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Turn Astroneer’s chill spacefaring into a hardcore survival nightmare with its custom game modeMake the chill space game not-so-chill, if you want
Make the chill space game not-so-chill, if you want
Image credit:System Era Softworks
Image credit:System Era Softworks
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ASTRONEER - Custom Games Update Trailer
“This update cracks open Astroneer in a way that allows players to do all sorts of really fun things,” read thepatch notesfrom developers System Era. “From creating new saves with unique characteristics like hardcore permadeath, to setting up exact scenarios and speedruns, the custom games tools added will allow you to make the experience your own and then share them with others.”
“We have always wanted to add new game modes,” explains System Era, “but we felt that might be too prescriptive.” Their compromise was to let the community play with all these options instead. Once you have a configuration that you’re happy with, you can share it with friends on every platform. System Era note that there are “bound to be some interesting results based on how many changes we have made,” so things may get a little weird and/or broken up in space.
The RPS Treehouse reckons Astroneer is amongthe best survival games on PC, as we said: “Even without the struggle, Astroneer has plenty of momentum.” More ways to play and customise the game can only be a good thing, especially if you’re craving more “struggle.” I haven’t been back to the colourful craft ‘em up for a few years, but I’ll certainly be making a return visit for this, especially when other recent updates have addedrailwaysand akickass hoverboard.
Astroneer is usually available onSteamfor £24/€28/$30, but there’s currently a big 60% discount. You can also play the game through Game Pass.
