Build stations above picky planets, match modules to what the locals actually want, and grow a trade empire that earns while you're away. Court the factions or cross them on the road from your first rattling fusion can to a megastructure that tames a black hole.

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About This Game

Space is big, cold, and full of customers. Astral Outpost is an idle strategy game about reading a planet's needs, bolting the right modules onto your station, and letting honest margins do the rest.

Run the docks

Every planet wants something, housing, power, a decent restaurant. Build modules that deliver it, keep the lights on and the crew paid, and watch the credits tick up each cycle. Your stations keep working while you're away, and they'll have the books ready when you get back.

Pick a trade

Specialize a station down its own upgrade tree: industrial refineries feeding manufacturing lines, resort worlds packing hotels to the hull, trade hubs skimming a little off everything. Forty upgrades per station, real production chains, and planets whose economies actually reward the right fit.

Go deeper

Prestige for permanent perks across seven trees. Found stations around dying suns. Feed a megastructure that's holding a black hole shut. Then jump clusters and do it all again, harder, in New Game+.

Idle, honestly

Offline earnings are real but capped, no FOMO timers, no energy meters, no nagging. Come back when you like; the empire will be there.

Answer the hails

Space keeps happening to you: pirate raids, market swings, refugee arks, signals that shouldn't be there. Pay up, fight back, or gamble, your choices leave marks, from a knocked-out module to three multi-part stories you'll chase across the sector.

Pick your friends

The Traders' Guild, the Crimson Fleet, and the Stellar Federation are all watching how you do business. Standing survives prestige and pays off everywhere: cheaper markets, fewer raids, gentler ransoms. Their home systems play by your reputation, cross a faction and their space is a death trap; earn their trust and it's the best real estate on the frontier, with their signature tech on sale to proven allies. Too slow? Send gifts. Money talks.

  • 35 achievements and 4 global leaderboards (fastest first prestige, anyone?)

  • Steam Cloud saves + on-disk backups — your empire survives anything

  • Fully playable in 7 languages

  • Native on Windows, macOS (Apple silicon + Intel), and Linux

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Astral Outpost was built by a solo developer working with AI tools. Some visual assets ( mostly marketing ) including the key art seen on the start screen and store page were created with generative AI and hand-finished. In-game text and its translations were drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by the developer. Nothing is generated by AI while you play: every piece of content in the game is fixed and human-reviewed before it ships.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz (Intel Core i3-4130 / AMD FX-4300)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Any GPU with WebGL 2 support (Intel HD 4000 / GeForce GT 630 class)
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: 1280×720 display. Playable fully offline; Steam features optional.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz (Intel Core i5-8250U / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Any GPU from 2016 or newer (Intel UHD 620 / GeForce GTX 1050 class)
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: 1080p or larger display for the full galaxy view
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.15 Catalina
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 (2014) or any Apple silicon — universal build
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal-capable GPU (all supported Macs qualify)
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Native on Apple silicon and Intel. Playable fully offline.
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 13 Ventura or newer
    • Processor: Apple silicon (M1 or newer)
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple silicon integrated graphics
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit / SteamOS 3.0
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Any GPU with WebGL 2 / OpenGL 3.3 support
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: X11 or Wayland. Playable fully offline; Steam features optional.
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 22.04 64-bit or newer / SteamOS 3.5+
    • Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Any GPU from 2016 or newer
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
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