We’re so excited for you to finally get to try The Planet Crafter, one of the best-selling survival games on PC, on XBOX when it launches on July 21.
The Planet Crafter is unlike many of the survival games you’ve played in the past. When we were designing it, we sought to make a chill, non-violent survival experience. The Planet Crafter will still challenge you. The player has to carefully manage needs like oxygen, food, and water; especially early in the game, you can push your limits too far and discover that there’s a fatal result to that.
But this isn’t a game with jump scares and monsters. There’s nothing to dread behind that boulder or in the depths of that cave. But there is wonder. We’ve made some big worlds for you to explore, and secrets to uncover. The planets and moons you will find are evolving as you start the long journey to terraform them. When you build heat pumps and drill into a planet’s core to raise the atmospheric pressure and temperature, you’ll find that the changes are more than just cosmetic. Maybe a glacier has melted, revealing a new valley you couldn’t access before. When life starts to take root on your world, perhaps you’ll notice trees growing that provide a bridge to a new location. The Planet Crafter is not a violent game, but we promise that it is full of adventure.
One point of inspiration for us when creating The Planet Crafter surprises people when we tell them. We’ve always appreciated idle games, and you’ll find some of that DNA in our game. When you build terraforming machines, they keep operating as long as your grid has power. You’re always making progress towards that next terraforming milestone. We think that’s a great way of encouraging you to explore. Let the machines do their thing while you go hunt for relics from a lost previous expedition, prospect for rare minerals in the shards of a fallen meteorite, or get acquainted with the new life forms that you’ve introduced into the world. In The Planet Crafter, things are always getting a little better.
The wait is almost over! The Planet Crafter arrives on XBOX on July 21, and will be available to play with Game Pass on XBOX Series X|S and Windows Store. Thanks to XBOX Play Anywhere support, your progress, achievements, and adventures will follow you wherever you choose to play.
We can’t wait to see the bases that you and your friends create in single-player or co-op in The Planet Crafteron XBOX. The worlds we’ve created for you to terraform may be stark and desolate when you first arrive. But with a little effort, we hope you will find that they’re warm and inviting places for you to hang out. Good luck out there, and we hope to see you soon in game.
The Planet Crafter
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Embark on a chill experience alone or with up to 8 friends in online co-op. Your mission is to survive on a hostile planet and turn a barren land into a lush paradise. Terraforming is the only way!
You are sent on a hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You’ll have to survive, collect resources, build your base, produce machines to heat the planet, create an oxygen-rich atmosphere and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet!
Gather minerals and resources to survive. Craft all the tools you need to fulfil your mission. Explore old shipwrecks and ruins and discover a planet full of mysteries!
You’ll need a base and all sorts of machines to make yourself at home, and be able to bring life to this planet! Progress through building tiers to upgrade and expand your base and explore the planet further.
See life forms appear on the planet as you terraform it by increasing heat, oxygen and pressure. Witness the first signs of life with moss and insects and unleash the planet’s full potential with thick forests and animals.
From chill to hardcore, choose the difficulty level that suits you. Play with starting pre-sets to create new games and experience endless possibilities.
Multiplayer: survive by yourself or with friends (1-8 online co-op)
Survival: Thirst, Oxygen, Temperature and Health mechanics
Base Building: shelter from a hostile environment and expand your exploration
Crafting: equipment, tools and food to help you survive
Terraformation: turn an entire hostile planet to a habitable paradise!
Build machines to create atmospheric pressure and heat the planet
Create a biosphere with breathable oxygen
See your environment change as your terraformation progresses
Creatures: create life by decrypting and mixing DNA extracts and make your own animals
Procedurally generated shipwrecks: explore and find infinite rare loot
Chill experience with no violence: the only enemy you’ll have to fight is the hostile environment
Adjustable difficulty to fit your level
Adjustable pre-sets for renewed experiences through time
Creative mode
