Terry’s Terraforming comes from Really Interactive, a Stockholm studio that also made Toran and Virtuoso. It was announced in May as Janet’s Planets, renamed before launch, and released on Meta Quest 3 and 3S on 22 October 2026. A Steam version is listed but has no date yet.

You play a new hire at a cheerful company that repairs dying planets for alien clients. Each customer needs a particular “sweet spot” of temperature, moisture and plant life, and you have around 15 tools to get there, from slingshotting asteroids to starting forest fires. Every tool costs money, so the aim is to hit the target cheaply and quickly. The story campaign runs about five to six hours, and there is a sandbox mode and daily challenges with leaderboards.

What makes it interesting for schools is where the idea came from. Swedish coverage reports that the game draws on a research project by Sabine Höhler, a professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, on the science and fiction of terraforming, including Mars, closed ecosystems and space ecology. She acted as scientific adviser. The developers are clear that it is not a realistic climate simulation, but a playful way to experiment with how ecosystems respond when you change them.

This review is based on the store listing, the developer’s announcements and published coverage, not on hands-on play.