Planetka

Strategy· Atmospheric· Minimalist· Tower Defense

Released Mar 2024

You play as a tiny sentient planet. Maintain your ecosystem, create new plant species and discover the hidden powers inside you. You’ll need them soon, because there is a human spaceship approaching with the intention to mine all your resources and they don’t care if it kills you in the process.

89% positive · 181 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Planetka launched on Steam on March 27, 2024 as a free-to-play indie strategy game developed by a solo developer (TeTerka) as a university graduation project. In the launch post, the developer explicitly stated "I'd like to consider the game finished," describing the release as the conclusion of over a year of development. While they mentioned that there are always small things to fix or improve, this was framed as a general observation rather than a commitment to future updates. There is no roadmap, no announced DLC, no unreleased content listed on the store, and no subsequent developer communications pointing to new content. The game has received no major updates since launch. With 6 total news posts scanned and only the launch post being relevant, and no developer activity since March 27, 2024, the game was shipped as a finished product and the developer has communicated it as such.

Evidence

Launch post in which the developer explicitly states 'I'd like to consider the game finished,' describing Planetka as the end of a year-long development journey from university project to IGF-nominated title.