Inspired by the dungeon crawler genre, this short game blends traditional spelunking with base building mechanics. The player is stranded on a hostile planet, urged to build a base and defend it against the awfully aggressive forces of the hostile environment.
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About This Game

The gameplay is a fusion of multiple genres:
- Explore caves in a dungeon crawl style.
- Build your base with blocks, use a simple crafting system.
- Defend your base from the hostile environment.

Also features:
- Fight back by planting mines: the player has no traditional melee attacks.
- Regular checkpoints instead of permadeath.
- Simple, streamlined mechanics allow the player to focus on the action.
- Keyboard and mouse controls: use whichever you prefer.
- A tutorial stage to show you the ropes.
- The spirit of space exploration!

This is Planet in the Shadows - inspired by the dungeon crawler genre, this short game blends traditional spelunking with base building mechanics. The player is stranded on a hostile planet, urged to build a base and defend it against the awfully aggressive forces of the hostile environment.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: General Mature Content

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows XP
    • Processor: 1 GHz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Windows XP
    • Processor: 2 GHz
    • Memory: 1024 MB RAM
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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