Sure, some things were ironed out, but the game still feels clunky. Now that the game has been released, we can't help but feel like it's missed this opportunity. In our first impressions of the game, we acknowledged that if the game saw some polish then it could easily stand out as one of the better open-world survival games on Steam, alongside the likes of Rust or Ark: Survival Evolved. The developers were hoping to get the game out of Early Access by mid-2016, and they just missed this estimate, releasing in early November.

It was initially Kickstarted over three years ago, and was released through Steam Greenlight a year later, being updated regularly ever since. Planet Explorers has lots going for it to make it stand out amongst the rest, but there are some critical flaws that make us worry it's doomed for the scrap-heap.Īt its core, Planet Explorers is a third-person survival adventure game it puts the player in the shoes of a colonist, crash landed on a mysterious planet full of threats and wonders. Every game tries to give the subgenre its own spin, but many just end up in the annals of mediocrity.

When it comes to Steam's Early Access program, your first thought is likely of the countless open-world survival games rotting there, doomed to never be completed.

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