Rank 01Games like Planet Explorers
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Planet Explorers: Starbound, Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Life is Feudal: Your Own, Space Engineers, and Osiris: New Dawn. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Same atmospheric mood as Planet Explorers.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
Rank 03- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2015
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Pathea Games
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 60% of 3,861 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Crafting system is complex and ahead of its time
- Creation system lets players design everything from vehicles to colonies
- Free to play with no monetization beyond the soundtrack
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Melancholic
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Planet Explorers
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
My Time at Portia
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Planet Explorers.
Infestation: The New Beginning
Why this: Same nostalgic mood as Planet Explorers.
Rust
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Planet Explorers.
More from Pathea Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Pathea Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ever Forward
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Planet Explorers.
Let's School Homeroom
Why this: Same contemplative mood as Planet Explorers.
About Planet Explorers
The closest matches to Planet Explorers: Starbound, Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Life is Feudal: Your Own, Space Engineers, and Osiris: New Dawn. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Planet Explorers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Starbound, Empyrion - Galactic Survival and Life is Feudal: Your Own — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic, and single out its colony management and multiplayer server loss. 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.
Planet Explorers is a 2016 open-world sandbox adventure RPG developed by Pathea Games and set on a distant planet. The game features a voxel-based engine that allows terrain modification and object creation, with core mechanics including colony management, vehicle building, procedural crafting, and open-ended sandbox gameplay. Players engage with online cooperative multiplayer, progressing through a massive-length experience at a normal difficulty level. Reviewers highlight the creation system as complex and ahead of its time, with players able to design everything from vehicles to entire colonies. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, melancholic, and nostalgic. The game is free to play with monetization limited to the soundtrack, and carries a 60 percent positive rating from 3,861 Steam reviews. It runs on Steam Deck.
About Planet Explorers: Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Is Planet Explorers worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 60% of 3,861 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 43 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 17 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Crafting system is complex and ahead of its time
- Creation system lets players design everything from vehicles to colonies
- Free to play with no monetization beyond the soundtrack
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I feel the tears whelm up in my eyes over what this game could have been. It could have been one of the greats but it was abandoned and left to in decay. Forever this will stand as a stark reminder on why you should caution at early access…”
“I can't believe I paid 30 dollars for this crap a decade ago and now it's free to play. Such garbage.”
People who play it also play: Starbound, Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Life is Feudal: Your Own
Frequently asked about Planet Explorers
Can I run it?
Does Planet Explorers run on Steam Deck?
Planet Explorers is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is Planet Explorers free to play?
Yes — Planet Explorers 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 Planet Explorers?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Planet Explorers are Starbound, Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Life is Feudal: Your Own.
Who developed Planet Explorers?
Planet Explorers was developed by Pathea Games.