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Games like The Planet Crafter: Prologue

  • 12 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked The Planet Crafter: Prologue also play

The closest matches to The Planet Crafter: Prologue: The Planet Crafter, Subnautica, Breathedge, No Man's Sky, and Astrometica: Prologue. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Open World Survival Craft and Space, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $23.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • 2024
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares resource scavenging and base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • 2018
  3. Rank 03

    Why this

    Shares oxygen management and resource scavenging with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $24.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • 2021
  1. Rank 04

    No Man's Sky

    Why this: Shares base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $23.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2016
  2. Rank 05

    Astrometica: Prologue

    Why this: Shares oxygen management and base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • Free
    • Deck Playable
    • 2024
  3. Rank 07

    Satisfactory

    Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $39.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2024
  4. Rank 08

    The Forest

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018

The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Planet Crafter: Prologue

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    The Planet Crafter

    Also Open World Survival Craft and Space, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 96% of 35,327 reviews
  2. 2
    Subnautica

    Shares resource scavenging and base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 97% of 177,256 reviews
  3. 3
    Breathedge

    Shares oxygen management and resource scavenging with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 73% of 5,309 reviews
  4. 4
    No Man's Sky

    Shares base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 82% of 180,011 reviews
  5. 5
    Astrometica: Prologue

    Shares oxygen management and base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 89% of 460 reviews
  6. 6
    Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue

    Also Open World Survival Craft and Base Building, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 90% of 1,932 reviews
  7. 7
    Satisfactory

    Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 98% of 132,199 reviews
  8. 8
    The Forest

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 175,474 reviews
  9. 9
    Blossom: The Seed of Life

    Also Mars and Open World Survival Craft, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 88% of 441 reviews
  10. 10
    Valheim

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 94% of 558,366 reviews
  11. 11
    Forager

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 88% of 13,308 reviews
  12. 12
    Space Trash Scavenger

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 85% of 457 reviews
  13. 13
    Starbound

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 51,728 reviews
  14. 14
    ASTRONEER

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 92% of 53,284 reviews
  15. 15
    Core Keeper

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 22,806 reviews
  16. 16
    The Survivalists

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 76% of 2,979 reviews
  17. 17
    Eden Crafters

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 85% of 1,054 reviews
  18. 18
    Remains

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 76% of 196 reviews
  19. 19
    Prospector

    Also Base Building and Space, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 71% of 55 reviews
  20. 20
    Star Crafter

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 68% of 57 reviews
  21. 21
    Occupy Mars: The Game

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 67% of 1,285 reviews
  22. 22
    Surviving Mars

    Also Mars and Space, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • 79% of 10,552 reviews
  23. 23
    Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 74% of 634 reviews
  24. 24
    Tinkerlands

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 89% of 727 reviews
The Planet Crafter: Prologue — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2021
  • Developer: Miju Games
  • Price: Free to play
  • 95% of 2,967 reviews
  • Genres: Adventure
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Crafting unlocks new biomes and gameplay layers
  • Exploration reveals hidden secrets and collectibles
  • Meteor showers replenish resources dynamically
  • Atmospheric
  • Chill
  • Cozy

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Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  • The Planet Crafter

    Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Space, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $23.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2024
  • Subnautica

    Why this: Shares resource scavenging and base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2018
  • No Man's Sky

    Why this: Shares base building with The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $23.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2016
  • Satisfactory

    Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

    • $39.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2024

About The Planet Crafter: Prologue

The closest matches to The Planet Crafter: Prologue: The Planet Crafter, Subnautica, Breathedge, No Man's Sky, and Astrometica: Prologue. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If The Planet Crafter: Prologue is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Planet Crafter, Subnautica and Breathedge — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, chill and cozy, and single out its base building and blueprint unlocking. 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.

The Planet Crafter: Prologue is a free-to-play adventure released in 2021 by Miju Games. Players terraform an alien world through base-building, crafting recipes, and blueprint-unlocking, while managing oxygen and food production. Meteor showers dynamically replenish resources during gameplay. Reviewers highlight that crafting unlocks new biomes and gameplay layers, and exploration reveals hidden secrets and collectibles. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, cozy, and relaxing, noting the sandbox has no forced urgency while terraforming feels rewarding and impactful. The game holds a 95% positive rating from over 2,900 Steam reviews.

About The Planet Crafter: Prologue: 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.

Is The Planet Crafter: Prologue worth buying?

  • 95% of 2,967 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Free to play.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 6 h before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: The Planet Crafter, Subnautica, Breathedge

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Frequently asked about The Planet Crafter: Prologue

Can I run it?

Is The Planet Crafter: Prologue free to play?

Yes — The Planet Crafter: Prologue is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.

What games are most similar to The Planet Crafter: Prologue?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Planet Crafter: Prologue are The Planet Crafter, Subnautica, Breathedge.

Who developed The Planet Crafter: Prologue?

The Planet Crafter: Prologue was developed by Miju Games.