Planetary Life

Planetary Life

Sotenbox · August 15, 2025 · God Game, Sandbox, Simulation, Science, Nature

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Planetary Life price by region

Planetary Life costs $6.99 in Georgia (USD), £9.99 in the United Kingdom, €11.79 in Europe (EUR), $11.99 in the United States, CA$15.49 in Canada, NZ$17.49 in New Zealand, A$17.75 in Australia, R$38.49 in Brazil and zł54.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Planetary Life offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $6.99 $6.99 — 1
United Kingdom £9.99 £9.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €11.79 €11.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $11.99 $11.99 — 1
Canada CA$15.49 CA$15.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$17.49 NZ$17.49 — 1
Australia A$17.75 A$17.75 — 1
Brazil R$38.49 R$38.49 — 1
Poland zł54.99 zł54.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Planetary Life

✦ AI summary

Planetary Life lets you shape a barren world by controlling its tectonic plates, climate, and atmosphere, then populate it with evolving creatures that develop from single cells into intelligent civilizations. Watch as your creations build ecosystems, compete for survival, and eventually form societies—all while you explore your planet from a first-person perspective to witness the results of your godlike terraforming.

From an uninhabited planet in space to an ecosystem full of life.
In Planetary Life you will be able to shape a planet in the purest Sandbox Simulation style, playing with its mountains, seas and even its climate, to create the perfect habitat to harbor life.

PLANETS



Control a planet with the multiple tools available. Let the tectonic plates shape the mountains and seas, modify the climate, the heat of the nucleus, the volcanic activity, the gases of the atmosphere, etc... until shaping the home of your creatures.

CREATURES AND EVOLUTION



Add creatures and evolve them from simple organisms to intelligent beings. Design and expand them looking for the balance of a perfect ecosystem.
Help them or let them fight for survival on their own.

CELL STAGE



Create new life forms combining different types of cells. From single cells and multicellular life, to macroscopic creatures and plants.

GEOSPHERE AND ATMOSPHERE



Change core heat and volcanic activity to shape your planet terrain through volcanoes.
Manipulate rainfalls, cloud and surface albedo to change the climate.

ECOSYSTEMS



Build ecosystems. Maintain the balance between fauna and flora. Do not let them break the harmony and avoid the extinction of species.

WALK YOUR PLANETS



You can walk around and see from a first-person point of view your planet and your creations.

CIVILIZATIONS



This feature is still not available in Early Access, it will come in a major update soon!

When your creatures reach sufficient intelligence they will organize themselves into tribes and later flourish into civilizations. Manage and help them in the battle for technology to conquer the planet.

Planetary Life — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Planetary Life captivates players with its engaging life simulation mechanics, where watching organisms evolve and adapt to different environmental conditions creates unique and varied worlds each playthrough. Players praise the satisfying progression system, realistic evolutionary features, and creature animations, though some note there's a learning curve initially and occasional gameplay balance issues like creature size not affecting predation dynamics.

Recommended Sep 24, 2026
I’m ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ recommending this game. Easily. The best part of Planetary Life is honestly just watching life evolve. You can start with one tiny blob, fungus, plant, whatever, fast forward a few hundred years, and suddenly the population has doubled or tripled depending entirely on the environment you made. That’s what makes it cool. You can have a hot-ass planet where life barely survives, or an ice planet with one tiny patch of water where somehow something still manages to evolve. Every world feels different because the environment actually matters. I have about 14.3 hours right now, I’ve gotten every achievement, made several worlds, and I pretty much understand how everything works. It can be a little challenging when you first start, but the game basically shows you what everything does and then lets you ♥♥♥♥ around and learn it yourself. One of my favorite moments was when I made a world, got some basic life going, alt-tabbed, and just let it run. When I came back thousands of years later, there were actual forests visible from space. I zoomed down onto the planet and most of the creatures I remembered were either extinct or had evolved into completely different things. T…
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Recommended Sep 25, 2026
I LOVE THIS GAME. I GOT ALL 22 achievements in 2.5 hrs and it was so worth!!! Both modes are fun and I love seeing the dev posts showing how the new features are gonna be implemented! My favorite mechanic was having to unlock Fungi to use them, It really made you think! :3
Recommended Sep 23, 2026
This has some potential. Initially I had on idea what was going on. Unsure if there was a tutorial, or the acheivements guide you somewhat. It is a bit of a learning process, which is the fun part. Evolving things and seeing the result. There is, I think, an order that you should do things, I am going to try a few directions and see what happens. The graphics and creature animations are fun to watch as well. For sure everything you create can be one of a kind, so there is lots of variation in your creations. There are a couple issues, like size of creature does not seem to affect attacks. Big creatures should not find the very small attractive to eat. Which also brings up the other issue, multi creatures in one location. The very small should fit in an area where there is a really big creature. For sure some future enhancements to be considered.
Recommended Sep 22, 2026
Very cool, look forward to future updates. Everything effects everything, learning curve to getting things right. Loving every moment though.
Recommended Sep 20, 2026
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Recommended Sep 19, 2026
Nice, its really realistic on how planets look, how evolution and life works and everything.

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