Does 5th Planet Games pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, 5th Planet Games employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at 5th Planet Games. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at 5th Planet Games?

53% of 5th Planet Games employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 5th Planet Games 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the pros of working at 5th Planet Games according to real employee reviews?

"Best management ever!" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about 5th Planet Games layoffs in 2026?

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5th Planet Games reviews

3.6

53% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Caspar Rose

100% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.8

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Senior management

2.7

Career opportunities

5th Planet Games has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 5th Planet Games employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

21 reviews

5.0

Aug 12, 2020

Berlin Mobile Game Studio - diverse studio with a creative team

Art lead

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

As a team we want to create great games, that are not just rushed out on the market. Every opinion is heard, and followed through if there is reason for it Everyone gets the chance to work on everything they would like to work on Avoid crunch policy Bonus program

Cons

The Berlin studio is fairly new, be prepared to run into kinks and nooks as gears are not yet running smoothly. It is left to the team members to form the team spirit. Expectations are not communicated well and leads to false or too high expectations.

1.0

Feb 6, 2020

New owners ruined everything

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

this was once a great place but is now worse than garbage.

Cons

5pg was bought by a Denmark based company that proceeded to try and force changes, dismantle teams, shut down projects and eventual close down the founding studio. They know nothing about making games, the games industry, managing a business, or dealing with people.

1.0

Nov 9, 2019

5th Planet is no more

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing anymore, see cons for explanation.

Cons

The acquisition put people in charge that do not understand games nor the market. The expectations seemed fair but it was all a lie as they pulled the rug out from under the only studio that was doing anything right. We just released a game that has immense potential and great numbers. The lack of understanding of core games probably just put the nail in the coffin for the company, not just our studio. The team that had been 5th planet for all these years is completely gone.

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