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Astrox Imperium
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep sandbox mechanics” (32 of 88 reviews) and “Offline freedom from toxicity” (16); the most common complaint is “Abandoned or stalled development” (20). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
32 of the 88 reviews raise this.
16 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Eve minus the toxicity.”
12 of the 88 reviews raise this.
9 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Had a blast so far. 228 hours have a full fleet looking for more updates. He has been working over 6 years on it. Give it a try...sad no MP though.”
“very good, its like EVE but offline. Alot to do and in depth. 9/10”
“I played EVE online and loved the game style, but grew weary of the multiplayer corporation hassle. I solo'd the game with three accounts and had a better time with it, but it was getting to be a bit much after 3 years.…”
8 of the 88 reviews raise this.
20 of the 88 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Another game in my Library that got abandoned and unfinished even tho I bought it years and years ago. The game looks pretty, but that is as far as it goes, there is a framework for a game here along with mechanics, and…”
9 of the 88 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Another game in my Library that got abandoned and unfinished even tho I bought it years and years ago. The game looks pretty, but that is as far as it goes, there is a framework for a game here along with mechanics, and…”
“I see a lot of negative reviews and they're not wrong on the issues with the current state of the game. I have fun when I load up my game save or start a new galaxy. The cons I have with the game: 1) The asteroid…”
“game okay, but unfinished abandonware. just acquire it somewhere else.”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 88 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. According to several reviewers, the game is essentially abandonware. The developer is doing nothing to update it, and it is riddled with bugs that render it unplayable the further you go. Just…”
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“It's quite strange that this game has been in Early Access since 2019 - I don't really understand Steam's idea that projects can have this status for years on end; it's so idiotic! The game itself is pretty interesting, and it does slightly resemble EVE Online with some of its…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“I'm loving it so far. It's Eve Offline basically but in in several instances, much better. Here's what I dig about this game: + The time control option is awesome for fixing the problem I have with a lot of space games, the slow paced transport missions taking 10-20 minutes of…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Really disappointed, this could have been a go-to game but the dev apparently abandoned it. Shame I had such high hopes for this one!”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Build 160: Merc Ship RomCom
Build 0.0160 - Optimized the Ship preview window code for the Station Shipyard. - Fixed bug that allowed the ship windows to zoom and rotate even thought the mouse cursor was not within the bounds of
The UI is free
Build 0.0159 - Fixed a number of soft code errors, unused variables mostly, still around 70 to go. - Fixed bug with negative boxcollider size component, causing issues with collider mesh generation wh
Unity 6 Update.
Build 0.0158 The Astrox Imperium project has been updated to 6000.3.3f1 - Major changes to the cloaking systems have been implemented. No longer will nearby objects adjust the rate at which the cloak
Build 157: Skills Database balancing.
Build 0.0157 This update focuses on the re-balancing of skills, skill book costs, skill point requirements, and skill effect values per level. Some of the skill effect values have also changes. These
Build 156: Missions Database and Fixes.
Build 0.0156 This update focuses mainly on the Missions database. You can test this out in the momoslab MOD. Once all the balancing changes are applied and tested, They will be moved to the main defau
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Space · Simulation · Indie · Early Access · Space Sim · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Open World · Atmospheric · Mining · Sci-fi · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Stats · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 45 |
| Official site | http://AstroxImperium.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bits) Processor: Intel Core® i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 470 / AMD Radeon® HD 6870 / DX10 compatible GPU with at least 2GB VRAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Only 64 bits versions of Windows are supported.