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
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update
- 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
As published by the developer.
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+
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
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.
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