The core premise involves managing resources, infrastructure, citizen morale, environmental hazards like shard storms and toxic vents, and threats such as sandworms and the fungal 'Creep.' The single-player campaign focuses on discovering ancient alien artifacts and surviving planetary conditions, with no romance systems, character creation options, or interpersonal relationship mechanics of any kind. This traditional sci-fi survival and colony management setup contains no identity politics or social commentary whatsoever. Colonists and advisors remain entirely generic with no race or gender-swapped characters, no LGBTQ+ focal points, and no pronoun or gender customization features. The 2017 release also shows no developer statements on DEI initiatives, consultancy involvement, or activist intent, keeping the experience focused purely on gameplay mechanics without any progressive messaging layered in.