Is there a story mode?

A story mode is in development. It adds the tale of protagonist Naxiah and the Echoes Beneath the Sands, with more than 30 hours of story, research, blueprints, and resource-driven progression.

No. You can optionally enable hazards like asteroids and drone or alien invasions and defend the planet, but you always have the option to play completely peacefully.

How much does SEEDS cost?

No pricing information is provided on the studio's website yet.

SEEDS — Terraform a lonely planet and bring it back to life

SEEDS is an upcoming open-ended planet-terraforming sandbox game by small independent studio Against All Odds. You play as ROBO unit RB-23, stranded on a desolate planet deep in space, and work to make it habitable: deploying machines to restore atmosphere, water and nutrients, reshaping the surface, growing plants and ecosystems, and attracting animals and remnants of a lost civilization. The game launches in Early Access (targeting Q4/2026, wishlistable on Steam) and is in active development, with a survival mode and a 30+ hour story mode about protagonist Naxiah planned on top of the sandbox.

Key Features

Terraforming

Deploy machines to bring back atmosphere, water, and nutrients; reshape the planet's surface with ponds, bridges, and rivers, and renaturize the planet.

Ecosystem building

Grow a variety of plants and flowers, plant trees, and create an intact ecosystem; attract and interact with animals and aliens from a lost civilization.

Sandbox creativity

Build machines, alien villages, and biospheres, decorate your home base, place decorative plants and items, and research machines.

Programmable in-game computer

A complete 64-bit RISC-V virtual machine running an unmodified Linux kernel and a slightly modified Alpine Linux distribution; you can program it in the language of your choice and run your own programs, with automation of the sandbox planned.

Exploration and vehicles

Fly a spaceship around the planet and out to the asteroid belt, ride a hoverboard, and explore as ROBO unit RB-23.

Optional hazards

Opt-in defense against asteroids, drone invasions, and alien invasions — or play completely peacefully.

In-game games

Play chess and a block-stacking game on the hologram table, plus small arcade and puzzle games within the game.

Planned story mode

A 30+ hour story about protagonist Naxiah and the Echoes Beneath the Sands, with research, blueprints, and resource-driven progression (coming soon).

How It Works

Start in the sandbox

Early Access begins as an open-ended sandbox: terraform the planet, experiment with its ecosystem, collect resources, construct machines, and place plants and items.

Reshape and renaturize

Reshape the planet's surface, add water, build an atmosphere with machines, and watch plants grow and animals roam.

Build and program

Decorate your home base, run research, and use the in-game RISC-V Linux computer to play games or write and run your own programs.

Choose your challenge

Play peacefully or enable hazards like asteroid strikes and drone/alien invasions; survival and story modes are in development to add progression and challenge.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Deep terraforming loop spanning atmosphere, water, nutrients, plants, and animals
Unusually capable in-game computer: real RISC-V VM running unmodified Linux, programmable in any language
Optional difficulty — hazards and defense are opt-in, peaceful play is fully supported
Active development with features beta-tested before hitting the Early Access build
Story mode with 30+ hours of narrative planned on top of the sandbox

Cons

Who It's For

Best for

Terraforming and planet-builder fans who want fine-grained control over atmosphere, water, and ecosystems
Players who enjoy programmable in-game computers and tinkering with Linux
Creative sandbox players who like decorating bases and reshaping terrain
Players who prefer optional challenge and peaceful, no-combat play
Early Access supporters willing to follow a game in active development

Not ideal for

Players who want a finished, feature-complete game at launch

Use Cases

Terraforming a barren planet into a living ecosystem at your own pace

Creative base-building and decoration on an alien world

Writing and running your own programs on an in-game Linux computer

Peaceful exploration and photography of scenery you created

Optional challenge via asteroid defense and drone/alien invasions

Story-driven progression once story and survival modes arrive

FAQ

What is SEEDS?

SEEDS is an open-ended planet-terraforming sandbox game by independent studio Against All Odds. You play ROBO unit RB-23, stranded on a desolate planet, and use machines, plants, and building to make the world habitable.

When is SEEDS releasing?

The game targets Q4/2026 and is currently available to wishlist on Steam.

What state will the game launch in?

SEEDS starts in Early Access and is in active development, meaning it isn't feature-complete yet. It begins as an open-ended sandbox, with survival and story modes in development.

What can you do in the current sandbox version?

Terraform and reshape the planet's surface, add water, build machines and an atmosphere, place plants and decorative items, grow plants, have animals roam, decorate your home base, fly the spaceship to the asteroid belt, ride a hoverboard, and play in-game arcade and puzzle games.

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