Planetary Settlers

Planetary Settlers is a solo, family-friendly educational game about exploring the solar system. You control Blue 42, an advanced AI robot, as it visits planets and moons, completes minigames, uncovers secrets and answers quizzes to enhance its abilities. The game teaches facts about the solar system and science while you help humanity reach further into space.

Explore the solar system

The game is set in a possible future in 2142, with environments based on imagery and data gathered from planets and moons. Its gravity reflects that of each world: when you jump, throw a rock or fly, you experience the local gravity. The available levels cover Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon and Mars; the Sun, Jupiter and Pluto are also included.

Blue 42's abilities

Collecting nanites can enhance Blue 42's abilities. The robot has technologies to protect against extreme heat and cold, low and high pressure, corrosive chemicals, radiation and harmful dust. Its tools and movement systems include:

• Customizable light: change its color and adjust its brightness.
• Projectile generator: create projectiles in a chosen color, including glowing ones. It can also generate gravity probes to show the effects of gravity on each world; more nanites increase projectile velocity.
• Treads: travel across the surface, with speed that can be increased by collecting nanites.
• Tread jumper: launch the treads downward to jump, with enough power to leap over a building when upgraded.
• Jetpack: fly through the environment.
• Grabber beam: hold and release large objects. You can throw them by building up speed or rotating quickly before letting go.

Minigames and progression

Each planet level includes minigames, and completing them and answering quizzes enhances Blue 42's abilities. Collecting more nanites provides more powerful abilities.