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Our take on Planetes

The store presentation emphasizes survival, exploration, and ship construction, but gives little sense of the game's broader structure or progression. The practical scope described is resource gathering, building, planetary travel, and interaction with other players, rather than a clearly defined campaign.

What is Planetes?

Planetes combines survival, construction, exploration, and player conflict in a space setting.

Resources can be harvested and used to build bases, spacecraft, and other items. Space travel requires a ship, which can be assembled through a system covering 6 categories of components with varied parts. Players can explore asteroids and planets, land on worlds with simulated gravity and atmosphere, and gather materials for further construction. A ship may crash during landing if it lacks sufficient power. Other players can pose a threat, while alliances provide another form of interaction. The game supports both limited spacecraft construction and more involved ship-building for players who want to customize their vessels.

How Planetes plays

01Spacecraft construction

The ship-building system spans 6 component categories with multiple parts for different vessel configurations.

02Planetary exploration

Space travel leads to asteroids and planets where landing, resource gathering, and base construction are possible.

03Player alliances

Players can cooperate with others despite the threat posed by other human-controlled characters.

04Simulated planetary conditions

Some planets model gravity and atmosphere, and insufficient ship power can result in a crash landing.

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