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Games like Planeta

If Planeta is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Universim, Dwarf Fortress and Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Planeta: Planeta is a planet-building game where you can create and customize your planet as you wish! Main goal is to create conditions for humans to live and build a rocket ship and fly to the moon!

2021StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDWindowsby Tomas Daugela
Planeta — Steam game cover

Players who liked Planeta also play

Steam players who put hours into Planeta also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Universim

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Dwarf Fortress

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation24.90 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. RimWorld

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. They Are Billions

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Planeta.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Against the Storm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planeta.

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Banished

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Planeta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planeta.

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Planeta at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planeta.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Planeta.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planeta.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Planeta.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Planeta on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planeta.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planeta.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Planeta.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

More from Tomas Daugela

Other recommendable Steam games by Tomas Daugela, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Bob The Cube

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tomas Daugela, the studio behind Planeta. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    Bob The Cube is a 3D platformer game. Bob The Cube is the main character of the game. Bob's girlfriend was kidnapped and you have to complete all the levels to rescue her. You have to go through 15 unique 3D and 2.5D levels in 5 different worlds.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 4 Civilizations

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tomas Daugela, the studio behind Planeta. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    Four Civilisations is an indie game. It brings you back to early civilization times and lets you control the destiny of your civilization. You will compete with 3 other civilizations in the game. You will need to gather resources to advance in science and upgrade your buildings.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. To Save Humanity From Virus

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tomas Daugela, the studio behind Planeta. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    To Save humanity From Virus is a building game where you are on a different planet trying to get resources to create a vaccine. The virus hit the earth and the only way to save humanity is to gather resources from the different planet.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Forger

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tomas Daugela, the studio behind Planeta. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    The forger is a crafting game where you have to collect resources such as wood and iron and forge weapons to gain military power. It helps you to defeat enemies in the game. The game starts in medieval times and a fictional world full of monsters.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Planet Conqueror

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tomas Daugela, the studio behind Planeta. Shares Indie with Planeta.

    Planet Conqueror is FPS science fiction game where you have to collect minerals exploring different planets. The main goal in the game is to upgrade your gear up to be able to defeat the Alien boss. Each planet generates randomly, making the possibility to explore 10 000+ different planets!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Seven Wonders

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tomas Daugela, the studio behind Planeta. Shares Strategy and Indie with Planeta.

    Seven Wonders is an ancient city-building game. It brings you back to ancient times, where you have to build the seven wonders of the ancient world. You have to manage resources and labor to build the wonders.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Figure Skating Legends

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tomas Daugela, the studio behind Planeta. Shares Simulation with Planeta.

    Step into the dazzling world of ice and artistry with Figure Skating Legends, the ultimate figure skating experience! Whether you're a seasoned skating enthusiast or a curious newcomer, this game invites you to glide, spin, and jump your way to glory.

    2025SportsSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Planeta

How much does Planeta cost?
Planeta is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Planeta?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Planeta are The Universim, Dwarf Fortress, Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim.
Who developed Planeta?
Planeta was developed by Tomas Daugela.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Planeta.

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