Ready to blast off to distant planets and strike it rich? Astro Miner: Complete Edition, a colourful mining adventure packed with upgrades and exploration, has launched on Xbox and PC.
Developed and published by QubicGames, this comprehensive package is available right now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows PC for the budget-friendly price of just £5.79.
Forget buying DLC separately; this “Complete Edition” is the only way to get Astro Miner on Xbox and PC, and it arrives pre-loaded with the base game plus the Caves and Moons DLC packs, offering a substantial amount of content right from the start.
Explore, Mine, Sell, Upgrade!
Astro Miner invites you to become an interplanetary prospector with a simple yet addictive mission: fly to extraordinary planets, mine valuable minerals, and sell them back at your base to fund better gear and bigger expeditions!
The core gameplay loop sees you using your trusty vacuum gun to suck up colourful crystals from diverse planetary terrains – you can create strategic corridors or just blast your way through using dynamite. Once your backpack is full, head back to base to sell your haul and earn cash.
This money fuels the extensive upgrade system; spend your hard-earned money on a wide variety of upgrades for your mining machine (improving its capacity, force, speed, and storage), enhance your character’s backpack and the vacuum gun itself, or even hire workers and build an auto-miner machine to speed things up.
Be prepared though, as the mining gets more difficult over time with more challenging terrains requiring better equipment and smarter strategies.
Bonus Worlds, Cool Rides & Prehistoric Pals
The Complete Edition ensures you have plenty to see and do beyond the main planets:
- Explore Moons & Caves: Jump into 12 bonus Moon levels (included via DLC) offering great cash rewards, and delve into 12 bonus underground Cave mines (also DLC) where extra gold coins await for spending on power-ups or skins.
- Unlock Vehicles: Spend your gold coins not just on upgrades and skins, but also on awesome vehicles! Who wouldn’t want to cruise around an alien planet on a hoverboard? The included DLC also adds the Red Carpet, Rainbow Cloud, Flying Boat, and UFO vehicles!
- Utilise Power-ups: Found in the underground caves (or unlocked via missions), power-ups like increased backpack capacity, a crystal-attracting magnet, or a terrain-melting jetpack can give you a temporary edge (but cost gold to use).
- Revive Fossils: Discover fossils of amazing creatures that once roamed these planets. Use super technology to bring them back to life, and they’ll follow you around providing various helpful bonuses!
Want to share the workload (and the profits)? Invite a friend! Astro Miner supports 2-player local co-op, allowing you to mine, upgrade, and explore together. Pick your favourite skins, hop on your hoverboards, and get rich as a team.
Another Gem from QubicGames?
Publisher QubicGames has been delivering a steady stream of diverse, budget-friendly titles to the Xbox Store recently. We’ve just seen the spooky Eyes: The Horror Game, the addictive Helix Jump, and the maze-painting AMAZE!.
Astro Miner: Complete Edition adds a colourful mining and upgrading adventure to their growing library.
Key Features
- Interplanetary Mining: Explore planets, mine valuable crystals with a vacuum gun or dynamite.
- Upgrade Everything: Enhance your gear, character, backpack, auto-miner, and hire workers.
- Includes Caves & Moons DLC: 24 bonus levels across underground mines and moons, offering extra rewards.
- Unlockable Vehicles: Ride hoverboards, a Red Carpet, Rainbow Cloud, Flying Boat, and even a UFO!
- Power-Ups & Skins: Use gold coins found in caves for temporary boosts and cosmetic unlocks.
- Revive Fossil Companions: Bring ancient creatures back to life for passive bonuses.
Ready to Start Digging?
Astro Miner: Complete Edition looks like a fun, feature-packed mining adventure with a satisfying upgrade loop, plenty of exploration, and the bonus of co-op play. Bundling the base game and DLC for just £5.79 makes it an attractive package.
It’s available right now on the Xbox Store for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Put on your space suit and start digging for riches.
Astro Miner Description
Fly to extraordinary planets with different terrains and start mining valuable minerals to sell them in your base. Create corridors to reach stacks of crystals, or do it your own way and mine wherever you like with the help of dynamites. Hire workers and build an auto-miner machine to speed up your work! Over time, mining gets more difficult because of more challenging terrains. Collect money to buy various upgrades for your mining machine, workers, vacuum gun, your character and the backpack you are carrying. This way you will be well prepared and get all the minerals out much faster!
