
- 77/100
- Players35 ratings
- 75/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic4 critic reviews
- 70/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 57/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3.29/5
- Player reviews
- 79% positive9,583 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac
- Price
- US$14.99
Where to get it

2015 · City-building · Indie
Planetbase
Timed Xbox exclusive
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.
- Released
- 15 October 2015
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4WindowsXbox OnemacOS
- Genres
- City-buildingIndieSimulationStrategySurvival
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Age ratings
- PEGI 12USK 6ACB PGGRAC ALLCLASS_IND LESRB E10+
- Languages
- English, French, German, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 9hmain story33hcompletionist
About
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.
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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
In the game, the player leads a group of space settlers who are trying to form a base on an isolated planet. The player is given the role of base architect as well as manager. It is up to the player to guide the colonists to build a self-sufficient base in a place where they can survive and can extract water easily, grow food for living and, most importantly, have a constant supply of oxygen. The colonists can be directed to mine different kinds of metal and manufacture robots.
A total of four different planets can be colonized, each with varying conditions and an increasing difficulty level. These planets are the Desert Planet, Frozen Planet, a Barren Moon, and Storm Planet. The player must manage the flow of new colonists coming to the colony and make sure that only those with some useful skills travel to the planet. The most useful colonists are engineers, workers, and guards.
Reception
The game scored a 70 out of 100 based on reviews from four critics on Metacritic.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Dawn of Man + Planetbase
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