SimulationFit check
Is Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Space-simulation players who want mining and trading to be central activities
- Players who prefer generated star systems and missions over a fixed galaxy
- Players interested in upgrading ships and training skills across extended progression
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a tightly scripted, linear campaign rather than generated systems and missions
- Players who prefer brief sessions with little ongoing ship and skill progression
- Players seeking a space game without mining, trading, or pirate combat
Our take on Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
The core loop begins with a basic mining setup: gather asteroid ore, decide whether to refine or trade it, and use the proceeds to develop the ship while moving through generated star systems.
What is Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation?
Starting in a mining sector with a basic ship, laser, and mining beam, players gather asteroids and choose whether to sell or refine the ore.
Trading also covers refined components and other goods. The proceeds can go toward ship upgrades as players travel through procedurally generated star systems linked by warp gates and pursue pirates. The game includes 7 asteroid types, 33 ships, 144 modules and items, generated missions and events, and 24 trainable skills with 100 levels each. Players can customize galaxies, clear pirate hideouts, explore the space between star systems, and continue in a new galaxy after securing one. Camera control is fully three-dimensional.
How Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation plays
- 01Ore Processing
- Asteroids can be mined, refined, or sold, with trading also available for components and other goods.
- 02Procedural Star Systems
- Systems are generated and linked by warp gates, with generated names, locations, missions, news, and events.
- 03Ship Customization
- The game offers 33 ships and 144 modules and items, alongside 24 recipes for crafting upgrades.
- 04Galaxy Progression
- Players can secure a galaxy and then continue in a newly created one.
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Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation: platforms & release
Is Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation worth it?
It is worth it if: space-simulation players who want mining and trading to be central activities. Skip it if: players looking for a tightly scripted, linear campaign rather than generated systems and missions.
Where can I download Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation?
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What platforms is Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation on?
Windows only.
