Starfield is about space exploration and traversing the vast and unknown. As such, the game is expected to just have a lot of planets to explore while keeping things interesting. While players will naturally take their time exploring them all, it helps to know how much you're dealing with. We thought the same and wanted to know exactly how many planets the Starfield contains. Keep reading as we talk about that and more.

Let's talk about the elephant in the room – how many planets are there in Starfield? Of course, most people will have this thought, since Starfield boasts about planetary and space exploration. During the deep dive, it was confirmed that Starfield will have over 1,000 planets for players to discover. This issue includes a combination of procedurally generated and some handcrafted planets.

The 1000 planets will be spread over 100 different star systems. The systems will all have unique characteristics, including weather, species and more. Also, although the game does not allow us to put bases on each planet, we can explore them in search of mineable materials or life forms. Additionally, each of them may have some handcrafted areas to explore.

Of course, not every planet in our observable universe is habitable, a knowledge that doesn't take rocket science to deduce. Similarly, Starfield does not allow every single one of the planets to be habitable either. However, you can explore them for materials for your own needs. Starfield Game Director Todd Howard was asked the same question during an episode of the Kinda Funny podcast. In response, he clarified that only 10% of the 1000 planets are habitable.