Planeteers

**Planeteers** is a space-exploration adventure game created by DefileCraft and released on 8 August 2018.

The game was revealed on September 3rd, 2017. It was the first space-focused game as well as their first truly open-world game. The game's reveal was met with heavy praise for a new and seemingly expansive game. The game's beta was released on January 19th, 2018. On August 8th, 2018, it officially launched. Despite its expansive nature, players criticized the game for its underdeveloped and even unfinished parts, uninteresting planets and missions and its long grind. Taking the criticism, the game went into maintenance mode before being re-added a week later for further polish, but players were left with even more they wanted that was lacking from the game. The game received two expansions before the third expansion, Plus Ultra, released on June 21st, 2020, which completely re-transformed the game from the ground up. Since then, an additional two expansions have been launched with another being released in 2024.

### Expansions

* *1.0.2: Secrets of the Nebulae* — 2018
* *1.1.5: Intergalactic Assassins* — 2019
* *2.0.3: Plus Ultra* — 2020
* *2.1.2: The Last Frontier* — 2021
* *2.2.1: Civilizations Beyond* — 2022
* *2.3.0: The Trade Wars* — 2023
* *2.4.2: Ad Thule Imus* — 2024

## Gameplay

### Races

Planeteers features 10 normal races and 2 sub-races.

* Human — Humans from the real world. (1.0.2)
	+ Thulian Human — Humans from the Thule Galaxy. (2.4.2)
* Kaelan — Green-skinned slim race of humanoids. (1.0.2)
* Vinhel — Blue-skinned bulky race of humanoids with extreme intelligence. (1.0.2)
* Eternal — Glowing purple humanoids that have mastery over the power of the astral. (1.0.2)
* Capra — Goat-men that have improved skills with heavy and blunt weaponry. (1.0.2)
* Blackscale — Underground hunchbacks with great stealth and assassination skills. (2.1.2)
* Magnat — Rock-born race originating from volcanic rocks. (2.1.5)
	+ Glaciat — Ice-born race originating from ice worlds. (2.4.5)
* Cosmo-Elf — Elven race that lives in the cosmos, not on any planets. (2.2.1)
* Sunborne — Elemental race made out of solar energy. (2.2.1)
* Lacerta — Lizard-men who have 4 different scale colors that determine their proficiency: red for fire, green for poison, blue for lightning, and yellow for earth. (2.4.2)

### Factions

In Planeteers, there are six factions that players can join, each serving different purposes and with different benefits.

* Terra Empire — A faction originally created by mankind on Earth quickly expanded, conquering different systems. It is still ruled by the Humans, but allows foreign races into the Empire as mercenaries.
* Cosmic Commonwealth — Created by the Kaelan and Vinhel, the Cosmic Commonwealth became the most noble organization in the cosmos, valuing science and order over conquest and strict law.
* Frontier Legion — The Frontier Legion was formed shortly after the events of *Plus Ultra* as an organization for every Commonwealth nation that seceded during the Great Frontier War.
* The Block — A mystical sect of Eternals who have mastered the art of Elementalism. They replaced the Elemental Cloud during the events of *Civilizations Beyond*.
* Dekhoi — The empire of the Lacerta, long banished and forbidden by the other factions of the Planeteers universe. They have begun to recruit mercenaries, strengthening them.
* The Thulians — The subjugated races of the Thule Galaxy have begun a rebellion against the Terra Empire and the Dekhoi.