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PLANET ALPHA

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App ID 485030
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Team17 Digital Ltd
Franchise Team17 Digital
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 28973828
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 05:17:39 UTC ()
Release Date 4 September 2018 – 17:00:49 UTC ()
😌 67.62%
1k reviews
3
In-Game

PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.

Additional Information

Developer Planet Alpha ApS
metacritic_name PLANET ALPHA
controller_support full
metacritic_score 72
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/planet-alpha?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Team17 Digital Ltd
Store Release Date 4 September 2018 – 17:00:49 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/planetalpha/
https://www.twitch.tv/team17ltd
https://x.com/PLANETALPHA
https://www.youtube.com/Team17SoftwareLtd/
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 4 September 2018 – 17:00:49 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 19 July 2019 – 13:28:43 UTC () (1563542923)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 70
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, FMOD SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, OculusXRPlugin SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenVR SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 23 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1253439
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 27 May 2016 – 08:35:42 UTC (), in changelist #1988582

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes
Romanian Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 🏗️ Platformer 🌫 Atmospheric 🌓 2.5D 👽 Aliens 📺 Side Scroller 🚀 Sci-fi 🌠 Space 🗺 Exploration 🌲 Survival 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support Native Steam Controller

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp11 March 2025 – 13:06:59 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228986 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
485031 Windows PLANET ALPHA content 4.19 GiB 1.85 GiB
918810 DLC 918810PLANET ALPHA - Original Soundtrack (918810) Depot 251.29 MiB 206.24 MiB
918800 DLC 918800PLANET ALPHA - Digital Artbook (918800) Depot 185.09 MiB 186.22 MiB

Total size on disk is 4.61 GiB and total download size is 2.24 GiB.

Total size on disk is 4.19 GiB and total download size is 1.85 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 3097428 6 September 2018 – 11:29:19 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian
privatebranches 1
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