I started playing Journey to the Savage Planet yesterday, and it is really quite good. It is a mix a 3d metroidvania exploration, survival game and light combat elements. Reminds me of Supraland a lot, but it focuses more on story, exploration and survival rather than puzzle solving.
It starts out in an enclosed area, which is a good thing in survival games imo. The comedic story is presented at a good pace with a reasonable amount of content, the graphics are colorful and beautiful for this type of game and you are introduced to some really nice metroidvania traversal gear after learning the basics in the first "play area". The combat is nothing to write home about, but it is a lot better than in Supraland at least. It feels good to control the main character and shooting stuff creates some nice squishy effects.
I think the game loses some momentum when you teleport to the next level instead of continuing to climb the same tower in one continuous level like you have been doing for the first couple of hours. That takes away some of the epicness of the exploration aspect, which is a shame, because that aspect was one of the strengths of the game. The game does a pretty good job of making everything you can see explorable, but there have been one or two times when I have fallen to my death after clipping through surfaces that should have been solid.
I would recommend the game broadly to people who are interested in metroidvania games and survival games. It is easy to pick up, it starts to be fun right away, but it is challenging and rewarding to find the secrets and complete the bonus objectives that are hidden away on the planet.