Thursday18th Jun 2026

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  Hands On Astroneer Turns Co-Op Extraction Adventure, But Is 'Starseeker' Worth Playing In Early Access?

  Get to the drop ship

  System Era Softworks’ Astroneer launched nearly 10 years ago, and its charming galactic sandbox remains a gem of the survival genre. With its accessible, cartoony spin on freeform adventure, Astroneer invited you to explore colourful worlds, uncover secrets, and hoover up resources while reshaping the environment around you...

  • Thu 18th Jun 2026
  • Features
  • Hands on
  • Nintendo Switch 2

Wednesday8th Oct 2025

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  News Devolver Digital Drops 17-Minute Gameplay Vid For Switch 2 Space Adventure 'Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions'

  Starseekers Unite!

  We've already had a very brief glimpse of System Era Softworks and Devolver Digital's rather excellent-looking Starseeker Astroneer Expeditions during the Switch 2 Direct six months back, and now the game has gone and got itself a great big 17-minute gameplay reveal, so we can get a proper look at exactly what it entails. You can...

  • Wed 8th Oct 2025
  • Nintendo Switch 2
  • Upcoming Releases
  • News

Wednesday25th Jan 2023

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  News Astroneer's Story Reaches Conclusion With Free 'Awakening' Update, Out Now

  Wake up, space man!

  Astroneer, the gorgeous sandbox space game, is getting a brand new free update today. Titled 'Awakening', this is the culmination of the game's story, ending what has been a beautiful journey across space. Focusing heavily on the narrative, Awakening sees you receive an urgent mission from a brand new character. Your journey...

  • Wed 25th Jan 2023
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates

Tuesday6th Dec 2022

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  News Astroneer Lands Seasonal Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Holiday special

  Astroneer, the charming little Minecraft-meets-No Man's Sky sandbox, won us over when it was released back in January of this year and we have been enjoying regular updates ever since. Now the good folk over at System Era Softworks have introduced new festive content in an update titled 'Project C.H.E.E.R'. Aside from the usual bug...

  • Tue 6th Dec 2022
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates

Tuesday12th Jul 2022

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  News Astroneer Update Adds Trains, Plus New Narrative Mysteries And Merch

  Slightly delayed on Switch

  Astroneer's latest update is a doozy, adding everyone's favourite form of transport: The train. If you've played Astroneer, you'll have witnessed first-hand how unreliable cars are (we once spent a stressful hour trying to get a giant rover out of the centre of the planet), but with trains, you'll be able to zip across...

  • Tue 12th Jul 2022
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Updates
  • Delays

Friday25th Mar 2022

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  News Astroneer Update 1.24.29.0 Adds Keyboard Support On Console, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Squashing more space bugs

  Another update has been released for spacefaring base-builder Astroneer, and this time, it brings with it a bunch of quality-of-life improvements, including mouse and keyboard support for consoles, remappable inputs, and accessibility options. Plus, of course, there's bug fixes. There are always bug fixes. Alongside the...

  • Fri 25th Mar 2022
  • Updates
  • Patches
  • Nintendo Switch

Friday11th Feb 2022

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  News Astroneer 1.23.132.0 Update Adds New Home Screen Icon, Here Are The Patch Notes

  Say goodbye to bugs and hello to snails

  The Astroneer 1.23.132.0 Xenobiology hotfix update was released on all consoles on the 3rd of February, for all consoles except the Switch, which needed a little more work. Now it's live on the Switch, too! Yay! The full patch notes are below, but there's one big update you'll notice immediately: The home...

  • Fri 11th Feb 2022
  • Updates
  • Nintendo Switch

Monday17th Jan 2022

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  News Astroneer Partners With ColorWare For Limited-Run Custom Nintendo Switch

  It'll take 2 Nanocarbon Alloys to print, though

  Astroneer just came out on the Nintendo Switch, and now Nintendo Switch is coming out on the Astroneer. That is to say, there's a new Nintendo Switch in an Astroneer design. Yeah. It's not an official design from Nintendo, like the Diamond and Pearl one that came out last year, but a collaboration...

  • Mon 17th Jan 2022
  • Nintendo Switch

Thursday13th Jan 2022

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  News Astroneer Is Out On Switch Today, With 'Xenobiology' Update That Adds Space Snails

  "Galastropods" can be raised as pets

  The lovely space-based sandbox adventure game Astroneer is out today on Nintendo Switch, alongside a new update that — for the first time in the game's six-year history — adds living creatures to the world. (You can read our Astroneer review here, by the way. We really liked it, and not just because of the...

  • Thu 13th Jan 2022
  • Updates
  • Nintendo Switch

Wednesday8th Dec 2021

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  News Astroneer Gets January Release Date, And Finally Adds Cute Animals To The Game

  Switch: The Final Frontier

  Astroneer is a brilliant little base-building space exploration game with literal hidden depths, as you explore the network of procedurally-generated caves beneath your base, and harvest minerals with your handy terraforming gun. Once you've managed to settle your home planet, it's time to build a rocket and blast off to...

  • Wed 8th Dec 2021
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Indies

Wednesday11th Aug 2021

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  News Space Base-Building Astroneer Is Finally Coming To Switch

  Astroneerer than ever

  Astroneer is a lot like that Matt Damon movie, The Martian, except instead of Matt Damon, it's you, and instead of potatoes, it's... building a base, exploring the alien wilds, and uncovering long-lost extraterrestrial secrets. It's not really a lot like The Martian, then. Except for being set in space. You'll play as a tiny,...

  • Wed 11th Aug 2021
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Indies
  • Indie World