Buy Lifeless Planet

Controls are floaty, and not very responsive.

Grahphics are also not very stellar.

As someone who likes "walking simulators" and games with a rich story, I can't recomend this game. I'd say watch a playthrough on youtube for the story, or pick this up on a steam sale.

I wasn't impressed, and I'm glad I bought the game on sale. It is not worth the $20 price tag.

It's a paltry 4 hours to complete the main story, if that. It certainly doesn't merit a second playthrough to get all of the achievements. The story itself is trite, boring, and predictable.

The trailer implies it is an exploration heavy game, and while the world is technically open, there isn't a lot to see. In reality, it's extremely linear, with little to no point to deviating from the path that's obviously laid before you. There are minerals to find and story background, but neither are interesting enough to bother with.

The graphics are jarringly bad. Somewhere in the era of Dreamcast/original Playstation. This creates two issues. One, it made platforming difficult in some areas, as it was difficult to see where I was supposed to go or what exactly I should be trying to land on. Two, in an exploration, ambience heavy game the graphics were a huge roadblock to immersion.

Interesting concept but boring gameplay.

Reviewing this whole game is qwuite hard and way too much to write.

Going into this cold wear battle between Murrica and russia wich extendet all over ont5o a outer planet.

It starts like the betrayer really astonishing picture over all with a easy start.

Backet on kickstarter and recieved the game over steam so jeah alot hype onto this game.

Please dont hate me devs but it was really hard to play Lifeless planet without getting tired.

Music gameplay and the voice of oyur charkter are making it really hard to stay awake :/
A little fire behind my ♥♥♥ as a lazy player sitting onto that leather chair without lights on and headphones.

The game is crashing over and over again :/ also a little sad

I can recommend this game for it's price and the story is something new if you have no problems with smaller crashes or sound thats not beeîng played go play it you wont be dissapointed ^^

Overall I enjoyed this game greatly, although there are some caveats. Although Lifeless Planet is referred to as a "walking simulator" it doesn't neatly fit into that category, insofar as there is a LOT of platformer action throughout.

The Good:
The story is what is at the core of this game, however and it is pretty awesome. The way it is slowly told throughout the game keeps your interest up. The visuals also match the narrative very well--they help set the mood and whomever designed them did an outstanding job. The game's length is also great...not short by any means, but not so long that things get drawn out needlessly. I enjoyed the fact that despite the vastness of the world, the correct path is fairly evident (in most cases). Also, the storytelling elements (notebooks, recordings, etc.) are not hidden--i.e. you do not have to scour every corner of the map (which can be vast in some areas) just to look for "clues" or narrative elements.

The Bad:
The platformer sections, however, are very hit or miss. I appreciated this element of the game, but the experience was undermined in places by the game's most obvious flaw--the controls. I played Lifeless Planet both with Keyboard/mouse as well as the Steam Controller. Control of your character could be very sloppy in places, making certain timed jumps extremely difficult to execute. On one section, I literally had to try to execute 6 consecutive jumps well over 50 times. This particularly section was poorly designed and the fact that your avatar "drifts" was borderline unfair and marred the experience. Although not consistently a problem, when your avatar is in a tight environment, the camera perspective is every bit as poor as the original Alone in the Dark from the early 90s. Finally--and this is sort of inexcusable--there are a number of areas on maps where you can "get stuck." If you happen to jump in some areas (e.g. between rocks or next to a structure) you can be stuck there and have to re-load from the last checkpoint. I have no idea why some of these negative elements were not patched, but expect to encounter them and be annoyed.

Verdict:
I really liked the game and would highly recommend it to folks who enjoy slow, story-rich "walking sims." The story, not the platformer elements, are what makes the game so watch the trailer and if you feel drawn in by the narrative, you'll probably really like Lifeless Planet.

Alright, I really enjoyed this game. A lot. It's everything I would want in an indie sci-fi.

The positives are that it really genuinely feels like an alien planet and the atmosphere is really good. The music really worked well for me. I enjoyed the story.

Now, if you're expecting this to be a AAA game with Crysis level graphics you may be disappointed. But from what I understand this was a kickstarter game and mostly developed by one person over the course of a few years. So keep that in mind before reading too much into some of the less positive reviews.

This is more of a platforming game than a walking simulator. The puzzles are pretty straightforward and easy. If you get stuck it usually just requires a bit of backtracking or paying closer attention to stuff. I didn't have too much trouble with it.

People say the game is short, but it felt reasonably long to me. Dunno if it has a lot of replay value.

Minor nitpick is that the transitions between levels are not at all seamless, you end one level it like hard cuts to a different area where it doesn't seem like it's all that connected to the previous level. It may be daytime in one level, then when the next level starts it's suddenly nighttime.

The textures are a bit low resolution and sometimes feel a bit dated. It may not satisfy you if you expect photorealism. It feels like it might be a bit older of a game at times because of this. It's fine for an indie game.

Overall I just had a lot of fun and I can recommend this to sci-fi fans, especially if it's on sale. Although it does have some tense moments, it isn't that fast-paced for the most part, definitely more exploratory. So it may not appeal to you if you enjoy twitchy games where timing matters a lot.

Control is so bad, terrible platforming, terrible puzzle

This game is bad. Really bad. The controls are awful, the story is boring, and the ending was one of the most predictable I've seen in a while. This game was like a sandwich with no meat, it had no substance to it. The story is really bare bones, literally all you have to do is look at the title of the game and its description and you already know EVERYTHING about the game. It's lifeless. The voice acting was terrible, actually there hardly is any voice acting, but when there is, the dialogue is cringe worthy at best. The "Aliens" were so stupid. Possibly the worst idea of alien life I've ever seen.

This game is a walking simulator and nothing more. Its awful. Pick it up if its $3 or something.

This game felt like it had a lot of potential with its premis but I'd describe it as subpar for what it could have been. The entire game felt somewhat incomplete. The graphics felt incomplete and muddy. The story wasn't terribly dynamic. The voice acting was awkward and either a) underused or b) somewhat reduntant to the written pieces. The controls were functional but not good. A very unpolished game.

Honestly, there are so many atmospheric games along this genre, just play one of those. This one has a cool premis and great music but that's it. You can find that elsewhere and more.

Great idea for a game and a good storyline, dark and a bit scary at times!
Well made 3rd person puzzle game looks good graphically too.