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Keplerth
Developer TARO
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure! From the Steam store page
187 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
132 positive · 42 negative
95% range 69–82%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 132 | 42 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,157 of 1,363 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
75% recommend · 131 yes, 44 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 175 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,512 of 4,174 positive).
Players describe Keplerth as a mix of Terraria and Rimworld, with top-down survival crafting. [1][2][3] Many find the game entertaining and addictive, praising its genetic modification system and variety. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize bugs, lack of quality-of-life features, and a grindy gameplay loop. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [9]
It's bad. Don't buy it. If you got sick of Minecraft, Terraria, Necesse, other survival crafters (including mods), and have nothing more interesting to play or study, then this is ok. 1.0. Gameplay & Progression 1.1. Bosses are unbalanced. They do too much damage, and, quite frankly, just aren't fun to fight. They offer nothing new which you won't find by fighting the average enemy, except, maybe, they'll pepper the …
- [1]
Pleasant little game, as another reviewer said its like Terraria with graphics that look a lot like Rimworld, much more Terraria-like gameplay though. Actually I suppose its got some SNES Legend of Zelda similarities in the gameplay too, in the way you fight and explore in a top-down view world. Overall, i'd say its worth a tenner or so... I played for 90hrs at time of this review, which is like £11.39 / 90hrs = …
- [5]
Game is decent overall. Crops and farming - decent. Pets and mounts -decent . Art style - decent. Dungeons - decent. Enemies - are hit or miss. The AI is very basic and simple but there are standouts... When i think about it they are all "Nightmare" monsters or Bosses... Either way - decent. The combat system is the fun part. There's a lot of variety with weapons and accessories. A lot of things to play around with. …
- [20]
The quintessential meh. Can't find a better word to describe this game then "meh", but I can only say it in retrospect. While playing, the game IS entertaining, and it's clear this is the work of a decent developer, everything works fine. My main point of contantion comes from the fact that, despite everything working, it feels like there's a huge disconect between every system, there's no reason to interact with …
- [2]
it feels like if Terraria took place in a game that felt like Rimworld. first person, monsters, mining crafting base building, so far, so good. if you get a slime that summons a boss. smack it's spent turrets back at it. it can drop a weapon that's well worth having.
Summarised from 34 of the 189 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Keplerth sits at 76% positive across 174 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 187 · most liked firstAll that working together in coop and the final boss is a forced solo instance play. What was even the point of getting everyone to coop.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like Terraria, without the crazy amount of weapons, cool items, monsters, bosses and charm that keeps it fun for 100+ hours. It's like Rimworld, without the depth and story telling that make it fun for 100+ hours. It's like a lot of games from different genres mashed together, but without any of the charm, depth or uniqueness that made those games fun. Killer soundtrack though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pleasant little game, as another reviewer said its like Terraria with graphics that look a lot like Rimworld, much more Terraria-like gameplay though. Actually I suppose its got some SNES Legend of Zelda similarities in the gameplay too, in the way you fight and explore in a top-down view world. Overall, i'd say its worth a tenner or so... I played for 90hrs at time of this review, which is like £11.39 / 90hrs = roughly a cost of 12p of entertainment per hour. My sandwich yesterday cost £2 and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's bad. Don't buy it. If you got sick of Minecraft, Terraria, Necesse, other survival crafters (including mods), and have nothing more interesting to play or study, then this is ok. 1.0. Gameplay & Progression 1.1. Bosses are unbalanced. They do too much damage, and, quite frankly, just aren't fun to fight. They offer nothing new which you won't find by fighting the average enemy, except, maybe, they'll pepper the screen with projectiles that you slowly walk to dodge. Grand!! 1.2. There's a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keplerth has a satisfying mix of survival, crafting, and exploration, one that I personally enjoy. I will note that colony management does seem a bit simple, but for how the game operates I don't personally see that as much of an issue, hopefully it gets expanded on. Genetic Modifications for me do hit that sweet spot constantly allowing you to make a diverse build as you continue to explore. I do recommend Keplerth if you have a few friends and you are looking for a game to play assuming…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Originally, I had a very very high review of this game, but it does have a game breaking bug. Sometimes all the map and objects will permanently dissapear and there is no way to fix it. I looked up on the forums and found others with this issue but no solutions. I will happily change to a positive review if this gets patched.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review after 100 hours For a title I got on sale a long time back, it is a good game. It is on sale again now for 25%. For around 11$ you will get the random worlds generated with the chosen difficulties, multiple player save slots, a slightly challenging end game and a lot of farming and material gathering. After exploring and base building and deciding what it is you want to focus on and not bother with. You have a slight materials grind near the end even with saving up a lot of things from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games leaving Game Pass on June 15th. - Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends - Dordogne - My Time at Sandrock - Keplerth - Hypnospace Outlaw - Isonzo - Depersonalization
neutral · AI labelView post →Game is decent overall. Crops and farming - decent. Pets and mounts -decent . Art style - decent. Dungeons - decent. Enemies - are hit or miss. The AI is very basic and simple but there are standouts... When i think about it they are all "Nightmare" monsters or Bosses... Either way - decent. The combat system is the fun part. There's a lot of variety with weapons and accessories. A lot of things to play around with. Gene editing - is the best thing in this game. Trying different builds are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7.5/10 Without much spoiler; The gameplay is super fun and addictive, the way u learn new perks is quite unique and I really liked it. Creating replicas from genes was super exciting too. U can have pets, mounts, special skills, traps against bosses whatever u would want in a game like this. But the reasons I dont recommend, is because of bugs and lack of QoL Opening chests, and using crafting stations is horrible. U have to stay in perfect range from it, on the perfect pixel, to be able to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just not quite 'fun' enough. It's like Rimworld except you control your character directly. It never quite nails the gameplay loop. Secrets are too far away, the narrative is too obscure, the combat is a little too boring, the mechanics are a little too complicated and the characters move a little slow (even the elf). It's got all the right mechanics of a good crafting game but doesn't quite nail the loop. I would recommend it for people who are desperate for more crafting games…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it feels like if Terraria took place in a game that felt like Rimworld. first person, monsters, mining crafting base building, so far, so good. if you get a slime that summons a boss. smack it's spent turrets back at it. it can drop a weapon that's well worth having.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its acutally a pretty good game, simple not too grindy and it hits enough of the dopamines to keep me coming back 8/10. similar to games like Valheim and games where better tech and weapons are locked behind world bosses.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's one of those games that you enjoy playing but there are so many timy issues that you end up saying "meh" and switch to something else. Why is there no way to expand my inventory except for having a lot of chests to the point where I start forgeting where I put what exactly (many items are used as cooking and crafting materials)? Why is the "dump to chest" radius so small? Why can't we craft from chests if they are our main inventory dump? After dumping everything to chests I have to fill…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reminds me of Rimworld, except you play one of the colonists while all the other colonists do nothing and take advantage of your work. I like combat and I like building things, so it's fun, but useless mechanics are useless mechanics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terraria in rimworld, but not as good as either of them, Gameplay loop is kinda grindy and theres like 100s of different crafting materials, and you can't craft from chests so it gets a little overwhelming with items laying around everywhere. 6/10 or some ♥♥♥♥
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The quintessential meh. Can't find a better word to describe this game then "meh", but I can only say it in retrospect. While playing, the game IS entertaining, and it's clear this is the work of a decent developer, everything works fine. My main point of contantion comes from the fact that, despite everything working, it feels like there's a huge disconect between every system, there's no reason to interact with anything. The game revolves around fighing bosses to get a speciific item that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I used to have no interest in pixel-style games but in the past few years I've grown to really like them. I'll try and post some of my favorites below with a quick synopsis to see if it's something you may like. These are really in no particular order. As you can see, I really like the building/colony management games. I hope to delve into other genres at some point when they interest me. Also, a lot will be in early access but I'll note when there hasn't been updates for a while. ###…
neutral · AI labelView post →The devs take way too long for updates, it really does feel as if we're just being strung along by them and they don't really have any plans to finish the game. Maybe one day I'll be proven wrong, but it definitely won't anytime soon, so I cannot recommend getting this game until actual content updates become more consistent.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bear ate my neighbor
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game for the price tag. I really don't get the bad rewievs... Even if development stopped right now it would still be a better game than most Early Access titles that release while beeing unfinished just to be able to push out half baked dlc...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favorite games ever, super underrated. Reminds me of Don’t Starve and Stardew Valley
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very relaxing game and the bosses are not too difficult. Very fun to play with friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a hidden gem, I highly reccommend to anyone who is interested in a terraria/necesse/rimworld hybrid game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a pretty fun game, honestly. The art style looks like Rimworld with the pawns but it plays more like a top-down survival craft game instead of a colony story simulator. There are a few minor grammatical errors but they don't affect how playable the game is. The game caters to multiple play-styles and has a unique skill system. You can entirely ignore some of the content if you feel like it's not for you, but you have to progress more and more down the main story to get "better" items.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like Rimeworld and Terraria but not good on those fields as those two. As you play you'll feel that voidly purposelessness feeling, it could be better with friends though. The trait system is unique, you might wanna try the game just for that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think the game is overall okay. The gameplay loop is extremely basic, and the one gimmick it has (leveling through picking up dead enemies remains) is fun but most never really have a big impact on gameplay. You have camp-building mechanics, but the options are fairly limited and there isn't any clear rewards to do so. No automations of harvesting, ranching, etc, so you're still doing all the bloody work. Overall the game kinda feels undercooked, potential to be great but never quite reaching…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →With a variety of biomes to explore, enemies to defeat, and resources to collect, this game provides a rich experience that encourages creativity and strategic thinking. The genetic modification system adds depth to character progression, allowing players to adapt their playstyle in a world teeming with possibilities. Whether you're a fan of combat, crafting, or exploration, Keplerth delivers an engaging and rewarding gameplay experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keplerth: A Deeply Addictive Sci-Fi Survival Sandbox Masterpiece Keplerth is a phenomenal and criminally underrated 2D sci-fi survival RPG that masterfully combines the distinct visual charm of RimWorld with the exploration, crafting, and boss-battling progression of Terraria. Developed by TARO, this indie gem drops you onto a hostile alien planet and grants you total freedom to build, farm, mutate your DNA, and conquer deep underground dungeons. Whether you are playing entirely solo or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just go play Necesse, V-Rising, or Core Keeper.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a fun survival game with a RimWorld like aesthetic and a very relaxing gameplay experience. Resource gathering feels less tedious compared to other 2D isometric survival games I’ve played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish Necesse fans would try Keplerth more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My reviews are never seen. Just know that this game is negative from me and move along
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game have more new game mech than diablo 4
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i would recoments this game, havn't beated it but it's been enjoyable. i'd give it a 7/10, its almost a perfect love child between nessese and rimworld,but it's missing alot of QOL and it's just a foundation of what could've been,still i have enjoyed the game so far, get it on sale if your on the fence.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genetics + survival + sandbox + RPG/adventure = Keplerth. And it is a rather competent mix, can't complain too much about it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short but sweet co-op open world survival crafting game that I think a lot more people would have heard of if it were tagged correctly in steam (it lacks the co-op tag and the open world survival craft tag)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My gambling addict friend said if I post a review on Keplerth and it gets 350 likes and 150 Awards that he will buy me a case of beer, some vodka, and bottle of wine.. So I'm just gonna leave this here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →alpha stage game that got 1.0 slapped on it and left to die in a ditch. kinda sad, i really liked the mechanics it brought to the genre, it had so much potential.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its ok but an abandoned game left in alpha stage
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update the damn game already.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR If a dungeon-crawling, procedurally generated, and multi-layered underground world interests you, give Keplerth a try. Keplerth is a strange game. It's a mixture of survival crafting and ARPG. The RPG elements are pretty light, but it is a dungeon crawler with progression. The first portion of the game is spent wandering around on the surface and collecting materials to build your base, craft items, and find other settlements. Among those settlements are some weird corrupted…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Your blank bright white loading screen is such a ♥♥♥♥ move and is a precursor to your partially completed game. UI is trash, tooltips are essentially missing, assets reused throughout the game, riddled with bugs, defects, and inconsistencies w multiplayer. Not even joking this game was more stable in early access than it is now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old school survival game that doesn't hold your hands. but yet guide you, I originally started when the game was in alpha early access phase I mean early build. Keplerth is a hidden gem of sorts. I am finally playing it and I am happy with the game. The dev's are definitely doing good and listening.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not great but not bad either. The 80 hours accumulated mainly because of the trophyhunting. Don't get me wrong it was fun. Especially the let's call it skilltree or skillhexagon ? If you want a game for "in between AAA-Games" this can be a little timekiller.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another one of those just casual fun games. Lots more to do then meets the eye as a person would say. Enjoy this game for all it is. I know I did and will some more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terraria meets Rimworld.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nearly every good game on the market has similar inventory hotkeys like shift clicking or control clicking to stack things into a chest. I didn't try that hard, but couldn't figure out a single hotkey, assuming there even are any. This game has been out for over two years, and has not received a major update in nearly a year. The last two update notes were six months apart and didn't actually release anything. This game appears to have been dropped by the devs after getting to an alpha or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this a long time ago but stopped. After coming back to it, I like this game a whole lot, even though I'm still at the beginning! The progression reminds me of Terraria and farming is similar to Minecraft. Can't wait to see how much this game has to offer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun open exploration, with settlements, farming, and awesome character buffs. It does a good job of scaling the different difficulties. Play easier if you wanna focus on base building, or challenge yourself and reap the genetic benefits.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting concept but needs some work. poor UI, too much slow walking everywhere. just gets really grindy quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a great action crafting survivor-type RPG. But the story is not too great, and the AI is quite stupid, so the stick trap is OP.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really fun game, I have tried so many lately and what I am looking for is simple. There has to be some sense of progression, some sense of lore, and some wacky bings and pings of finding loot. Why is that important, just because. it is. There has to be some sense of satisfaction playing any game. We are not here to live our own lives but the more action packed lives of our toons. This is well done my friend, I really like it. I am fairly new player as you see but if this fine…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's so relaxing to raid villages and use their supplies to build my cities
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the better Sandbox Survival games, solid gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is good for solo, but if you want multiplayer you'd be disappointed because you can kill all the boss with your friends except the very important last boss
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a milktoast bad replica of rimworld graphics and a pinch of stardew, but with none of the greatness of either, not even close. The UI is well built, the "gene system" (skill system) is interesting and had a lot of potential (game released 3 years ago), tho, so likely dead. The required grinding to get anywhere in the game is mind-numbing. Please don't waste your money on this. And when you eat, this normally doesn't bother me, but the MOUTH SOUNDS are invasive, and with the grinding…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love this game. Its fun, you can farm fight and build i love that you can choose if you want full loot drop on death or not. You can use your character in one or many worlds. Also nice multiplayer option.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game has potential but it's very boring and shallow
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find this fun but I like grinding resources. You fight a lot, loot a lot, explore a lot and can grow crops, trees, shrooms or berries. Go fishing or tend your farm animals, chase down the loot guy who runs away from you. Don't forget to fight the bosses and go down the mine. Go on, give it a try, you may like it as much as I do!
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