Starminer
News, coverage and analysis tracking Starminer across the outlets.- Starminer Early AccessStarminer has launched in Early Access on Steam for PC, developed by CoolAndGoodGames. This space simulation sandbox allows players to explore and build in a vast universe. The game is now available for purchase and play.
There are a million ways to deliver ore in Starminer, a real-time space strategy sim with zero-G physics - just beware your greed doesn't attract the aliensStarminer, a new early access real-time space strategy game from CoolAndGoodGames, features zero-G physics and modular ship design. Players mine resources but must beware of attracting hostile aliens as their heat signature grows. The game will receive further updates and content over the next year.
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Starminer will jump into Early Access in MayCoolAndGoodGames announced that their physics-based logistics and shipbuilding simulation, Starminer, will launch into Early Access on May 27th. The game features Newtonian physics and a heat management system. Early Access will focus on balancing the game's economy, metagame, and expanding the tech tree, with plans for multiplayer and modding tools.