Miju Games announced that in about two weeks since The Planet Crafter was launched, the game now has more than 28,000 concurrent players over on Steam. It's pretty the same number of positive reviews. This success is indeed a big milestone considering that it was made possible by a team of only six people.
With this, the studio revealed in a post that they'll be adding new content and in fact are now "working on the next free update." The studio went on to say that they'll try to come out with several updates in a year. There's also plans to release DLC through it's going to need more time.
The Planet Crafter is a space survival and open world terraforming crafting game that's been design for one to 10 players. The goal is to survive on a hostile planet by converting barren land to a lush paradise.
After two 2 years in early access with seven major updates released in between, the game officially launched version 1.0 last April 10. Features that came with the full release include:
- New online multiplayer co-op mode up to 10 players
- New big animals creation via DNA manipulation
- 3 new biomes
- New lore and end game content
- New character animations
- New cinematic introduction
- Improvements and rework of existing biomes
- New items to craft and new mechanics
- 20 new exclusive music tracks
Enjoy the Music
The studio also revealed that for the full release, they worked with Benjamin Young for The Planet Crafter Soundtrack. The soundtrack actually evolves along with the terraforming and even play depending on where the players are on the planet. The studio went on to say that they're "really proud of this collaboration" and that the soundtrack is now available on different platforms.
Check Out the Game
A free demo of the game is currently available on Steam. Those who want to enjoy the 30% launch discount have until tomorrow to buy the game. Check out the system requirements for the PC which are:
- Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 - 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 3GB VRAM
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Recommended
- OS: Windows 11 - 64-bit
- Processor: Intel HD Graphics 5000 or better, OpenGL Support required
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 6GB VRAM
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Are you ready to save humanity on a new planet?
