Deal | Atmospheric Steam open world survival-craft game with space exploration and free demo drops to all-time low in deal
Games like Subnautica have rocketed the open-world survival craft game genre into the mainstream, opening the doors to other indie developers to experiment with different twists on the genre. One such recent twist is Astrometica, which it pitched by its developer, RockGame, as a space exploration and base-building survival game. Astrometica launched to Steam Early Access in December 2024, and it has since earned itself a solid 81.5% positive review rating on Steam.
At the start of Astrometica, you find yourself alone and adrift in an emergency pod after surviving a catastrophic mining accident. From there, it's up to you to explore, gather resources, and survive in the vastness of space.
At the time of writing, Astrometica is discounted on Steam to its lowest-ever price of $13.99, making it a solid value, especially considering the developer's history of delivering content and QoL updates to the game. The game's prologue is also free to play on Steam if you aren't sure you want to commit just yet.
Astrometica reviews and gameplay highlights
Astrometica starts off slow, with the core gameplay mainly revolving around finding basic necessities and surviving, but as you progress and explore space, you will gather materials and resources in order to start building bases, researching new technologies, and expanding your reach. The base-building mechanics in Astrometica help keep you safe from the vastness of the open-world environment, automate resource gathering, and facilitate research. The bases themselves are modular, so you can build extravagant bases or bare-bones outposts as you see fit. In your travels, you will also encounter hostile alien entities and other bizarre creatures that add to the atmospheric and unsettling nature of your surroundings.
While the gameplay mostly revolves around exploring, building, researching, and expanding with new bases, there's more to the game. Similarly to Subnautica, Astrometica asks you to piece together clues to discover what happened to you and what caused the mining disaster that led to your current predicament. At the time of writing, there is around 30 hours of content, which is a decent deal for $13.99. Astrometica also has a platinum ProtonDB rating, meaning it should run perfectly on devices like the Lenovo Legion Go S (curr. $649.99 on Amazon) with SteamOS — a device we reviewed positively recently.
The Steam reviews for Astrometica are largely positive, with 81.5% of reviewers reviewing the game positively. Although the initial learning curve makes Astrometica challenging to get into and somewhat slower to start, most of the reviews praise Astrometica for its in-depth progression and customisation, stunning visuals, solid story, and rewarding exploration. Reviewers also often commented on how far the game has come over its early access period.
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