The Planet Crafter: Prologue
Released Dec 2021
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
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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
Evaluation
This is the free prologue/demo for the full game "The Planet Crafter" (Steam App ID 1284190). It was released on December 19, 2021 as a standalone taster offering the first few hours of the terraforming experience. The prologue itself is a fixed, self-contained product — its purpose is to give players a sample of the full game, not to receive its own ongoing content cycle. All developer news posts shown are about the full game's Early Access updates and its 1.0 launch on April 10, 2024, not about the prologue receiving new content. The full game reached 1.0 on April 10, 2024, at which point the developer stated they would continue improving the game and had ideas for new content — but again, those communications pertain to the full "Planet Crafter" product, not this prologue. The prologue has no DLC, no announced future updates of its own, and no post-launch content cycle. It launched as a finished, standalone demo and remains exactly that.
Evidence
Store page explicitly identifies this as a prologue for the full game 'Planet Crafter', offering a sample of the terraforming experience.
The full game Planet Crafter launched its 1.0 version with major new content including multiplayer, new biomes, and animals. Developer notes they will continue to improve the game. All communications relate to the full game, not the prologue.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Miju Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
This is a prologue for the full game "Planet Crafter".
You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect resources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with enough oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet!
From Hostile to Habitable
You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect resources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with enough oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet!
Survive, Collect, Craft
Gather minerals and resources to survive. Craft all the tools you'll need in order to fulfill your mission. Explore old crashed ships and ruins and discover a planet full of mystery.Build you own base
You'll need a base and all sorts of machines to make yourself at home, and be able to bring life on this planet!Key Features:
- Character Thirst, Oxygen, Temperature, Health Mechanics
- Base Building
- Crafting
- Mining ores
- Build machines to create atmospheric pressure
- Build machines to heat the planet
- Create a biosphere with oxygen
- Create life on a planet !
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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