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Design a space-colony outpost on hostile planets, balancing life support, food, power, production, and colonist growth.
Released 15 Oct 2015
Balance Life Support
Grow Hydroponic Food
Build Production Chains
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.
Developed by Madruga Works · Published by Madruga Works
You act as architect and manager of a group of settlers establishing an outpost on a remote planet. Plan where to build and expand as the colony grows from a few pioneers.
Keep the base running by supplying oxygen, water, food, and energy. Grow crops in hydroponic farms, extract and process resources, manufacture goods, and build production chains for a self-sufficient colony.
Manage colonists with different skills, immigration, and the demands of an expanding population. Adapt to four planets with different conditions, withstand disasters and intruders, and reach milestones that unlock further planets.
Players who enjoy Planetbase often praise its focused, approachable colony-building, where planning resource flows and base layouts can turn a small outpost into a functioning settlement. Many find the survival pressure and contrasting planetary conditions engaging, and some appreciate its calm atmosphere and gradual pace. Others describe frustration with colonists failing to carry out essential tasks, along with a limited or repetitive late game.
Planetbase is a strategy game where you guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet.
In the game you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive. You will have to ensure that they have a constant supply of oxygen, food and water to stay alive.
You will get them to collect energy, extract water, mine metal, grow food, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient base in a harsh environment, where you are always one step away from total failure.
Even if the game is not intended to be a simulator, all the mechanics are plausible, and based on what the expected challenges of establishing a colony in an new planet would be.
Four different planets with different conditions and increasing difficulty.
Harness solar and wind energy (if available) in order to power the base's structures.
Grow hydroponic Vegetables and synthesize Vitromeat to feed your population.
Mine and produce raw resources, process them, manufacture goods, and establish a production chain.
Carefully manage the colonist immigration flow to ensure you have the people with the right skills.
Survive disasters like meteors, sandstorms or solar flares and defend your base from intruders.
Mechanize your base by creating your own bots that will help with the more arduous tasks.
Grow your colony from a few initial pioneers to a vibrant planetbase with hundreds of colonists.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 30 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
