Surviving Ceres

Thought this game would be more pleasing to the eye, but most of the items in the game looks like it was made for Roblox. The game had potential, but it seems like this game was rushed. The boss fights are way too easy when most bugs won't even target the turrets. All of the tier 2 equipment is completely useelss as there is no need to stay underwater long, and there is no radiation zones. A lot of the items of the part factory are never needed and some parts even have the wrong description. Again, I played to the end out of curiousity, but I didn't even see any complex creatures roaming the land once I accomplished that stage (95%). I don't always stop at graphics, but this could have easily been a much better game if given the time! I know it's a solo dev, and to you I say, good job, great concept, but I hope you'll be giving this game some much needed love in future updates!

Fun game with a really good game loop. Best to play it at an easy pace an get your base into a nice shape. What really works well here is that there is always something to do, just like in those best games. You just keep moving from task to task as they pop up. Really well done. Graphics could better, but this is worked on.

Sooooooo..... Hear me out... The visuals and in game models are just a tadddddd... janky jank, jank-a-roo. It gave me serious flashbacks to some of those one dollar Xbox 360 indie games from back in the day with the clearly hand made ameteur models and sound effects. However there was something very comforting about that. Surviving Ceres has some serious homemade jank in general, but is still clearly being made by someone (Yes, ONE) that cares, and is passionate about making video games. This is quite nearly a Planet Crafter clone, everything here is done better in planet crafter. Yet this is still fun and makes you want to keep playing. This also adds something I really wanted in Planet crafter AND Satisfactory, colonization! And its actually done pretty well! The Base building is COMICALLY CRAZY. This game uses a unique approach as the base building and colonization mechanic both end up making the base building feel less like a survival craft game and more like a city builder...but just being played from a survival craft perspective. AND I DON'T HATE IT! The pre-designed and fixed size structures lead to an absolutely nonsense base layout that is ALL OVER THE PLACE to the point of being absolutely hilarious. This will lead to some inevitable long walks through your base that can get old fast as you can't really plan out a base design as you have no idea how many structures you'll end up building, what size they will be, how many hallway connectors they will have, etc. None the less I just found it so hilarious shoving more crap into tiny spots because of this and it was just so funny to me. I felt like "Let's Game it out" for a while just making my base as horrible and winding and inefficient as possible. The planet terraforming is again done better in Planet crafter but it's still done well enough here. The map is also kinda basic, very small, and also screams "Home-made", but none the less it's all still done well enough that it serves the purposes needed to play and progress the game. The fact that a single person pulled all that together is actually quite impressive. All jokes aside, one thing that is NOT janky about this game is the performance. I did not see one single glitch. The game did crash a single time, but otherwise the framerate held really well, I wasn't glitching through things, it all ran insanely smooth and mad props to this dev for clearly taking time to iron out issues. I probably almost made it seem like the game is bad but it's not! There's a decent amount of fun here. I like that the game is short and not padded out, If this took 100 hours like planet crafter it would be miserable. I didn't QUITE feel like finishing it but by 15 hours you will have progressed and finished everything. It doesn't over stay its welcome, it's priced at a budget, and it's all put together well. If you like survival craft/automation games and don't mind a lot of jank, then this is an easy recommend.

Echt schade. Das Spiel fing sehr vielversprechend an. Nices Setting und Atmosphäre. Dann sieht man die riesigen Kreaturen und freut sich schon auf die Konfrontation. Aber das wird halt nie passieren. Ihr seid für die gar nicht da. Selbst auf Expeditionen nicht. Die Karte ist mega winzig. Es gibt so weit wie ich bin, nur noch eine Barrikade, die sich bei 70% Terraforming öffnet. Vielleicht ist da noch eine weitere Karte hinter, aber ich denke nicht. Den Rest hat man in unter einer halben Stunde komplett erkundet. Mann findet 2 Höhlen, die erst interessant aussehen, die eine grün, die andere rot und mann bekommt konstant Schaden da drinnen. Und man freut sich, was ist da wohl drinnen. Ja Spoileralarm! Nichts außer ein Paar Rohstoffe. Und so was macht das Spiel die ganze Zeit. Ihr seid also auf einer leeren, winzigen Karte ohne Gegner und craftet irgendwelche Sachen an irgendwelchen Maschinen. Nichts lässt sich hier automatisieren. nach 5 Stunden hatte ich eigentlich schon kein Bock mehr. Die Gegnerwellen die kommen sind lächerlich und man beachtet die nach so 2-3 gar nicht mehr. Das war für mich eigentlich der Kaufgrund für dieses Spiel. Das sollte es von Spielen wie Planet Crafter abheben. Und es wird nichts draus gemacht. Wenn Enttäuschung einen namen hätte, dann wäre er Cerest. Die Gegner können auch nicht wirklich was wichtiges kaputt machen. Die Luftangriffe können den Terraformer nur für eine Weile deaktivieren. Es gibt wirklich KEINE Gefahr in diesem Spiel, außer der Langeweile. Aber es hört nicht auf. Es dauert echt lange Sachen zu craften, weil man halt selber immer hin und her rennen muss. Und dann MUSS man den mist auf einer Expedition zurück lassen? Dinge die man sonst mit dem Tool einpacken kann, werden dort stehen gelassen und man muss alles neu bauen. Das war so der letzte Tropfen für mich. Die Drohnen haben bei mir nicht funktioniert. Die haben die meiste Zeit einfach gar nichts gemacht. Aber war mir auch egal. Die Karte ist halt so klein, dass die eher unnötig sind. Irgendwas muss man ja machen, wenn man bis zu 10 Minuten auf die Sachen in den Maschinen wartet. Auch das Teleportersystem ist unausgereift. Man kann sich von einer Plattform nur in die Basis teleportieren, nicht aber zu einer anderen Plattform. Hier wurde nichts zu Ende gedacht. Wenn man dann endlich mal eine gewisse Terraformingstufe erreicht hat, ist es nur dummer Weise Nachts so dunkel, das an bauen nicht mehr zu denken ist. Man hat genau eine Lampe,die nur genau den Ort punktuell beleuchtet, wo sie auch steht. Die Taschenlampe, die man hat ist gelinde gesagt nutzlos außerhalb von engen Tunneln. Also ist man auch irgendwann eher dazu genötigt Tags über zu bauen und nachts die Maschinen zu bedienen. Dann noch verbugte Achievments. Als hätte ich noch nichts zu trinken hergestellt XD. Ach. Hier läuft wirklich gar nichts vernünftig. Selbst für den Preis bekommt man da bessere Spiele. Hier bekommt man nichts als leere Versprechungen. Ich gebe dem wegen der guten Grundidee und der coolen Atmosphäre am Anfang noch gerade so 4/10. Kauft Euch lieber was anderes.

It is an asset flip, and occasionally freezes (when you terminate it in Task Manager it's called "BP Template" from the original asset pack). When the terminating it after it freezes, you sometimes lose all your money. I recommend spending your cash asap, and saving after doing that and major base reconfigurations. But it is fun it you want a smaller Planet Crafter from Temu.

This is a 6/10 game right now. I'm upvoting it as I think the dev can improve on it, if he is willing to change things. After playing the game for 3 hours, I’d say I have mixed feelings. It’s not bad, just ultimately very conventional in its interactions—simplistic even. It lacks that subtle je ne sais quoi. The case of obtaining water is typical: digging for ice (which actually respawns very quickly, but a drill gives you more than you’ll ever need, so the game becomes too easy as well), building a water maker—literally, making water—and that’s it, done. Water becomes a non-issue 30 minutes into the game. Same for oxygen, same for food. Planet Crafter is a bit more challenging in that regard. The game lacks a certain variability, difficulty, subtlety. It's simplistic in its approach of too many game loops. The other major point is base construction. And I won’t dwell on the lack of building rotation or standardized sizes—these are known issues. No, the real problem, I think—and it will be hard for the dev to change—is that far too many functions require their own dedicated room, all of which look similar: corridor-like, basic in shape (with the exception of the farm, which is made of curved glass—much more pleasant). As a result, you inevitably end up creating a labyrinthine, snaking base where you’re running from corridor to corridor to start metal block production, fuel, check your rocket, etc. You get lost in your own base. Nearly all other games in the genre allow you to build empty rooms and place machines or installations inside them. So I think this is the main issue, beyond the too simplistic game loops: the design choice to tie too many functions to specific rooms. I also know the game has a very low budget, but those black square rooms… honestly, no, they’re just too cheap-looking. I’d advise the dev to take the basic farm model, make variants of it—bigger, longer, rounder, however he likes—and allow players to install whatever machines they want in them (refineries, etc.).

6/14/2025: I will say this is a hard one, I do recommend it for the survival aspect. Although I only spent a few hours playing, it has amazing potential. I would suggest working on the basics when starting out. Like Oxygen, then get the ice drill and start you frosty adventure. Good luck survivalist. Update 6/19/2025: Worth the time to play, this game is so much more. Yes the buildings are basic, and the beginning is not very good. But the simulated crew you get later is amazing, and the terraforming is so cool. Worth the time and money to play, build, craft, and make money. It gets better the more you play, and FYI build turrets as soon as you can, when the aliens attack they hit hard......have fun!