Planetbase on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

Planetbase is a colony sim, city builder and base-building game developed and published by Madruga Works.
Released on October 15th 2015 is available on Windows and MacOS in 4 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French and German.

It has received 9,770 reviews of which 7,794 were positive and 1,976 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 7.31€ on Instant Gaming.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/10
  • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB VRAM (Shader Model 3)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 650 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.8
  • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 650 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
Fun game, a little easy after you get the hang of each planet, Happy they are making PB2 more in depth mechanics, can't wait. WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Feb. 2025
Used to play this a lot years ago and wanted to give it another go now. It's a fun and chill game (until your colonists start doing something mysteriously dumb and cause your whole colony to die, then it's less chill), I like it and would recommend
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Jan. 2025
i started playing this game because my dad absolutely adores it (he has like 650h in it already). i really like it so far! it is hard but after a while, you can get the hang of things. it doesn't really become boring, just sometimes there are parts where you have to wait a bit for colonist to actually do stuff (for example, the things you had set as a priority). i do not mind that at all though; actually, i really like i have to wait sometimes because it gives me time to slow down a bit and think about my next steps. i can honestly recommend the game! not only because of my dad but because i really love it as well!
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Oct. 2024
In a lot of ways, this game is small and simple. In some ways this game is frustrating and difficult. I've put a lot of hours into it and I've enjoyed it thoroughly. I wish there was more content, more things to do and to build. But, it is kinda perfect as is. I hope you'll enjoy it.
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June 2024
Planetbase has become one of my favorite non-complex city/colony building games. I was shocked when this game received an update earlier this year as it felt as though Madruga had moved on to their other projects. However, they completely rebuilt this game in a new engine with seemingly no issues on the player's end! I'm hoping a Planetbase 2 or DLC with expanded resources and buildings, as well as some of the mechanics improvements that were put into Dawn of Man, is in the works. However, Planetbase still holds its own nearly 10 years later & I wholeheartedly recommend it!
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Planetbase
7.8
7,794
1,976
Online players
286
Developer
Madruga Works
Publisher
Madruga Works
Release 15 Oct 2015
Platforms
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