a multiple screen set up. Refunded.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2592Steam reviews · Jan 23, 2026 · 13 h played

    Nah. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dev that keeps misusing the news function on all their other games, for spamming news about their new games. Don't support devs like this.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3278Steam reviews · Dec 28, 2025 · 106 h played

    Planetbase is one of those games that quietly earns your respect over time. At first glance, it looks simple: land on a planet, build a base, keep people alive. But once you get past the tutorial phase, you realize the game is really about systems interacting with systems. Power, oxygen, water, food, worker roles, solar conditions, terrain placement — everything is connected, and the game does very little hand-holding once you’re on your own. With over 105 hours played, most of my time…

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    Hey, we indend to add a lot more end game content in this one. The first Planetbase was quite a small game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5582Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2026 · 6 h played

    MPCs are so stupid, and it’s ruining 85% of the gameplay. They are just too lazy to take care of food and vegetables, then in next 10 minutes they’re all hungry, but still lazy to start making food. And in next 10 mins they are all dying. And rest 15% is ruined, cause it’s too hard to build a good base from beginning, and as result on 60d — your base is mess, and there is no good way to fix it, and cause of it your people are also dying

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  • Steam user Steam user …5686Steam reviews · Jul 6, 2026 · 77 h played

    Me: Lands on a new world. Quickly sets up a base before night falls. All my colonists almost die from lack of oxygen from power running out. Daytime arrives and I barely survive. Base grows exponentially overtime and have almost beat the game. Within 1 hour, 3 meteors destroy my power supply, a solar flare kills my other colonists stuck outside, and the cherry on top with pirates surrounding the base and stopping any chance of repairs. My whole colony is destroyed. Repeat the cycle because its…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1514Steam reviews · Jun 10, 2026 · 4201 h played

    Slow burning game that requires patience and witt.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5700Steam reviews · Jun 6, 2026 · 137 h played

    Planetbase is one of my favorite games. The core gameplay loop is perfectly optimized and there are no bugs. Don't let the negative reviews fool you...any logistics issues people have encountered occur because of their poorly optimized colonies. There are a bunch of challenges to complete after you've figured out how to get all of the planetary achievements. Really looking forward to Planetbase 2.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7250Steam reviews · Jan 31, 2026 · 28 h played

    The AI sucks i had food they just never took the time to eat and starved

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  • Steam user Steam user …7996Steam reviews · Jan 27, 2026 · 8 h played

    Physics? Never heard of her. I spent two hours trying to jump over a wall that wasn't there and accidentally clipped into the emotional void of my own soul. I found a glitch that turned me into a god for four seconds. Then I died to a bush. Best experience of my life.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5356Steam reviews · Jan 13, 2026 · 280 h played

    I bit addictive. I like being able to build bases and build them up. I'm going to look into Planet base 2 to see if there have been improvements.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6230Steam reviews · Dec 25, 2025 · 2 h played

    The core design of the game is good, however the execution is where it fall short. Frequently you will have the AI colonists not doing required tasks, and this is despite designating those task high priority. They are working on a sequel so hopefully they fix this issue for that.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8903Steam reviews · Oct 14, 2025 · 25 h played

    I am a bit sad that I have to downvote this game. It starts exciting, but a couple of hours later I felt limited and the whole thing became repetitive. Building types, constructions, resources, colonist types, mechanics, etc. You can build more and bigger, but that's all. I had high hopes after Dawn of Man, and it was good for completing one scenario, but wouldn't start another. Waiting for planetbase 2.

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    #Planetbase 1.4.0 updates the game to make it more compatible with modern systems and provides overhauled visuals. store.steampowered.com/news/app/403...

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  • wyx! @wyx.gayBluesky · Jun 24, 2024

    IT'S TIME I'm finally well enough to stream regularly again! Here's my updated schedule!!! Gonna play some Warframe, Planetbase, CK3, and start up a new adventure game! For Warframe I'll be running some vaulted relics at the beginning, come join for some slightly rarer stuff! twitch.wyx.gay

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  • Steam user Steam user …3893Steam reviews · Sep 7, 2026 · 39 h played

    I sank about 40 hours into Planetbase before it finally broke me, and honestly the first colony was magic: watching little dots scurry between glass domes, hauling steel around, actually surviving a sandstorm felt great. The problem is the colonists. I had food rotting in the dispensers while my biologists starved to death because apparently finishing a mine shaft was more urgent than lunch, and I once watched a medic step over a bleeding patient to go get a drink. Add in the removed pause…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6438Steam reviews · Sep 1, 2026 · 156 h played

    my favorite time killer. overall great game, but I'd like to make some suggestions especially since I just noticed planet2's incomming first is lack of personal information for more detailed management on many things: specific building statues(how many people using it, need more of what, and too much of what), why ppl are unhappy overall, like, more humanized requests such as i want more variety of meal, want better beds or sth like that. not just one single happiness bar being super red…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4742Steam reviews · Aug 29, 2026 · 11 h played

    For a planet rated for WIND POWER GENERATION it sure does not have wind....

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  • Steam user Steam user …4999Steam reviews · Jul 16, 2026 · 213 h played

    Only reason I don't recommend this game is the main item needed to keep your colonists alive will refuse to use the rights ingredients and will kill your base with sheer stupidity....

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  • Steam user Steam user …0265Steam reviews · Apr 26, 2026 · 31 h played

    Not a bad game, but it feels like the events are scripted in a way that requires you to play a specific way. For example, when you are at the last objective with 300 colonists, you get a bunch of outsider attacks that push your population below 200 until you have over 25 security. When you get the objectives, it's not clear whether you can build more or try another planet. Did I win?. Also, after a few hours, there are fewer different buildings and things you need to build, and you have to wait…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8573Steam reviews · Apr 22, 2026 · 52 h played

    It was an enjoyable game for the most part. But still buggy, notably medics choosing to be idle over making medical supplies. Just wait for PlanetBase 2 at this point, dont buy this one.

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  • greeble 🦜 @greeble.ioBluesky · Apr 6, 2025

    This game really really reminds me of Planetbase, another good simulation type game

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  • Madruga Works @madrugaworks.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    Classic #Planetbase let's play youtu.be/dMsXyBA4vz0?si

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  • Steam user Steam user …2539Steam reviews · Aug 11, 2026 · 55 h played

    my favorite colony game

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  • Steam user Steam user …2047Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2026 · 264 h played

    Classic Game i have put 264 hours into. i should be qualified to be in charge of the first base on mars. LOL can't wait for Planet base 2. in 2027 Looks nice.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2866Steam reviews · Jul 30, 2026 · 253 h played

    I have 252 hours in Planetbase, so obviously found something in it to like, but I am so disgusted with it now that I am seriously considering deleting the game from my computer. I got over the disappointment of having all of my colonists die from lack of oxygen while I figured out how site the base and give them at least a chance of survival. Eventually I routinely built colonies of as many as 85 members, but a any level of population above 50 to 60, the majority of the biologists would…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2351Steam reviews · Jul 23, 2026 · 15 h played

    Genuinely, this is the stupidest and most frustrating game I have ever had the displeasure of playing. Literally nothing makes sense, your workers will stand around staring at the wall while they starve to death even though there's a full meal maker two feet away. Meanwhile the slightest change to your base's layout and your entire colony collapses overnight. You can't rely on help from traders either, since anything you sell them is worth absolutely nothing, while they charge triple the value…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5617Steam reviews · Jul 3, 2026 · 32 h played

    Saw this game a couple years ago... Probably ten years ago. Then forgot about it. Suddenly remembered about it and spent almost 33 hours playing it. It feels nice to play something that almost feels like it takes me back in time. The game itself is really nice, although just 4 planets doesn't feel enough.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2673Steam reviews · Jun 23, 2026 · 350 h played

    provides a good amount of challenge. looking forward to version 2.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5681Steam reviews · Jun 23, 2026 · 7 h played

    Simple and satisfying game play. Looking forward to Planetbase 2

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  • Steam user Steam user …1724Steam reviews · May 24, 2026 · 15 h played

    Interesting colony/base building game with the difficulty ramping up as one expands and diversifies. The usual job of balancing raw material extraction, production, storage, workers and workflows. Doesn't shatter any of the genre norms, but does what it does well. Bonus is that it has workshop support! Looking forward to Planetbase 2, which is in development atm.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7693Steam reviews · Apr 9, 2026 · 1008 h played

    I love this game! I can't wait to play version 2!

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  • Steam user Steam user …7877Steam reviews · Apr 6, 2026 · 4 h played

    no ability to control anything in the game. the workers are beyond stupid and usually do the the least important task first. camera controls are dog water and there are like 5 options total in the settings screen. don't waste your money on this game. buy Stranded: Alien Dawn instead. vastly superior game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3794Steam reviews · Mar 31, 2026 · 14 h played

    You can just say you are bad, No need to downvote the game. it is not easy. not for everyone, but it has extreme replayability. But if you suck then its prob no fun, go play roblox or minecraft

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  • Steam user Steam user …4682Steam reviews · Jan 29, 2026 · 18 h played

    I tried to give this game the best shot possible but it's honestly not good. I have 17 hours because I forced myself to try and progress to see if the difficulty curve was the issue. I also played a large chunk of these hours over a year ago and came back to it as I saw a few updates took place over the years. 1) The AI is prioritization is rigid and off putting. In order for stuff to get done in a balanced time frame you need to enable high priority of what you want done and disable the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0280Steam reviews · Jan 27, 2026 · 22 h played

    It's OK but very hard. A single food shortage can kill a colony of hundreds. Colonists wont work if too unhappy or hungry so once the starvation sets in a colony dies because no farmers are willing to work anymore. Very stupid. Otherwise it's an OK with lots of good and interesting design and gaming choices but building placment is clunky. Harder planets become even harder

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  • Steam user Steam user …1437Steam reviews · Jan 21, 2026 · 27 h played

    The following content is machine translation: In PB1, there is an issue of overstocking: when the storage space is full, newly produced items will be placed in temporary storage areas or held onto by colonists without being put down. Selling too many items can lead to colonists constantly carrying them around. I hope this issue can be resolved or a hint mechanism can be implemented to assist players in making better adjustments. I hope to achieve a simpler balance between production and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8761Steam reviews · Jan 16, 2026 · 2 h played

    I didn't enjoy the puzzle aspects of this game mostly and probably due to my mind not wanting to learn the game mechanics. And it didn't seem all that interesting just watching the colonists walk here and move there, build this, build that. Not very interesting eye candy goin on. Doesn't mean it's a bad game for you just not the colony builder I was hoping for like something closer in line with Aven Colony. The Menu options are a bit limited as well. Why cannot I adjust sounds and music…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9533Steam reviews · Jan 9, 2026 · 1 h played

    On GOG they have a public torrent, do no buy on here

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