My friend placed a portal from a quest near our base and using it gives a full screen advertisement to every player currently in the game to buy the DLC. It's an eye sore constantly making sound and there is no way to remove the giant advertisement next to our base without buying the DLC. This is absolutely atrocious design and permanently blemished our save file after 16 hours of playing. We payed money for this game we shouldn't be punished with a constant reminder that there's DLC because we wanted to see what a quest had.

STEAM really needs a neither yes or no option.

I think this game is really great!

I like everything about it, but I cannot play it because, try as I have, I've been unable to lock the mouse to my main monitor which results in my mouse being on the other screen without me knowing leading to all kinds of deaths and misclicks and launching apps on my other screen, etc.

I just can't play it this way.

I've tried all the fixes and now I am just tired of trying.

So, if this isn't annoying to you, get the game.

I am going to have to uninstall and shelve this title until either the devs add that option or I can find some other fix for it. I am really open to try anything, because I really like this game and want to play it.

I won't recommend it though which is unfair a little, but it seems like this problem has been going on for YEARS now and a lot of players have asked for a lock to primary screen option.

If ever there is an option added to lock the mouse or someone finds a fix that actually works, I'll change this to Positive.

Upon first glance I didn't think much about this game and looked like a quick port from mobile to PC. Upon purchasing the game, playing with friends, and making an effort to understand the user interface better turns out this is a pretty decent game. Astroneer will either appeal to you or won't. It's not as dangerous or hard as other survive / craft builders, but leans a little more towards casual play. Nothing will kill ya except for heights and certain plants.

Astroneer's gameplay is actually quite rock solid for what it is. The reason (for me) is that the user interface was done extremely well. Rather than encumbering the player with a loaded inventory, everything is readily available upon a click or a drag. I found this part of the game absolutely unique and an integral part in the gameplay mechanics. Items feels quick to grab and it all feels natural. That being said, the rest of the game follows any other crafter or builder. The difference here is the player is only able to make complete components rather than sections. The player is able to place where these components go, connect them to power, and rotate them in any way the player would like. Research needs to be done by the player (or by a machine) in order to gain research points. Once enough research points are earned the player can use that to unlock further structures that can refine materials, unlock new carriable or craft able items, and new vehicle unlocks like a floating surfboard or VTOL.

Exploring is interesting. At first the world is a little much to take in as its completely open and not many markers appear. Like I said prior there isn't any heads-up or much to look for or indicate as the player plays. There is a useful index that the player can pull out (and use to unlock other components) in addition to the player being able to access the mission logs through the landing pad. This sort of gives the player a little direction in what to do or where to go. There are different biomes, planets, and moons. Of course, common materials are on every planet (amounts vary), but more specific rare refining materials will vary planet to planet. Although the planets themselves are randomly seeded, there is a consistency in the solar system with the amount of planets and moons. The player is allowed to travel between the planets, but travel wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. The player casually points to a planet they want to land on (hopefully ensuring they have enough materials packaged before they leave their current planet). There is no free flying of the sort, only vehicles on the planet.

The visuals and graphics are suitable to the games atmosphere. There is absolutely no user interface either than the UI directly used in gameplay. Sort of like Hydroneer, the player has to plan their moves with their limited inventory spots. Instead of pulling up a menu to store items, items are stored right from playing. For example, if there is an item on the ground the player wants to store, they can do that either by picking it up and placing it in their backpack or simply pressing another button (in addition to grab) to quickly store it. Energy and oxygen are both displayed on the back of the backpack. The worlds don't feel too barren, but there aren't any insane views that can be found in the game. The sounds and music were also well done. Players can pick up on their surroundings by listening to the different noises that the game makes. The music was soothing and pleasant to listen to. Didn't notice too much repetitive sounds, noises, or music that some games like to do. This domain overall was done well.

Overall, I would recommend this game on sale, but I would really do my homework on it to see if this is the type of game you'd want to play. The bit of automation that is available is pretty cool, the interplanetary travel is cool, but it is all surface level and limited. I was a little disappointed in how much the player was required to jump planet to planet to get one or two bars of something to craft/create. Mind you - it is nice that not a 1000 pieces of something is required to craft. It is more towards the casual side of crafting/building/colony types, but it still offers enough challenge especially as the planets become increasingly difficult. There are objects in the world that can hurt the player, but there is no creature or storm that will pose an immediate threat to the player. The worlds could've used some sort of creatures (in my opinion) just to fill in the space, or perhaps add another layer of gameplay to the game. It's a good game, just makes me feeling like there is something or a few things missing to take it to the next level. Really sucks the surfboard is unlocked later in the game along with the VTOL. Pretty much beat the game before I unlocked these two. Fun with friends, but some friends felt the game got too repetitive or boring too fast. It was around the 30 hour mark I was like, "OK, may go back to playing something else. I've figured out the formula".