The Planet Crafter 2.0 Update Available on Steam with New Items and Gameplay Improvements!

April 6th, 2026 | Two years after the full release of Planet Crafter, we wanted to take some time to improve multiple things to make the game as beautiful and enjoyable as possible, for new and returning players!

• New content: a new biome on Prime, improved biomes, new decorations to build, new portals locations, etc...
• Improved graphics: better skyboxes, terrains, vegetation and water shaders. Evolving real visuals of planets in the sky.
• New features: Third person mode, jetpack for rover, ...
• Improved performances: RAM reduction, CPU/GPU improvements, ...
• Improved gameplay: improved rover drivability, better construction snapping, new animal creation UI, lots of quality of life features, ...
• Community requested features: usable beds, rounded glass floor, teleporters list sorting, ...
• and a lot more!

This update should be compatible with all your previous saves. Restart Steam and delete any mods if you have any issues.

Our small team sincerely hope you like this new free update!

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See you soon, and happy terraforming! Amélie for Miju Games

Short Change Log List (See the full list on Steam)

• Planets in the sky are now the "real" other planets of your solar system. Their visual will change depending on their terraformation values.
• Prime : Added a whole new biome (search west of the map)
• Prime : Improved multiple biomes & reduced texture clipping
• New shaders : Vegetation, terrains, sky, water and waterfalls

New items:

• Locker, shower, toilet, arcade machine, vending machine, lava lamp, aquarium tube, water life wall (found in portal wrecks)
• Rounded glass floor (Unlocks on prime with pressure)
• Genetic Synthetizer now allows to visualize the animal before creating it
• Humble : Improved some biome with more starform robots, added a wreck
• Selenea : Added a new cave and a new aluminium biome. Added waterfalls.
• Improved rover to make it more grounded and more drivable
• Added the ability to lay in bed. In single player it will save the game and restore day time
• New environmental and changing sky events
• New screens on containers that display the first item inside it
• Added 2 new rooms to procedural wrecks : Pool and Arcade room
• Performances improvements (gpu, memory & cpu)

Building

• Improved foundations snapping to pod doors
• Improved stairs snapping to pod doors
• Improved building in the megadome
• Improved launch platform placement
• Better tutorialization & explanations
• Icons for 0², life and thirst now blinks when low
• Blueprints chips can now be deconstructed, gives circuit board
• Improved construction menu
• Increase toxic container capacity from 72 to 80
• Fixed issues with recipe pinning. Pins are now partially hidden when opening a menu to avoid overlaps
• Fixed issue with drones not moving to another drone station if the assigned one is full when reached
• Newly constructed genetic extractors will now have 15 inventory slots
• Increase chips models size to avoid problems when dropping
• Changed planet visualization of Humble (more red than before)
• Improved default gamepad bindings
• And More!

Article by: Susan N.

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Update On Site Improvements

We have been spending numerous hours over the last several months updating years of missing articles from our host migration. The good news is, 2022 and 2021 are published and 2020 is well underway. 

Our site administrator has fixed issues with links found in the Memorable Music index page and continues to implement site improvements. Keep checking back - we have more reviews, retros and opinion pieces coming every week. 

Sincerely, thank you for visiting our corner of the internet!

- The CGR team

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Astroneer Honors Apollo 11 Mission for a Limited Time

SEATTLE – July 18, 2019 – Astroneer, the accessible interplanetary survival sandbox played by more than 3 million space explorers to date, honors the Apollo 11 mission to the moon with the Lunar Update available now on PC and Xbox One.

For a limited time, the space explorers of Astroneer can encounter the Apollo Lunar Module lander spacecraft on Desolo, the moon of Astroneer’s cosmos. There, explorers have until Aug. 31 to unlock a vintage-themed spacesuit palette and visor, honoring the heroic crew of the Apollo 11 mission.

In remembrance of these inspirational pioneers, the Apollo Lunar Module will also take photos of players in the vintage style of the Apollo TV camera. This camera, mounted on the Eagle spacecraft, was the device that captured humanity’s first few steps on the moon. Trailblazing astronauts are invited to share their photography with #ApolloAstroneer.

Players who find the Lunar Module will hear over an hour of iconic audio, capturing the emotion and mystique of the Apollo 11 mission. Two distinct radio transmissions feature different content. Hear conversations from Mission Control during their life-changing journey on the ATG Channel or listen to astronaut Mike Collins talk to Mission Control from the Lunar Module on the Flight Loop Channel.

Astroneer celebrates the pioneering spirit of space travel by giving enterprising explorers a galaxy of diverse planets to discover and tools to chart, colonize, and traverse the final frontier. The Lunar Update brings the addition of new platforms and storage, equipping hopeful Astroneers for the next era of humanity.

“The wonder and optimism of space travel fuels the adventures of Astroneer, which our intrepid community has come to adore,” said Joe Tirado, Communications Director for System Era Softworks. “No event in history better captures this spirit than the Apollo 11 mission, the heroism and dedication of which inspire our development. We’re tremendously humbled by the mission’s legacy and excited to pay respect to them in our own way.”

Astroneer is available now on Xbox One and Steam for PC for $29.99. It will be on sale via Steam for 25% off beginning Friday, July 19 until Monday, July 22.

Astroneer supports the English, French, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish languages. For more information, visit the official website or follow Astroneer on Twitter and Facebook.

About System Era Softworks

System Era Softworks is an independent game development studio based out of Seattle, Washington. Inspired by space-exploration and possessing an optimistic view of space-age futurism, the System Era Softworks team strives to build games that motivate future generations of spacefarers.

For more information, please visit the System Era Softworks website.



Article by Susan N.

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I have not played Fez myself, but the game released to considerable acclaim on the Xbox Live network.  Then they updated it with a new patch that was quickly rumored to have a serious bug in it - one that could corrupt your game saves.  Accordingly, that patch was pulled down and the team at Polytron began to investigate the issue.

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