Obscure

Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation

84% positive of 446 Steam reviews

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Not tested
Known on: Steam, itch.io

Made by Jace Masula.

About the game

Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.

What sets it apart

Space
Mining
Space Sim
Pirates
Sandbox
Simulation
Open World
Procedural Generation
Crafting
Adventure
Atmospheric

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Obscure

Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation

84% positive of 446 Steam reviews

See it on Steam

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Not tested
Known on: Steam, itch.io

Made by Jace Masula.

About the game

What sets it apart

Space
Mining
Space Sim
Pirates
Sandbox
Simulation
Open World
Procedural Generation
Crafting
Adventure
Atmospheric

What players say

Recommended
Just ran into this game. I am a refugee from EVE... in that I cannot take the community anymore. I blame it more on myslef in that I am older and the crowd playing EVE seems much younger than me. I don't mind the Players who pirate as much as the restt of the players. Having said that I read that this game was EVE light so I gave it a try for $10. I love it. I currently have it set fairly easy so I can learn it.…
9.9 h played when written. 307 found it helpful.
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Recommended
One of the biggest pros of this game is that the dev really, really cares. It is a fully realeased game but it seems the dev is very intent on working on it in the future and adding more features. Best way I could describe it is eve offline. It isn't the most graphic heavy game but that doesn't take anything away from it for me, it still looks good and plays good.
13 h played when written. 110 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I followed the good reviews stating this is a "mini EVE", without the hassle of the monthly fee (which isn't the best for a casual player), the over-demanding community and the overwhelming gameplay. Eventually, it took just a few hours of play to run out of thrill. I was surely looking for a simpler gameplay, but this is too simple. You just mine (for convenience almost always the same ore), refine for credits,…
8.9 h played when written. 32 found it helpful.
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