Phantom
Early access since May 2017
Phantom is a hard sci-fi survival game. It is very different from other survival games; the player is a robot rather than human. At the same time the game has a pure physics-based construction system, which makes survival and fighting become very fun and different.
34% positive · 172 reviews
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In early access, content planned but development status unclear
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In early access, content planned but development status unclear
Low confidence
Content Planned
Development Uncertain
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Steam $24.99
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Evaluation
Phantom launched into Early Access on May 27, 2017. The developer was active in the months immediately following launch, shipping several feature patches and bug fixes through mid-June 2017. On October 24, 2017, the developer announced what they called a 'recreate' of Phantom — not just an update — promising multiplayer, a voxel-based building system, a new map, trains, rails, a factory system, new AI, and more. A follow-up sneak peek on February 7, 2018 reinforced these plans with additional details including a new mining and crafting system, turrets, and an automatic solar panel system. That February 7, 2018 post is the last communication the developer has made. None of the announced features appear to have been delivered, and the game has remained in Early Access in its original form. As of June 27, 2026 — more than eight years since the last developer post — there is no indication of whether development is continuing, has been abandoned, or what the current status of the studio is.
Evidence
Developer posted a sneak peek of a major upcoming update including voxel editing, a new map, new UI, new AI, a factory system, and revamped mining and crafting. This is the last communication from the developer.
Developer announced a near-total rebuild of Phantom, promising multiplayer, voxel-based building, a new map, trains, rails, mechanical arms, new UI and music — described as a 'recreate' of the game rather than an update.
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Developer
Publisher
Phantomisreal Ltd.
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
game Features
What makes Phantom become a special sandbox survival game?
Nowadays, there are all kinds of survival games in the market. The basic rules are similar. The environment, the pressure of AI to characters, and the process of player to overcome these pressures through collecting, building and fighting.
Phantom has some different features; it can be said to distinguish the other survival games.
- Phantom is a very unique style of hard science fiction survival game, the art style is different from most of the survival of game in the market.
- A purely physical construction system, the vast majority of the survival of the construction of the game system is just a "shell", these "shell" cannot move! The Phantom construction system is different, if the player to build any purpose for a building or tool, the player needs to design by themselves, Phantom provides only the most basic "function block." Second, these "function blocks" all follow Newton's law, they are alive, players can interact with them. Then based on the construction system, in theory, the player can create any highly interactive things. Whether buildings, traps, vehicles, aircraft, rail cars, and even calculators can be designed and built, Phantom provide almost unlimited possibilities.
- Human beings as the player of the survival game is a very natural choice, because here are a lot of human needs, to eat, drink, to moderate temperature, with physical constraints, and even guts and so on. But in the Phantom world, electricity is almost the only need to be considered. Although it seems to greatly simplify the survival part of the game, but in fact it is a challenge of the distribution and management of the electricity, because in the Phantom world to do almost everything needs electricity, alive need electricity, running, fighting, construction, and so on all rely on electricity. more terrible is that those who build the functional blocks are all in need of electricity to operate. Power is very limited, then how to allocate power according to the situation is to challenge the players.
When physical construction is combined with single source power survival, I believe that Phantom provides a unique gaming experience.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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