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Prospector: The First Contract
As the Prospector in this Prologue chapter, you will be taking on your first contract. Explore new planets, gather resources, build your fully automated base, and ship materials to distant colonies.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“cool game”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
I'm working on a new demo!
Hello Prospectors! I've been working really hard on some changes to the game that will hopefully result in a better experience. With the new changes Valve is implementing for demos, my publisher has d
Patch v0.4.10-31
🐛 Bug fixes Fixed an bug where supply lines would connect to themselves without a power source.
Patch v0.4.10-30
🐛Bug fixes Fixed an issue where various monitor resolutions would crash the game on start up
Patch v0.4.10-29 Supply Line Refactor
🛠Improvements & Changes Supply lines always provide energy and oxygen Supply lines can only connect to other supply lines or structures that have both power and oxygen Power routers that provide power
Patch v0.4.10-28
🛠 Improvements & Changes Reduced part count for circular progress bars to increase performance Decreased the rate of structure save data refreshes to increase performance 🐛 Bug fixes Fixed an issue wh
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Pixel Graphics · Survival · Automation · Open World · Exploration · Adventure · Building · Crafting · Base-Building · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Input API Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | http://loonworks.games |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and above Processor: 1.2Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB Storage: 2 GB available space