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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.

Release DateNov 8, 2016
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)61.5% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 62.3%  Bottom 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)60.6% Bottom 30% / 61.5%  Bottom 35%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)5.2K  Top 5% / 6.8K  Top 4%
Curators86 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time21.2 hours  Top 10%
Followers120.2K  Top 1%
Owners± 624.5K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 477.7K  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Planet Explorers steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Planet Explorers's Steam rating and reviews between March 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 84.7% (April 2014) to 62.2% (November 2023).

Planet Explorers is an AAA level success, with 6.8K reviews Top 4%. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Planet Explorers and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Planet Explorers's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (57%), followed by Simplified Chinese (18%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 26 different languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and Simplified Chinese), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Planet Explorers percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Planet Explorers depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time played is great, reaching 80 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 5.2 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (36 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Planet Explorers's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Stunning art and concept design
  • Able to build colonies
  • Amazing build functionality
  • Creation Editor for customization
  • Open-world voxel game
  • Never lags
  • Resource scanning
  • Object editor
  • Power generators
  • Great item creation system
  • Doesn't feel like a survival game
  • Poor combat system
  • Awful vehicle collision
  • No caves available in adventure mode
  • No natural landscape editing in build mode
  • Difficulty not gradual
  • Suffers from framerate issues
  • Graphics are polarizing
  • Character customization is lacking
  • Clunky UI

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 61.5%  Bottom 20% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Planet Explorers's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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