Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Single-player space mining sandbox with ship upgrades and pirate hunts
Jace Masula · Released Nov 30, 2015
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 454
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Jun 16, 2017
What is Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation?
A single-player space sandbox with a controllable 3D camera begins with your exile to a remote mining sector. You mine asteroids, refine and trade ore, upgrade your ship, and fight pirates across procedurally generated star systems linked by warp gates.
For you if...
- +you enjoy setting your own pace in a space sandbox
- +you want to explore procedurally generated star systems alone
Not for you if...
- −you want a story-driven campaign with varied missions
- −you expect combat to require frequent manual input
What players say
84% of 454 reviews are positive
Players praise the easy-to-learn ship outfitting and mining. Many say that clearing pirates, mining, and moving to the next system grows repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation system requirements
Minimum: Everything made since 200…, 0.2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP+
- Processor
- 1.00 Ghz
- Graphics
- Everything made since 2004 should work.
- Memory
- 200 MB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7+
Does Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Simulation
- Space
- Indie
- Adventure
- Sandbox
- Open World
- Mining
- Space Sim
- Singleplayer
- Procedural Generation
- Crafting
- Pirates
- Atmospheric
Recent updates
- Jun 16, 2017 · Build 67 : Local Save Game fix
- Jun 16, 2017 · Build 67 : Local Save Game fix
- Dec 28, 2015 · Update 63a (Bug Fix, New Feature)
- Dec 28, 2015 · Update 63a (Bug Fix, New Feature)
- Dec 14, 2015 · The Christmas Update.
