Steam app 2471970 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:51 UTC
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
530 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
14 months, August 2025 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 356 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 174 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Planetary Life was released on 15 Aug, 2025.
| Language | Full audio |
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| English | |
| Spanish - Spain | |
| French | |
| Italian | |
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| Simplified Chinese | |
| Portuguese - Brazil | |
| Russian | |
| Japanese |
A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
22 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC
Hi everyone!This is a quick update with the current development status of the Civilizations update.The bottom menu size and content has been reduced, so it doesn't take too much screen space and it shows mostly resources and current global…
sotenboxBug fixes Quick update to fix a new crashing issue with AMD GPUs introduced after adding new shaders for volumetric clouds.
Patch notesNew features Added volumetric clouds to replace the old clouds rendering. Changes Adjustments in dust remover tool. Adjustments in terrain modifier tool. Decreased the probability of disasters based on Core Heat. Shake screen only in closer…
Patch notesHi everyone!After some few updates and making the game compatible with Steam Deck, I returned back to my regular work on Civilizations update.This time I would like to show you things.DEMOGRAPHYFirst, I changed how population work in…
sotenboxBug fixes Fixed bug causing the game to crash, specially after loading game. Fixed bug not loading components help screen. Fixed bug causing the game to throw many errors when changing zoom in a situation with a lot of creatures. Increased…
Patch notesHot fixed a bug causing some players not able to initialize the game getting stuck in the loading screen.
Patch notesNew features Added DirectX rendering server option. Changes Upgraded game engine. This will potentially fix issues related to black spots when using RTX 5000 series GPU. Bug fixes Fixed visual bug in water caustics when using Nvidia cards.
Patch notesI know everyone was expecting Civilizations update to be the next, but as you can see, and unexpectedly, Planetary Life is on Steam's Daily Deal so an update was needed to follow this big day!Also, by popular demand Japanese language is…
sotenboxNew features Added Steam Deck compatibility. Font size adjustments for small screens and Steam Deck. Added Plant editor in the main menu. Added Fungi editor in the main menu. Showing current player/game name when hovering on main menu’s…
Patch notesHi everyone!It's been a while since the last update. Civilizations is hard to implement, it's almost like adding a new game inside the current game. But I'm getting there!I think I have (now yes!) all system on place and I'm happy with the…
sotenboxIt's been a while since the last time. And I understand that people is getting worried about when the next update is coming, I would be too if I were in your shoes.Sadly, as usual, this is taking more time than expected :-(On one hand…
sotenboxBug fixes Fixed potential crash when playing the game in a non-supported language (thanks to Svardmastaren for finding it!). Fixed error causing to no recovery settings from the backup.
Patch notesBug fixes Fixed visual glitch on plants. Fixed mouse cursor appearing under some controls.
Patch notesI continue working on Civilizations update, and this is taking some time, more than expected, but well... we can say that the usual in game development.Meanwhile, I will try, time to time, to upload some updates about other stuff.In terms…
sotenboxNew features Added HOME button to return directly to your home star. This will avoid softlock when you run out of energy and you are in another star where you cannot claim a new planet. But, to travel back to your star home you will need to…
Patch notesReally minor one to fix one little annoying thing. Changes Reduced the snow/underwater fog intensity. Showing virtual keyboard in all input fields when running the game in Steam Deck.
Patch notesWhile I continue working on the exhausting Civilizations update, I decided to take a break for a few days to work on something different and give you an update. This patch contains some new small stuff and changes. But there is one which is…
Patch notesPerhaps it's too bold to do this in a year full of great games, but... why not?Planetary Life will participate in the Steam Awards in the category Sit back and relax.The chances are slim, but it will be fun to participate :-)
sotenboxI know that releasing an update on Friday afternoon is never a good idea, which is why I am now releasing a patch to fix some bugs introduced in the previous update... as well as others that had been there for a while. Changes Decreased…
Patch notesThis took me quite a while, so for a week I stopped working on the civilizations to focus on optimizing the biggest bottleneck in the game. I think it's something that will benefit everyone. Enjoy! Changes Huge performance improvement in…
Patch notesSome more quick fixes reported by our most curious fans! Changes - Added priority to load plant models and creature sprites from the current planet. - Added tiny loading bars in the top left of the game to know that plant models and…
Patch notesWhile I continue working on civilizations, here is a small fix that resolves some issues related to rendering.Changes - Improved health bar rendering performance. - Improved creature’s 2D sprite rendering performance. Bug fixes - Fixed…
Patch notesQuick (and needed) hot fixes while I work on civilizations! Changes - Showing all creature's danger messages in the bottom menu. - Allows you to continue editing creatures and plants even after reaching the energy limit. Bug fixes - Fixed…
Patch notesProbably many of you noticed that the daily updates stopped for the last weeks!No! The game is not abandoned, it's just getting bigger!As a solo developer, I have to prioritize my tasks, so after a period of daily minor updates fixing…
sotenboxOK, this update should be quite good! Bug fixes - Fixed “Maximum” word in Russian to move all the tile info texts. - Fixed missing temperature measurement visualization. - Fixed bug with water and air humidity transition. - Fixed bug…
Patch notesBug fixes: - Fixed a bug introduced in the last update making the water getting duplicated in very long runs. - Improved water rendering in walking camera. - Fire making damage properly to creatures.
Patch notesBy popular request, Brazilian Portuguese and Russian have been added to the game!I have also made multiple improvements and fixes based on suggestions and bug reports.After this update, I will focus on the Civilizations update, releasing…
sotenboxBug fixes - Fixed some rendering issues with creature skin. Changes - Improved feather skin. - Showing fungi population in the planet zoom. - Now you can export creatures from the editor. - Added import/export systems for plants. - Added…
Patch notesThe demo has received a huge update to match the current state of art of the main game.This was done because the old demo was too outdated including performance issues, bugs and glitches that will not representing well the actual state of…
sotenboxBug fixes - Fixed bug naming “Luca” to all imported creatures. - Fixed water and terrain visual bug, showing water in slopes. - Fixed skill tree order. - Fixed visual clipping bug with planet’s data layers. Changes - Improved and increased…
Patch notesBug fixes - Fixed carnivores keep hunting other creatures despite of having dead body to eat. - Fixed issue with next turn button. - Changed font Chinese to make it more readable. - Potential fix for random crashes. Changes - Added new…
Patch notesBug fixes - Fixed mouse not showing in full screen in some computers (added option to enable/disable hardware mouse). - Fixed issue causing the joystick from connected gamepad affecting camera movement. - Fixed evolving from multicell into…
Patch notesBug fixes - Fixed bug when editing body components causing to edit the last part only. - Fixed clam and bipedalism combination issues. - Fixed issue making the creature to run on circles. - Fixed some translation typos. - Fixed issues with…
Patch notesBug fixes - Fixed camera transition being too sensible between galaxy and star system. - Fixed visual bug with creatures view. - Fixed bugs on dust, lava and cloud albedo affecting too much the tile's temperature. - Fixed typo in English.…
Patch notesBug fixes: - Fixed bug causing temperature peaks when zoom in and out from the star system. - Fixed methane icon symbol. - Fixed some typos in Spanish translation. - Increased moon distance from planets fixing the issue of being to close to…
Patch notesAfter more than two years of work, I'm proud to announce that Planetary Life out now on Steam Early Access!!!You can expect the following features included in the game:- Procedural planets 🌍 - Climate simulation ⛈️ - Global disasters 🌋☄️…
sotenboxWe are pleased to announce the release date for the early access version of Planetary Life!Mark your calendars!The Early Access version will contain the following:Multi planets and star systemsCell worldFungiNew components for creatures and…
sotenboxQuick and small update removing the screen distortion when walking under water. This was giving problems to many users with specific GPUs.
Patch notesWell... I said there would be no more demo updates, but this was necessary because the in-game help was a bit broken after all the last changes I made. New features Showing number notification when tasks are ready to claim. Changes Reduced…
Patch notesHi everyone! Here a new update of Planetary Life demo, and this time yes! This will be the last one unless I have to do some hot fixes related to bugs or balancing. No more new features, no more additions until the game gets released :-) In…
sotenboxNew features Added mouth noises to creatures. Added proper omnivore, carnivore and vegetarian separated plots for Stats screen. Changes Creatures balancing. Stop keeping the screen on always. Bugs fixed Fixed T-pose bug on creatures. Fixed…
Patch notesNew features Added artifact to change humidity in the area. Changes Increased power of dust cleaner. Bugs fixed Fixed reproduction rate for carnivores.
Patch notesChanges Improved atmosphere, showing a bluer sky and stars at night. Changed how evolution menu works: now you can do many changes, but each change will have a cost. At the end, the price of all changes will be subtracted from your energy.…
Patch notesChanges Increased width of tile history menu Now mutated creatures will have a 25% chance to get adapted their temperature to the new location Bugs fixed Fixed creatures small floating over the ground when they are out of the water…
Patch notesNew features Added “undo last change” button to creature/plant editor to undo step by step all done changes and also to avoid players getting stuck Changes Improved rain effect Slightly increased the survivability of creatures Bugs fixed…
Patch notesChanges ESC can close encyclopedia now ESC will cancel/close any menu or selected tool Switching categories will cancel current selected tool Bugs fixed Fixed showing rain under the water Renamed “Evolve to” to “Evolved to” Fixed issue with…
Patch notesThis is the last demo before the game gets released in Early Access! I will only do updates on this demo to fix big issues. This means... the release of the game is coming! However, the release date is still undefined, but we can start…
sotenboxHi everyone! It's been a while since the last update! Over the past few months, I have been working on something totally new and unexpected. This was out of the original scope of the game, but it was requested from some people and decided…
sotenboxWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | PlanetaryLife.exe | --rendering-driver vulkan --rendering-method forward_plus | any | |
| Planetary Life (DirectX mode) | PlanetaryLife.exe | --rendering-driver d3d12 --rendering-method forward_plus | any | |
| Planetary Life (Compatibility mode) | PlanetaryLife.exe | --rendering-driver opengl3 --rendering-device gl_compatibility --rendering-method gl_compatibility | any |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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