Planet Centauri

Permadeath / Dec 12, 2024 / Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

Singleplayer
Multiplayer
Co-op

windows
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Steam Deck Playable

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Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

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What's new

Patch 1.1! Soundtrack available! Achievements! Ladders!

2025-10-31

🎮 Planet Centauri - Update 1.1 Released: October 31, 2025 ✨ New Features/Content • Soundtrack Now Available! Over 60 tracks including several exclusive songs not included in the game! Soundtrack Link • Achievement System - 60 achievements added (more coming later!) • Ladders - Many have rightly asked for the possibility of crafting ladder, here it is! • Enhanced Localization - More font configuration options for translations 🔧 Bug Fixes • Fixed objective never unlocking: "Equip a steel armor" • Fixed all monsters despawning when killed as a transformation • Multiplayer fixes: - Map downloading now uses reliable channel (no more infinite loading screens from lost packets) - Fixed crash caused by items like pumpkin jack when placed in chests • Steam Cloud: Fixed Steam Cloud being used even when disabled on account ⚖️ Balance & Changes

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• Essence Extractor: Doubled essence generation rate • Spirits: Now follow the player at any distance in dungeons • Soul Div Gate: Changed output to modulo 256 • Disabled bug reports and anonymous analytics (server discontinued) 👨‍💻 Developer Notes Lua API Changes Several functions now require an entries parameter for config file attribute access: pcSoundSourceCreate, pcItemsPriceFromCraftTable, pcRenderItemSlot, pcLootTableManualItems, pcDrawAuraCircularGauge, pcDimensionIndString, pcMonsterHatchDuration, ParticleSystem.burst, ParticleSystem.burstParticles Deprecated: pcEntryIdFromString Use instead: - entity.entryIdFromString (within entity scripts) - ctx:getEntries():indexFromEntry (outside entity scripts) Engine Refactoring: Major refactoring of the global assets system, now fully instantiable. 💬 Join Our Community! Join our Discord Server

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What players say

Mostly Positive

75% positive, 1,111 reviews

Not recommended44 hrs played

This is a game I've really tried to enjoy, and came back to on occasion with updates, and... well, the saying I would use is "Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle." There's a lot of different mechanics, but none of them feel fully fleshed out. It VERY much feels like the dev added it to say "Hey, look, we have taming/transforming/farming/etc mechanics!" and then NEVER goes back to it. If you look at the update logs,...

296 found this helpful, 2025-11-10

Recommended13 hrs played

I sat and watched this game grow over the years from afar, only to realize it had suddenly hit a 1.0 release window, because my friend saw it on sale. A shame what happened to the launch day, and even bigger shame on those in the reviews either completely misunderstanding, or purposefully farming interactions from the "rushed" or "botched" launch. As a single-player experience, there's a lot here. There's a fully...

32 found this helpful, 2025-10-02

Not recommended45 hrs played

I have owned this game since forever ago and seen lots of updates roll through over the years. The most interesting part of this game in my opinion is and always has been, the ability to capture the monsters that spawn in the world and use them to help you fight. Also, the ability to transform into them, if you take it one step further. Back, years ago. It didn't feel too painful to accomplish this. But gradually,...

55 found this helpful, 2026-04-04