Planetary Life (2025)
- Developer
- Sotenbox
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
- Rating
- 4.7 of 5, 873 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 10 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
You shape a barren world from scratch, sculpting terrain and climate to nurture life in a calm, open-ended sandbox.
sandboxcreativerelaxingatmosphericexperimentalgentleslow-pacedmeditative
What players say
Players describe it as a mix of Spore and SimEarth where you terraform planets and guide life from cells to creatures, but the creature creator is very limited and evolution feels random. The civilization stage is not yet added, and that leaves a hole. Reviews split on fun factor versus bugs and content gaps, with many saying it feels lacking in its current early access state.
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