Planetbase

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Planetbase is a strategy game where you guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. In the game you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive.

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Developer:
Madruga Works
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
15 October 2015
Recent Steam reviews:
Mixed (36)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (5667)

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Description

Planetbase is a strategy game where you guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet.

In the game you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive. You will have to ensure that they have a constant supply of oxygen, food and water to stay alive.

You will get them to collect energy, extract water, mine metal, grow food, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient base in a harsh environment, where you are always one step away from total failure.

Even if the game is not intended to be a simulator, all the mechanics are plausible, and based on what the expected challenges of establishing a colony in an new planet would be.

Features:

  • Four different planets with different conditions and increasing difficulty.

  • Harness solar and wind energy (if available) in order to power the base's structures.

  • Grow hydroponic Vegetables and synthesize Vitromeat to feed your population.

  • Mine and produce raw resources, process them, manufacture goods, and establish a production chain.

  • Carefully manage the colonist immigration flow to ensure you have the people with the right skills.

  • Survive disasters like meteors, sandstorms or solar flares and defend your base from intruders.

  • Mechanize your base by creating your own bots that will help with the more arduous tasks.

  • Grow your colony from a few initial pioneers to a vibrant planetbase with hundreds of colonists.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows Vista/7/8/10
Processor:
2 GHz Dual Core
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
512 MB VRAM (Shader Model 3)
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
650 MB available space

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7/8/10
Processor:
Intel Core i5
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
AMD/NVIDIA card
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
650 MB available space

User reviews

Solonotix
Not recommended | 21 Jun 2026
35.6h 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

Helpful: 14
Jake
Recommended | 06 Jun 2026
137h 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

Helpful: 4
FIREXRWT ✔
Recommended | 03 Jul 2026
32.4h 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

Helpful: 2
passerculus_nox
Recommended | 24 May 2026
15.0h 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

Helpful: 2
neutronenstern
Not recommended | 01 Jul 2026
9.0h played

This is a suicide simulator for retarded colonists. My whole crew died from thirst, standing around an unbuild water fountain, not in the mood building it, because the TV was missing. WTF! Worst city builder ever.

Helpful: 1
Johnsons Johnson
Recommended | 06 Jul 2026
76.6h 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

Helpful: 1