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Planet Scanner

96% positive of 29 Steam reviews

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Released
2024
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Ham Goblin.

About the game

Scan the stars and claim planets for your corporate masters! In Planet Scanner, you will discover unique new worlds, decode transmissions, and upload data all in the name of keeping your job. But what happens if you gaze too long in the void?

Tagged by players

  • Lovecraftian
  • Space Sim
  • Capitalism
  • Aliens
  • Procedural Generation
  • Dark Humor
  • Horror
  • Economy
  • Retro
  • Futuristic
  • Simulation
  • First-Person

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What players say

  • Recommended
    I love this game and wish it gets more attention. You start off hating your soul-sucking corporate job, but then you end up having something far worse to deal with.

    11 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    This game tries to be one of those Iron Lung style scary busywork games and I do quite like that as of yet unnamed genre, but this isn't the best execution on the premise. The difficulty is strangely frontloaded. I lost my first run due to buying the wrong upgrades, but when you get the upgrades that give you more money, the gameplay quickly stops mattering. I enjoyed looking for the perfect planet to get me the…

    4.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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