After playing The Planet Crafter this is definitely a step backwards. The overly cumbersome interface and sterile feeling environment killed it for me.

got to stage 7 of terraforming, about 30 hours in, just to see what is this all about, however

DONT GET THIS GAME ITS RUBBISH...

everything is just half-baked, low level product, from graphics, textures, controls, performance, game design, etc. It's probably done by kids who never saw or played good game in their life, they play indie rubbish all the time so they dont know any better.

I like this game. Although I have never played Satisfactory, I have extensively played Planet Crafter and there are similarities. You land on a hostile planet and need to terraform it to Earth standards by collecting resources, researching technologies and progressing through until you tame the planet. It can be a challenge to figure out the nuances of progression and the use of mining and processing machinary but the difficulty is only moderate. Only released to early access in October 2024 but is already progressing well and looking fairly polished. Still, there is a long way to go and I look forward to the journey. The conveyor system is a nice touch and will take some getting used to working out efficient layouts for the delivery of resources and manufactured parts for progression. All in all, an enjoyable game for relaxing with no zombies to disturb your efforts. I suspect pressure will be put on the Dev to include some adversaries, but not for a long time (I hope never). It is addictive and will keep you amused for many hours with definite replayability. There are currently three worlds to terraform with more on the way. No actual story line yet, but I am sure that will come as this game develops.