The Planet Crafter

Nice game that'll have you running aroung collecting minerals and resources to terraform your planet (or even cleanup with the toxicity DLC). Less stressful due to no attack, but sill a bit as you have to eat, drink and breath. Relaxing.

I really enjoy exploration and building games, especially building. This game is lovely and has interesting progression. I love how the landscape changes and the leveling up/QoL are satisfying. I've very much enjoyed it and I give it a thumbs up, but with one reservation.... building. Which is a big deal because, as far as I can tell at this point, exploring and building are the game. That's 50% of the game which is not working for me right now. [Slight spoilers ahead] There is a chance that I haven't unlocked options that will fix this (the farthest I've gotten is fish and accessing/powering/looting every wreck I've found on the map), but for right now building is incredibly frustrating. The buildings and the foundation pieces use different grids. If you've played it you know what I'm talking about, if not, get ready for a much less smooth experience with building than other games of this type. (ie Grounded, Subnautica, Windrose, The Forest - all have more flexible and friendly processes for building.)  I'd rate this game 10/10 if the building wasn't so janky. Maybe it'll get better as I advance, or maybe I'll eventually understand how to handle the mismatched grids. I'll keep trying, but really wish the devs would either align the grids or let us fine adjust building placement. It's a significant drawback and I could see it leading to a less determined player to bail on the game. When building is all you have to do, and it doesn't work... welp. ETA: I just went back in and here's an example. I'm working only with foundations and want to make a parking garage kind of structure. I have ramps up toward the north connecting to flats. I extend the flats to the east and then try to ramp up heading back to the south. The southward ramps I try to add will not snap. In fact, the game assumes added ramps will go up to the north no matter which way I face when I hit Q. What even is happening with this game?