

Craterbound
Daniel Marquez · June 15, 2022 · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Open World, Space, Exploration
Craterbound is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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About Craterbound
Craterbound is a space sandbox survival game where you crash-land on a hostile alien planet and must fight creatures, mine resources, and upgrade your gear to escape. Construct shelters and outposts across the expansive world while managing limited oxygen and defending against deadly wildlife to reach your distant rescue point.
Explore a Strangely Beautiful Alien Planet
You work for the most frugal aerospace company out there, Craterbound Industries. Unfortunately for you, your mission has lived up to the company's name once again. You have crash-landed on the alien world of Brahe-5, filled with dangerous creatures and rolling hills.Fight, Kill, Mine
On Brahe-5 it is kill or be killed. Luckily for you, your company has provided you with moderately adequate weapons. Your multitool can be used both to dissolve conquered enemies and take their resources.Craft, Upgrade, Repair
You start out with just a basic shelter and tools. Your only means of escape is miles away, and your oxygen is limited. Use the resources you collect from the planet's wildlife to upgrade your suit, improve your tools, and repair your cruiser.Deploy Shelters and Outposts
Brahe-5 is a big planet, and you will need shelter to survive the creature attacks and replenish your ever-diminishing oxygen supply. Construct habitats in order to fabricate upgrades, store resources, and fend off attacks.Craterbound — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Craterbound offers a cozy exploration experience with relaxing lo-fi atmosphere that appeals to players who enjoy low-stress sandbox games, but it suffers from significant technical issues including buggy collision detection, unresponsive climbing mechanics, poor UI design, and balance problems with weapon energy management that make core gameplay frustrating. The game appears to have been abandoned in development and hasn't received updates in years, leaving these fundamental problems unresolved, which most players feel prevents it from being enjoyable despite its solid foundational concept.
simple yet satisfying just exploring the world with lofi in the background. very cozy if you know what youre doing1 found this helpful
With a great deal more time spent in development, Craterbound might have become good. The foundation is there. But it was abandoned long before reaching a playworthy state.1 found this helpful
Thought this looked great and had potential. sadly there are too many bugs in it to enjoy, got bored with falling through the floor and out the sandbox, and enemy critters randomly spawning in front and behind you in a newly cut tunnel, also there appeared to be an invisible barrier preventing you from shoot enemies in tunnels and even on build structures. the energy drain from your weapon also killed this game as you'd literally have to choose between shooting enemies or mission because you couldnt do both because of the heavy drain on yr energy the gun made. sadly its not been updated in 3years and its a shame because it would be a good game if the aforementioned bugs were addressed.
Plays more like a demo or an early-game build. The biggest gripe is how unwieldy the character movement is. It's an absolute chore trying to get out of pits you dig or fall into, since the "climbing" physics is just so jank. The UI is overly simplistic to the point of frustration; it lacks even a simple navigation/map UI so good luck going caving and figuring out wherever the heck you are.
this game is pretty good
HMMMMMMMMMMM idk i going to say
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