In "Astronomics," players navigate their customizable starship to randomly generated asteroids passing by. The goal is to mine valuable resources and impress your employer, Cube Corporation, while upgrading equipment and fighting off pirates. The game features a mix of manual and automated mining, with players using tools like mining lasers and gravity tethers to extract resources.
Set in the not-so-distant future, Earth has become prohibitively expensive to live on. Players take on the role of a miner trying to save up for a ticket back home by exploiting resources from asteroids. The game's narrative revolves around managing equipment, expanding your freighter, and dealing with the challenges of space capitalism.