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May 1, 2018

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E McNeill

Astraeus is a VR asteroid mining RTS game that's quick to play, easy to learn, and enormous in scope. Build a mining network from dozens of bases, and watch as hundreds of ships swarm around you in a dazzling web of light.

In the near future, dozens of companies are operating in the asteroid belt, fighting for their share of the biggest gold rush in history. Your job is to control swarms of mining drones, build a network of bases, and outpace the competition. Or crush them.

Astraeus was created as the winning entry in the Qualcomm VR Developer Challenge, an online reality show for VR development. It is the fourth VR strategy game from E McNeill, along with Darknet, Tactera, and Skylight.

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4.55

59 ratings

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Occy999

March 7, 2019

5/5

Exceptional

The more I played the more I appreciated how brilliantly this game was designed. Simple controls, but a world of strategy. A game perfectly created for the Go. Drained the battery several times trying to beat a single level. AI doesn't cut you any slack. You are like Ender, controlling squadrons that surround you with a flick of my wrist. Action, observation, counter-action. As the AI amends his strategy mid-game, so must you. This game could not exist outside of VR, and I think that is what makes it so work so well inside VR. Excited to see what a game like this will be on the Quest.

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tacomcca

May 14, 2018

5/5

Must have title

If you enjoy strategy games this is a must own for people. The missions take about 10-20 minutes to complete (so far) and the visuals are fantastic. The controls are solid on my oculus go and I'm having a blast building my space mining empire. Thanks for this gem of a game.

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CosmicOsprey6447

January 19, 2020

5/5

Awesome one of the best games on the go, and one of my fav strategy games. Please make more levals.

21 found this helpful

jlager

May 13, 2018

5/5

Very slick graphics and a ton of fun

This developer keeps kicking b. Darknet was a superslick game and this game equally is amazingly well done. Story, sound effects, the gameplay itself is simply fun and entertaining. Action is fast, but since the developer understands how to navigate the VR 3D space extremely well, you never get motion sickness. Need to see if this game has multiplayer as well in future updates. Highly recommended.

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ddougherty2

June 1, 2018

5/5

Excellent strategy game

I’m a huge fan of real-time strategy games on mobile. This takes the fun to a whole new level (or should I say “dimension”)! First game on the Go that really hooked me. Only suggestion would be to have the asteroids change appearance based on the type of base you create. Not a big deal, but it would be really cool and make the game even more fun.

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