A Planet of Mine

Played countless hours on the mobile version and bought this game as soon as I saw the page for it on the steam store.
It's a brilliant port from the mobile version with better controls.
If you like semi-idle planet building, resource gathering, building micro/macro management, and interplanetery LASERS: This game is for you.
The gameplay is excellent and you have the ability to develop your planet and colonize others in various modes: Timed, unlimited time, infinite resources, or a custom ruleset. On top of that, you have the ability to play custom challenges/missions with objectives.
The only issues I've had with the game thus far, however, is the inability to scroll down with a trackpad in the pause menu while in game (Could not view some of the mission objectives during a challenge -- have not had a mouse to test this out). **
Also, I think this game would benefit from a brief tutorial mode, as I found the combat to be very confusing the first few times I played on the mobile version.
However, I think this game has great potential for the future and it is absolutely worth the price tag and would still recommend it if it was even double the price.
**The dev team fixed the issue within 12 hours of me posting the bug to discord!

Dec 19th 2019: A slow , relaxing real time strategy game. Unusual game mechanics for a strategy game but it works well. Lots of different tribes to unlock and, unlike the mobile version, you don't have to pay to unlock all the different tribes. This also gives a purpose to the challenges in this game other than to show off to your friends about a game they never knew existed.
Fun for all ages, easy-ish to play and hard to master kind of game, cute, and can help teach kids that chickens are space pirates that landed on earth years ago :D. Definite top 10 PC game for me
Nov 07th 2020: it has been a long time since I've played this game and it still has not changed. Rather disappointed as it needs a difficulty setting and a world editor, one where you can make a universe sort of thing. Its a good game still, however it needs more too it, example a story mode or a quest chain for leveling outwith the game play (just please don't add a battle pass unless you add a battle royal too). Still like

A cute time killer that its easy to get lost on for hours at a time. The random planet load outs and landing positions can make some planets practically impossible to win which can take a while to spot. Re-starting is fairly easy though.

I've got to say i'm kind of disappointed. the reviews i read sold me on a game that was barley worth half its price let alone full price. one that would be a soul sucking slog to get though the glitches and bugs to play a mediocre empire lite sim. That's not the case.
oh sure its got bugs. i mean not being able to build the games two only wonders is not the mark of a good game, and the occasional freeze's where you got to wait for the game to catch up to what your doing is not fun. but those freezes are really only in the early game and the wonder's give you nothing but score so i would hardly call them problems.
the games, got a lot of charm to it. the developers really understood the tone they were going for and went with it. sure its no 4x strategy game but there are too many of those right now and some time's you just got to go simple.
Simple management is the name of the game. it a fun time to just boot up and waste a few hours. it's not an exhilarating experience that will challenge you mind. go in pick a animal colonize some planets. it's that easy.
the game does lack a degree of replayability but its not nearly as bad as some other reviews will make you think. a full set of challenge's and randomized system's keep the game fresh enough for a few rounds. it' not endless sense eventually you'll find each game follows the same pattern but it's like 7 dollars, i got 6 hours of gameplay before making this review. i could probably go another six if i wanted and still have fun with it.
TLDR buy seven dollar game, get seven dollar enjoyment.

I wouldn't call it a 4x game, Its more of a resource gathering space exploration game actually. I guess its good provided you get it on sale...

At first this game seems like a simple colony sim game but as you level up and unlock more buildings it gets very intricate. While I haven't sunk hours into this game yet, I already know I will soon when my job allows.

I am giving it a positive review, however, I would say it's only worth your money on sale or if you have enough that 10 dollars is pretty much meaningless to you.
The good: Super cute aesthetic, interesting concept, and fairly entertaining gameplay, and it's fairly relaxing while being fun at the same time.
The bad: It takes a long time to learn what all the different resources are and how to make them, and unfortunately there is a mix of the game saying the name of the resource and displaying the image, with no obvious connections of which is which in many cases. It can also get rather boring late game in some of the scenarios, and some elements of the game can be rather repetitive.
Overall, at heart it's still a mobile game - so don't expect some super incredible universe simulator or anything, but it is a fun game to play here and there. Buy it on sale and it'll totally be worth the money. :D