ASTRONEER (2019)

Developer: System Era Softworks
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.6 of 5, 138,627 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 37 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

You drift through a pastel solar system, reshaping alien soil and snapping together bases at your own unhurried pace.

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What players say

Players describe it as a chill space sandbox with satisfying resource gathering and base building, but note the early game offers little guidance. Performance glitches can cause lost items, and opinions split on the DLC, which some find buggy. Crossplay is limited without renting a server.

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