Astronomics

As someone who usually sinks hundreds of hours into complex, sprawling settlement builders and deep grand strategy campaigns, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Astronomics. It strips away heavy logistical burdens and delivers a much lighter, more casual approach to automation. The core loop of touching down on passing asteroids, dropping extractors, and linking up monorails is undeniably fun. The mechanics are simple but highly engaging, quickly pulling you into an addictive rhythm of mining resources and upgrading your mobile freighter. It’s absolutely perfect for shorter play sessions when you just want to optimize a quick supply chain without managing a massive, multi-system empire. However, the game eventually runs out of steam. If you're looking for that deep, multi-layered endgame hook that keeps you meticulously tweaking a colony for weeks, you won't find it here. The overarching purpose feels a bit thin, and without grander challenges or deeper systems to master, the short-burst missions start to feel repetitive. It’s a fantastic, stress-free management game for a quick diversion, but after a few hours, you'll likely find yourself ready to move on to something with a bit more meat on its bones.

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Its a simple low stress game if you set difficulty to easy and pirate level to 1 and increase time you get to do the asteroids and set time for crafting to fastest. These settings allow you to just zone out and play around while listening to music. Can be very relaxing.

Fun mining game. good vibes, chill times. feel rewarding and scratches my little loot goblin itch.

I came across Astronomics early on into its EA release. It has grown steadily since then and keeps getting better with each update. The game definitely scratches the exploration and mining itch and has consistently been one of my most played games. They’ve recently added liquid extraction and soon to add gas extraction as well. Light combat as well which can be turned off if you don’t want it. Very solid game, with minor EA visual bugs. For me personally there are a couple things that I feel can be balanced/optimized a bit better as it can feel a little grindy at times. I also wish that I could pin missions on to the HUD. Small things that I’m sure will be sorted out before 1.0 release. If I could make 1 gameplay suggestion to the devs that would be, when mining if you don’t clear out the rocks around minerals using the laser before using the tether to remove it from its place, I’d like to see some sort of quantity or quality penalty. I feel like it would had a level of strategy as the player wouldnt be able to let a turret destroy all the rocks if they want to get the most of highest quality item. All in all worth the purchase as it it now. Support the Devs, they deserve it!

Can we please fast track this game to get verified status on steam deck? This game is awesome!

For a game that is currently "0.7" in terms of Early Access, it's doing well for itself! The extraction loop of jumping in, sucking an asteroid dry of it's resources (pause) and then getting out of there is an excellent 20-30 min gameplay cycle. Each asteroid makes you plan, calculate and execute your mining operation in a slightly different way with a looming time deadline. Cranes, Monorails, Turrets, and an army of sentient minion-style Roombas help you to immerse yourself in a "Surviving Mars" style operation. Progession is...slow, to say the least. That said, the grind feels good to jump in, mine two asteroids, and jump out - and when you do unlock something good for your Command Bot/Ship/Loadout it does feel good to cut down time on some tasks which means the hard work is worth the reward. Some top reviews have complained about the Manufacturing Bays on the ship taking far too long to produce recipes and I'd completely agree - we shouldn't have to twiddle our thumbs waiting for our Freight Bays to become free. That said, there isn't really much more for me to grumble about at this stage. Game feels solid for something in Early Access, the Pirate/Robot enemies are little more than a slight nuisance, and if the content keeps coming then I think it's in a really good place. Well worth it on a sale, i've put 25 hours in and I don't feel like i've either run out of things to do, but equally nor do I find myself wondering what the end of a revolver tastes like in real life, so it's a nice middle-point for this kind of grindy game. One to keep an eye on, but well worth it in a sale if you fancy it.

9/10 (and I'm pretty sure it's going to be +1 over the course of Early Access) It's basically crack for anyone with only minimal amounts of problem solving capabilities. Crazy well thought out gameplay loop with partial automation and increasing efficiency in mining / harvesting / fighting pirates being the main player progression. The progression felt pretty much like in Astroneer, which is very good. Dev is very active and responsive in Discord.