There is also a portable oxygenator which can be carried by a player to be self-sufficient and unrestrained (this requires a nanocarbon alloy to make).Ī mining tool allows the player to unearth resources, reshape landscapes, and illuminate dark spaces. This tool can also be attached to a medium or large rover to provide O2 on the go, too. When low on oxygen, the astroneer recharges by tethering to poles in the ground the tethers are extendable if attached in succession (possible after collecting the compound resource) to either a home base structure or land vehicle as of the game's full release, an "oxygenator" is required in a home base to provide extended reach of oxygen when tethering. Ammonium is converted into hydrazine fuel for the astroneer's spacecraft.
The player controls an astronaut (called an astroneer) who navigates on foot, or by lunar rover or spacecraft.Ĭrafting extends to vehicles, spacecraft, modules (smelted into core components), and oxygen reserve tanks. Its open world planets, wherein terraforming can take place, are subject to procedural generation with the exception of some planet specific resources. Astroneer has no set goal or storyline, though each planet holds challenges for players to complete.Īstroneer is a sandbox adventure game played from a third-person view. The player is tasked with colonizing planets, creating structures, and mining resources. An early access version of the game was released on December 16, 2016, and a 1.0 version of the game was released on February 6, 2019. Astroneer is a sandbox adventure game developed by System Era Softworks.