Planetbase
Single-player space colony sim about building a self-sufficient outpost
Madruga Works · Released Oct 15, 2015
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 80% of 10K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 43 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 109
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 week ago
- Sep 10, 2026
What is Planetbase?
A strategy and colony simulation game about establishing an outpost on a remote planet. You place structures, manage colonists and production chains, maintain food, water, oxygen, and power, and prepare for disasters and intruders across four increasingly difficult planets.
For you if...
- +you enjoy methodical survival and resource-management challenges
- +you prefer high-level planning over detailed colonist control
- +you want a single-player builder with increasingly difficult planets
Not for you if...
- −you want direct control over individual colonists
- −you expect extensive building variety and social simulation
- −you dislike sudden disasters disrupting carefully planned colonies
What players say
80% of 10,460 reviews are positive · 83% of 43 in the last 30 days
Players praise the accessible survival loop and the connections between power, oxygen, water, food, workers, and terrain. The most common complaint is unreliable colonist AI: workers ignore priorities or basic needs, pathfinding breaks down, and large colonies become slow or buggy; some players also find the limited building variety repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Planetbase system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista/7/8/10
- Processor
- 2 GHz Dual Core
- Graphics
- 512 MB VRAM (Shader Model 3)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 650 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7/8/10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5
- Graphics
- AMD/NVIDIA card
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 650 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Colony Sim
- City Builder
- Base Building
- Space
- Strategy
- Survival
- Simulation
- Resource Management
- Sci-fi
- Singleplayer
- Building
- Management
- Indie
- Sandbox
- Open World
- Space Sim
Recent updates
- Sep 10, 2026 · Planetbase 2 - Dev Update 09
- Jul 24, 2026 · Planetbase 2 - Dev Update 08
- Jun 4, 2026 · Planetbase 2 - Dev Update 07
- Apr 15, 2026 · Planetbase 2 - Rocket Fuel Dev Update
- Mar 6, 2026 · Planetbase 2 - Dev Update 05
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