History VideoGame / Astroneer

''[[https://astroneer.space Astroneer]]'' (stylized as "ASTRONEER") is a SurvivalSandbox exploration game from System Era Softworks, currently available for Windows [=PCs=], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The player (or players) takes on the role of an "[[TitleDrop astroneer]]" in the 25th century, hired by a mining conglomerate to explore and exploit various planets.

The game went on sale on Steam and [[UsefulNotes/XBoxOne Xbox One]] in January of 2019 with a radically overhauled interplanetary flight system and a bare-bones plot progression mechanic, although there is still no dialogue or narration in the game.

''[[https://astroneer.space Astroneer]]'' is a SurvivalSandbox exploration game from System Era Softworks, currently available for Windows [=PCs=], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The player (or players) takes on the role of an "[[TitleDrop astroneer]]" in the 25th century, hired by a mining conglomerate to explore and exploit various planets.

* PortalCrossroadWorld: The Gateway Portal is a satellite with portals to every planet.
* PortalNetwork: Alien portals can be found on equator and poles of each planet. [[spoiler:Plus one more at the core of each, and a nexus that ties them together.]]

* MatterReplicator: Available in multiple tiers. One in your backpack can print items taking up 1 inventory slot, including a Small Printer. Small Printer then can print items that take 2 connected slots and platforms to put them on, including a Medium Printer. Medium covers 4-slot items, including most of the base structures. Large Printer goes for Extra Large items, most of which can't even be put on platforms after being unpacked as they are biggest vehicles and platforms in themselves.

* BeneathTheEarth: All planets have extensive, multilayer cave networks, full of dangerous plants and resources.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Averted after release. However, the pre-release versions had windstorms hurling rocks and spiky balls, giant worms digging pits and lying in wait, plants that explode or impale you on spikes, aggressive plants that will attack you on sight... the Old Solar System is not a nice place.

* ImpossiblyCompactFolding: Pretty much all objects built by user unfold from a noticeably smaller packages - and can be folded right back with a one-use Packager.

** If a rover ends up wrong-end-up after a tumble, such as down the side of a mountain, after 2-3 seconds the "Exit Vehicle" key will switch to "Flip Vehicle"

** The gateway at the center of each planet happens to refill your oxygen, which is good because bringing a vehicle or a line of oxygen tethers down to that place would be a nightmare.
** Every planet has the resources necessary to build a base, a basic shuttle and a thruster for it, so even if you lose your regular shuttle or run out of fuel, you aren't stranded. It may be quite hard to pull off on some planets with tougher terrain types, but still entirely possible.

* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: Partially averted; none of the planets, not even the Earth-like Sylva, have a breathable atmosphere, though gravity tends to be close to Earth's.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Windstorms hurling rocks and spiky balls, giant worms digging pits and lying in wait, mushrooms that explode or impale you on spikes, carnivorous plants...this solar system is not a nice place.

''[[https://astroneer.space Astroneer]]'' is a SurvivalSandbox exploration game from System Era Softworks, currently available for Windows [=PCs=] UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The player (or players) takes on the role of an "[[TitleDrop astroneer]]" in the 25th century, hired by a mining conglomerate to explore and exploit various planets.

* SingleBiomePlanet: Used to be the case, but mostly averted after release.

* SingleBiomePlanet: Used to be the case, but mostly averted after release. Only Desolo the Terran moon remains a barren wasteland.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Windstorms hurling rocks and spiky balls, giant worms digging pits and lying in wait, mushrooms that explode or impale you on spikes, carnivorous plants...the galaxy is not a nice place.
* FastTunneling: Terrain Tool is very fast by realistic standarts, but since 1.0 it's now possible to build a full DrillTank.

* GuideDangIt: Compared to most other games that simply use "[X] ore" for metals, this game uses the scientific names of a given ore so it can be confusing if you've not read much about geology.

* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: Partially averted; none of the planets have a breathable atmosphere, though gravity tends to be close to Earth's.

* SingleBiomePlanet: Used to be the case, but mostly averted after release. Only aptly named Desolo moon remains a barren wasteland.
* TechnoWreckage: It is possible to find a destroyed base, much like yours. As disheartening as it is, it always contained something useful. Later patches added wrecked vehicles, and also the remains of satellites vastly larger than anything you could ever build. You can attach their solar panels to your power grid for a colossal power boost.

* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens: If it spins, it's working.

* TechnoWreckage: It is possible to find a destroyed base, much like yours. As disheartening as it is, it always contained something useful. Later patches added wrecked vehicles, and also the remains of satellites vastly larger than anything you could ever build. You can attach their solar panels to your power grid for a colossal power boost.

''[[https://astroneer.space Astroneer]]'' is a SurvivalSandbox exploration game from System Era Softworks, currently available for Windows [=PCs=] and UsefulNotes/XboxOne. The player (or players) takes on the role of an "[[TitleDrop astroneer]]" in the 25th century, hired by a mining conglomerate to explore and exploit various planets.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You will find yourself doing this over and over.
* MatterReplicator: Of the spiced up 3D printer variety. The shelter will even print a new you if you die.

* TeleportersAndTransporters and PortalNetwork: Alien portals can be found on equator and poles of each planet. [[spoiler:Plus one more at the core of each, and a nexus that ties them together.]]

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The gateway at the center of each planet happens to refill your oxygen, which is good because bringing a vehicle or a line of oxygen tethers down to that place would be a nightmare.