# Astraeus

Summer DB entity ID: 5440fe60\-ff32\-450c\-a776\-03aef6b2fa52

Steam App ID: 863280

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\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: E McNeill

- Publisher: E McNeill

- Release date: Jun 7, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, Cross\-Platform Multiplayer, Tracked Controller Support, VR Supported, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/863280/ss\_c16e7811a570d9ff73f86ba6591cae562222cd3e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1727909462, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/863280/ss\_52347a7dc75a295cb4eaadb9a7e7e97a282fa9b9\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1727909462, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/863280/ss\_cf5d10884b0964680a9758ed6d86fd843f86e75f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1727909462, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/863280/ss\_f2855a4a1f386f02061b755bd133cd01a6bd530c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1727909462, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/863280/ss\_5215eb137277fa421d00efb07328460f3e355cf8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1727909462, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/863280/ss\_e2931bc240cdea004a00a055ae43f6c19add24bb\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1727909462

- Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 11

- Steam positive reviews: 9

- Steam negative reviews: 2

- Steam positive percentage: 81.81818181818181%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/5440fe60-ff32-450c-a776-03aef6b2fa52/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/5440fe60-ff32-450c-a776-03aef6b2fa52/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T14:07:03\.974395\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T14:07:05\.310316\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T14:07:05\.055777\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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