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Astronomics

Numizmatic · 2025-02-10

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to the asteroid belt. The work is dangerous, the asteroids are temporary, and Earth is prohibitively expensive. Build automated mining operations, complete contracts, and earn your way back home.

Astronomics is an Action, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 678 reviews).

37
playing now
89%
positive of 724 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! In the not so distant future the cost of living on Earth has become astronomical - a paradise for the lucky few wo can afford it and only an aspiration for those who can’t. Sorry, but you aren't one of the lucky ones. Fortunately you’ve got a sure fire path to profit in the asteroid belt thanks to your pseudo employment contract with the Cube Corporation and their motivational representative CUBO. Command a customizable star ship and assemble a faithful crew of bots as you save up for that ticket to Earth and get to fina(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (170 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 724 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15715720252026Week of 2025-02-10: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6162026-09-15 22:00 — 50 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 43 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 55 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 38 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 39 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 30 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 38 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 42 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 40 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36312Feb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 363 · peak 1,004Mar 2025 — avg 90 · peak 236Apr 2025 — avg 33 · peak 87May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 40Jun 2025 — avg 42 · peak 124Jul 2025 — avg 54 · peak 194Aug 2025 — avg 58 · peak 169Sep 2025 — avg 19 · peak 45Oct 2025 — avg 55 · peak 194Nov 2025 — avg 31 · peak 131Dec 2025 — avg 49 · peak 106Jan 2026 — avg 31 · peak 92Feb 2026 — avg 43 · peak 118Mar 2026 — avg 28 · peak 68Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 50May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 16 · peak 57Jul 2026 — avg 25 · peak 58Aug 2026 — avg 69 · peak 467
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$13.992025-02-102026-09-292025-02-10 — best price $17.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $17.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $15.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $15.592025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-10 — best price $15.592025-10-24 — best price $19.992025-11-28 — best price $14.992025-12-12 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-10 — best price $14.992026-02-24 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $14.992026-07-28 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DSpaceActionPhysicsColorfulStrategyTop-DownManagementExplorationEarly Access

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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