AraCore Astromining Ventures Steam news

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• Review score33% positive
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• Release dateNov 30, 2025
• DeveloperEl Crabo Grande Games
• PublisherEl Crabo Grande Games

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie

Company pages: Developer: El Crabo Grande GamesPublisher: El Crabo Grande Games

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AraCore Astromining Ventures Steam news

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• Steam & Linux versions are now live! - 1 December 2025

  Hot on the heals of the Windows release yesterday, Aracore Astromining Ventures is now available on MacOS and Linux!Any issues, please report in the Steam community or Discord (via the in-game links)

• Aracore Astromining Venture Release! - 30 November 2025

  Aracore Astromining Ventures is live today. Strap-in as a rookie pilot and dive into the corporate-controlled mining zones of the outer asteroid belt. Fly dangerous jobs, uncover buried secrets, and decide who, if anyone, you stay loyal to.Features20+ story stages to explore across the beltFly a variety of ships, and choose the right one for the jobMining tech, ranging from grappling hooks to gravity-minesA world rich in story, with many memorable characters to meet, help, ignore, or betrayBranching narrative with meaningful choices and muliple endings18 challenge and training missions to push your piloting skillsA free-fly mode that let's you relax and enjoy the ride

• Aracore Astromining Ventures Demo 1.45 - 10 October 2025

  Changed the default 'grab' component on the drone ship:Drones how have 'nuclear magnets' at their front Hold the grab key white touching an object to attach it to the drone Release the key to release the magnet As always, the mass and velocity of objects attached to you will affect your movementThe grappling tail grabber is still installed, enabled in ship systemsOnly one 'grab' component can be activated at one timeReplaced 'slow movement' input with 'stop'this will attempt to stop a ship in place, without rotating itpressing any movment input while stopping will cancel the stopattempting to stop while grappling/holding objects may not be reliable!ships with damaged engines will not be able to perform this actionAdded scan-time indicator for scanner'detailed' scans of objects need around 2 seconds of scan contact timecontact time indicator is shown underneath scanneraudio tone indicate…

• Please don't hurt me! - Aracore update 1.4 - 3 July 2025

  Additional mission added!After analysing ongoing pilot feedback, Haaris has decided to take new pilots under his wing. After his scans revealed a potential asteroid strike on Ara base, Haaris now offers to take new pilots on a mining mission with the hopes of avoiding chaos!Added a new mining mission!After the tutorial stage, players may now opt to go on a new mission with HaarisThis mission allows players to skip the asteroid strike and clean-up missionsPlayers may choose the (more clearly labelled) more difficult mission if they're sadistsAdded an 'engine power' key: hold for finer movement controlAdded an in-game link to the DIscord channel: join if you want to get involved in the game!Updated dialogueJoin the Discord!If you want to be involved in development, get access to the beta-version of the full game (now around 80% complete), and give your own suggestions, join the El Crabo G…

• Improvements & Fixes - 26 June 2025

  Updated controls and interfaceAfter listening to pilot feedback, Aracore Chief Operations Officer and engineering mastermind Tully has completed drone upgrades! Details below:Added lateral thrusters to drones (to move sideways)Increased power of reverse thrustersAdded targeting overlay (enabled/disabled in ship systems menu)Added ammo count interfaceSlightly bigger is the control scheme update:Added keyboard-and-mouse controls, using a visible cursor that the ship rotates towardsAdded two different gamepad mappings (dual-stick and dpad)Any feedback on the changes is always welcome! Do we need a 'reduced engine power' mode where speed and rotation is slower?Future difficulty adjustmentsThe second biggest issue for many in the demo was the difficulty of the asteroid-strike intro stage (now appropriately renamed "Impossible Odds". I'm planning on adding an alternate stage with some peacefu…

• Aracore Astromining Ventures - Developer playthrough stream - 12 June 2025

  Hi all!Tonight I'll be playing through the demo and challenge stages, giving details on gameplay, sharing a few secrets, providing some information on the world and backstory

• AraCore Astromining Ventures NextFest Demo 1.2 Update - 9 June 2025

  Updated the demo to include some features of the full game:New game mode: 'Challenge mode' with 18 micro-missions to test your mining skillsNew Game mode: 'Free Mode' with two large stages to explore Both new game modes contain new ships and technologies for the player to experiment withInput will default to gamepad or keyboard depending on what you press on the main menuDirect link to steam community to feedback added to menu menu and pause menuNew achievements have been added for completing all challenges!

• AraCore Astromining Ventures Demo 1.1 Update - 17 January 2025

  Updated the demo: Added a short tutorial stage for players to familiarise themselves with the drone controls before chaos kicks in Allowed player to skip tutorial, or just fail it and move on anyway Altered Stage 3 (Ice Breaker) end condition to include docking with surveyor ship Added new dialogue for several rare situations when the player does strange combitations of things Fixed bugs relating to starting Stage 4 (Noble Pursuits) with only one drone Fixed collision issues with grapple on some objects

• AraCore Astromining Ventures Demo launched! - 10 January 2025

  The AraCore Astromining Ventures Demo is now available on Steam! The demo includes the first four stages of the game, where you'll be introduced to AraCore and its employees, complete (or mess up) several missions on each stage, and earn your first paycheck. Plenty of secrets await as your adventure begins, immersing you in the dystopian world of the corporate-driven astromining future. If you like it, please let me know!

• AraCore Astromining Ventures Demo available soon! - 29 November 2024

  After quite a lot of work, the AraCore Astromining Ventures Demo is nearly ready for public release on Steam! If you'd like to participate in the beta test and gain early access to the demo, reach out via the community hub on Steam, join us on Discord, or leave a comment on our YouTube channel. The demo includes the first four stages of the game, where you'll be introduced to AraCore and its employees, complete (or mess up) several missions on each stage, and earn your first paycheck. Plenty of secrets await as your adventure begins, immersing you in the dystopian world of the corporate-driven astromining future.

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