A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
1 Players in Game
17 All-Time Peak
83,99 Rating
Steam Charts
1 Players in Game
17 All-Time Peak
83,99 Rating
At the moment, The Abandoned Planet has 1 players actively in-game. This is 0% lower than its all-time peak of 17.
The Abandoned Planet Player Count
The Abandoned Planet monthly active players. This table represents the average number of players engaging with the game each month, providing insights into its ongoing popularity and player activity trends.
| Month |
Average Players |
Change |
| 2025-03 |
1 |
+60.87% |
| 2025-02 |
0 |
-65.5% |
| 2025-01 |
2 |
-18.03% |
| 2024-12 |
2 |
+22% |
| 2024-11 |
2 |
-54.85% |
| 2024-10 |
4 |
-16.89% |
| 2024-09 |
5 |
0% |
| 2024-08 |
0 |
0% |
92 Total Reviews
88 Positive Reviews
4 Negative Reviews
Very Positive Score
The Abandoned Planet has garnered a total of 92 reviews, with 88 positive reviews and 4 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Very Positive’ overall score.
Reviews Chart
Chart above illustrates the trend of feedback for The Abandoned Planet over time, showcasing the dynamic changes in player opinions as new updates and features have been introduced. This visual representation helps to understand the game's reception and how it has evolved.
Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
412 minutes
Pretty good!
It felt like most of the puzzles were on the easy side. A few puzzles are solvable through pure guesswork because the possibility space is too small. A few are off-the-shelf puzzle types are used, but they are at least well integrated. Also, Act3 had some refreshing complications.
Exploring is great. The art in general and multiple animated cutscenes really make this game. I loved the alien notebook and the subtle world building in the different locations.
A bit of a shortcoming: We learn nothing of our protagonist, her commentary is rather sparse. I would have liked some more exposition in the beginning and more thoughts on the environments. In comparison, it feels like in the End, we know more of the alien.
The ending is a little too twist heavy...
Overall, a good experience for adventure game fans.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
877 minutes
I really enjoyed this game. The puzzles were challenging, but not impossible, and they get a little bit harder as you go. It's a mix of logic puzzles, hunting for clues in one location to apply to another, and object gathering. I managed to get through the game without a walkthrough, but I was stuck a few times and was tempted to find one.
The real highlight of the game is the setting and story. It reminded me a little of Lucasarts' The Dig, but better in so many ways. The art and animations are impressive., and I was immersed in the world despite it being a pixel graphic game. The pixel cutscenes and animations had a style I really appreciated. Fluid and with a limited palette...reminded me a bit of the game Another World
The game uses compass navigation (first person with N/S/E/W options on each screen). I don't usually like this, but the volume of locations (and artwork) more than makes up for it.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
266 minutes
Tight little point & click adventure that whips along nicely; good retro style graphics give it the feel of a classic, but the sound & music is a little more modern. The first three or four acts have plenty of logical puzzles for you to solve with your wits and imagination, but the last act does devolve into a lot of arbitrary button pushing. The inclusion of the journal was a nice touch, giving you an extra in-game artefact to mine for clues & codes.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
361 minutes
Really beautiful game, the pixel art, animations, sound design, and voice acting are all incredible. There's lots of love clearly put into it. I got stuck at times but reliably was able to find the solution by thinking within all of the mechanics at my disposable for that delightful eureka feeling. The code book is maybe my favourite touch. I'm really tempted to go back and try and fully crack it. Short and sweet. I love adventure games but haven't played them in a while and this was a very appreciated welcome home.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
189 minutes
A nice Point & Click with a great artstyle. I love the incredibly detailed pixel art, and the use of cutscenes when solving puzzles or finding items. The puzzles were good, with each act ramping up in difficulty.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
219 minutes
I'll admit this right from the beginning. I have no idea how this game got into my Steam account. But I'm glad it did.
Really great game. Some of the puzzles were hindered a bit by the retro graphics. Sometime it was hard to tell if it was just some scenery, or a bush you could click on to reveal a part of the puzzle, so click on everything. But the game was far better than a lot of point and click escape room style games I've played. Great story to.
Props to the developers. You people made a great game!!!
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
305 minutes
A nice little Point n Click with some really smooth animations. The first two acts are pretty simple, but the puzzle get tougher in the latter acts. Expect to write down some notes as you go along.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
393 minutes
Definitely a YES vote.
PROS:
What's great about this game is the way it mixes a modern, high resolution HUD interface with more pixelated scenes and animations reminiscent of classic adventure games. It's nice that it has voice acting, and the music is fun. The alien journal itself is a piece of art. The story is a bit of a mystery. In some ways it reminded me of The Dig but without addictive alien crystals.
Also, I love that you can press space to see what's clickable.
CONS:
Sometimes the cut scene animations feel a bit simple. Also, the puzzles tend to be on the simpler side - find a control panel, find in journal or scrawled on a wall somewhere the password for the control panel. Puzzle solved. But I still found it to be fun. The way the map works is you go forward or backwards. Often I found going backwards across the map to be a little confusing. Without giving spoilers, the game does give you some explanation near the end, but I would have loved to learn more.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
243 minutes
Unfortunately, I have to mostly agree with a certain other negative review.
Overall: get it for cheap (I'd say ~$3-4) if you're looking for a very simple puzzle game to kill some time. Don't get it if you want consistently interesting puzzles or an in-depth story / voice acting / etc.
The good:
- Animation and art is really nice
- *Some* of the puzzles are interesting
- The story is somewhat interesting.... to a point
- The [spoiler]alien notebook[/spoiler] was actually quite fun to peruse and figure out
The bad:
- The voice acting and dialogue kinda sucks. The protagonist:
- is way too comfortable with the fact that she was stranded on an alien planet with no way to fix her ship
- is perpetually high on shrooms or something? I see no other way to explain the total lack of concern in her voice
- seems to be half-omnicient, knowing what devices are for / if they're working / etc when she really shouldn't
- A good number of the puzzles kinda just suck. For instance:
- "Rotate the block(s) to fit". Not bad the first time, but it literally requires zero thought to solve. We aren't toddlers - we know there are only a handful of orientations a 3D shape can take when slotting into a given hole.
- "You can move ball up/down/left/right but it only stops rolling when hitting a wall; now make it enter a goal". Been done to death and really doesn't require much thought to solve.
- Some of it feels like filler. In one act, there are three different major areas (i.e. containing many sub-areas) you have to go back and forth between to solve the puzzles and continue on. Moving between major areas consists of several button presses interspersed between the same animations you've seen 500 times already from going through the same place before. At least make the animations skippable after the first time.
- Although the larger animations/cutscenes are really well made, they're also short and tend to end abruptly. They're also typically accompanied by the same music every time.
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
1099 minutes
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GOOD:
✔️Beautifully desolate world design
✔️Strong atmosphere and audio design
✔️Engaging narrative without heavy exposition
BAD:
❌Slow pacing won’t appeal to everyone
❌Easy puzzles
❌Occasional unclear objectives
Verdict: A moody, immersive experience for fans of quiet sci-fi and environmental storytelling. Best played with headphones.
✔️6/10
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👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
The Abandoned Planet Steam Achievements
The Abandoned Planet offers players a rich tapestry of challenges, with a total of 32 achievements to unlock. These achievements span a variety of in-game activities, encouraging exploration, skill development, and strategic mastery. Unlocking these achievements provides not only a rewarding experience but also a deeper engagement with the game's content.
Act 1 is done
Complete Act 1
Act 2 is through
Complete Act 2
Act 3 was a breeze
Complete Act 3
Act 4 is no more
Complete Act 4
I survived Act 5
Complete Act 5
Skyward Puzzle
The Legend of Block Puzzle
Pixel Hunter
Find a small item
Nice View
Through the looking glass
Like a Statue
Reassemble the disassembled
An Open Book
Find an alien journal
Yikes!
Zipping through the air
Beep Boop Beep
Find a robot mate
Gone Fishin'
Catch an alien fish
Unite the Seven
Activate all seven domes
Break Out!
Help an alien out of its shell
Arching About
Complete the Arch
Out to Sea
Try to go out to sea
Third Kind
Close encounter
Open Sesame
Open all doors in the dormitory
Family Photos
Check out some pics
Skeleton Scanner
Scan all skeletons in the game
Dusty
Find a one-pixel speck of dust
The Truth is Out There
Learn the truth of the Abandoned Planet
Last One
Complete the final puzzle
You Win!
Complete Escape Mode
You Lose!
Fail Escape Mode
The Abandoned Planet Minimum PC System Requirements
Minimum:- OS: Microsoft Windows 10+
- Processor: 1.5 GHz Core2Duo
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 470 de 1 GB/AMD HD 7870 de 2 GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
The Abandoned Planet Recommended PC System Requirements
Recommended:- OS: Microsoft Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 de 3 GB/AMD R9 290 de 4 GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
The Abandoned Planet Minimum MAC System Requirements
Minimum:- OS: Mac OS 10.0+
- Processor: 2 GHz dual core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory
- Storage: 1 GB available space
The Abandoned Planet Recommended MAC System Requirements
Recommended:- OS: Mac OS 10.0+
- Processor: 3.4 GHz Quad-Core
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory
- Storage: 1 GB available space
The Abandoned Planet Recommended Linux System Requirements
Recommended:- OS: ?
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
The Abandoned Planet has specific system requirements to ensure smooth gameplay. The minimum settings provide basic performance, while the recommended settings are designed to deliver the best gaming experience. Check the detailed requirements to ensure your system is compatible before making a purchase.
The Abandoned Planet Latest News & Patches
This game has received a total of 9 updates to date, ensuring continuous improvements and added features to enhance player experience. These updates address a range of issues from bug fixes and gameplay enhancements to new content additions, demonstrating the developer's commitment to the game's longevity and player satisfaction.
Development Update - 1
Date: 2022-11-25 20:52:09
I discuss what I have been working on recently and what to expect from the complete game.
👍 : 24 |
👎 : 0
Development Update - 2
Date: 2023-01-05 17:19:56
I ask you for your input about possible changes to the UI.
👍 : 20 |
👎 : 0
Development Update - 3
Date: 2023-03-18 12:00:25
I talk about the new HD UI and the general state of the game.
👍 : 20 |
👎 : 0
Development Update - 4
Date: 2023-08-15 08:15:21
I talk about what it means to have "completed the background artwork", what's next, and when a release is expected
👍 : 24 |
👎 : 0
Development Update - 5
Date: 2024-01-03 10:00:40
I talk about the final stages of development, porting, and I share a video preview.
👍 : 25 |
👎 : 0
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