The Planet Crafter

The Planet Crafter is a 2024 open-world survival video game developed and published by the French studio Miju Games. It was initially released for Windows and was later ported to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The game allows players to freely explore a large environment while managing resources and working to survive and progress. The player controls a convict who scavenges barren planets and their moons to gather resources, construct machines, and transform the environment. Two developers initially created the game before the team grew to seven members over the course of production. It entered early access, a funding model that allows players to purchase and play unfinished games, on March 24, 2022, and was officially released on April 10, 2024. In October 2024, Miju Games released the first downloadable content pack (DLC)—an optional expansion—for the game, titled "Planet Humble". This was followed by "The Moons Update" in May 2025, which added two more celestial objects to terraform, and "Toxicity" in November 2025. In April 2026, Miju Games released the "2.0 update", and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions were released in July 2026. The Planet Crafter received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its relaxing gameplay and freedom to pursue different goals. Reviewers also criticized the limited variety of environments and aspects of the game's interface and controls. Player reception was similarly favorable, and the game sold over one million copies by June 2024 and two million copies by June 2026.