Lifeless Planet
While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon… Lifeless Planet is a third-person action-adventure that features an old-school sci-fi story and spectacular environments in the spirit of classic action-adventures. After a hard landing on the planet, the astronaut discovers the planet that was reported to be rich with life is instead a barren wasteland. When he goes searching for his crew, he makes a more startling discovery: evidence that humans have already been to this planet years ago! When he comes upon a deserted Soviet-era Russian town, he struggles to make sense of his mission. Did his light-speed travel to the planet send him back in time? Or is this all some strange Cold War hoax?
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
I mainly enjoyed the mysterious atmosphere transported by the graphics and the small story bits here and there. The controls lack of precision, but the game is not hard. Riddles were fine for my taste, nothing blocking my way for too long. In total the game could have been a bit shorter even as the last levels felt like the Xen-levels in Half-Life. Not necessary. Anyway, a pleasant experience overall.
Steam User 4
I liked that it took me through a story. Even tho the graphics were old school it was a good game.
Steam User 1
See, this did surprise me, and in a good way.
I love indie games and I'm not expecting perfection or will compare to big studios when it comes to graphics, smoothness etc. so I'm always coming from a place of general appreciation. So: for an indie game, that is now 10 years old no less, this holds up quite well.
I do enjoy a fine walking simulator peppered with plot to discover and an occasional puzzle - so the amount of walking doesn't bother me at all. If it was boring, maybe, but every "biome" is in its own interesting and fascinating. You explore through a lot of stunning, alien landscapes, collect lore pieces and (if you're bad at platforming like me) frustrate a bit with some of the jumping parts.
The voice acting is nice, I actually really like that they comitted to the bit and put in the foreign language voice-recordings as well.
The music is AMAZING. Very atmospheric and suited for the parts. Sometimes etheral, sometimes creepy and dangerous. Really impressed with that.
So, the story is.. alright? It's not that deep, the overall message is nice (if in your face), but to me it felt like, especially towards the end, that there's too many ideas/stories developing at once and it becomes too rushed towards the last 20 minutes. The whole mystery of the woman is handled in a single audio log, that felt not very thought out.
Overall it was still longer game than expected (maybe because it took me so long to get the damn jump puzzles done, who knows lol) and I enjoyed my experience. Grab it on sale though, because 20€ for an old indie game is... odd.
Steam User 2
Walking/jumping simulator on a strange planet, with some puzzles to continue your journey. Nothing much to explore outside of the main story. Story is meh ok.
Steam User 1
If you enjoy walking simulators, with puzzles and nice ost, I recommend you to play it to the end. Maybe you'll need a walktrough, because sometimes its confusing on what to do. Still, I haven't wasted any money.
Steam User 2
I really enjoyed Lifeless Planet. You land on what was supposed to be a vibrant world that is full of life, only to discover that it is barren and lifeless. You begin exploring and discover power lines stretching into the distance. This starts a great voyage of discovery, as you explore various alien environments and learn the history of this world's previous inhabitants. It's a very good game. It has more platforming than I normally enjoy in a game, but it ended up being quite enjoyable. This is a good science fiction investigation title.
Steam User 1
Works great on Linux. This is mostly a platformer game, but I liked the story, the music and simple graphics did not spoil the fun for me, nor did the platforming part.