Game Modes

Survival

 * Player can choose to start on a Temperate, Arid, Swamp, or Snow planet with random names and Points of Interest
 * Procedural Seed can be changed to create random distributions of Ores, Terrain Features and Points of Interest

Scenario

 * Players can choose custom scenarios with their own start conditions and rulesets
 * The game includes 5 scenarios, with more available on the Steam Workshop

Creative

 * Mode for free building
 * Player can start a game in either a desert or temperate playfield, or the space in orbit around them.
 * Player has access to creative menu (open with "H" button!) that contains all in game items.
 * Game can be started as Creative where all planets and space have some pre-made buildings and vessels, or Creative Empty where player starts with one vessel (and a platform if in space)
 * No procedural seed option

Freedom

 * Like Survival but with unlimited health, resources, and no hunger management

Multiplayer

 * Multiplayer can be access via multiplayer button in Main menu and chose a server from the server list.
 * Any single player game can be started in Co-Op, a simplified version of Multiplayer which allows small groups of people to play on one local computer.
 * Servers are hosted by players.
 * Anyone with sufficient computer power can host server with dedicated server tool. Please refer to Dedicated Server Setup for know more about hosting server.