Astro Looter: Survivor
Released Jul 2024
Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.
69% positive · 429 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to buy
Steam $1.99
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Evaluation
Astro Looter: Survivor launched on July 15, 2024. The developer was active in the months surrounding launch, shipping several feature patches that added new enemies, weapon overclock mechanics, controller UI improvements, and performance optimizations. The most recent developer communication was on November 21, 2024, a feature patch focused on performance and controller experience.
Since November 21, 2024, there have been no further posts of any kind — no announcements, no patches, no roadmaps. The game has no DLC listed on the store, and there are no unreleased DLC entries. The developer has never announced future content or named upcoming expansions. The store description presents the game as a finished product with a fixed set of maps, heroes, weapons, and towers.
All 27 developer posts across the game's lifecycle consist of feature patches and bug fixes — there are zero major content releases, zero announcements of upcoming content, and zero developer statements about the game's future plans. The update activity was concentrated in the first few months after launch (June–November 2024) and then stopped entirely. This pattern — early post-launch polish followed by silence — is consistent with a game that shipped as a complete product and received stabilization updates before the developer moved on. The game is treated as a finished, complete product as of its 1.0 launch.
Evidence
Last developer communication: a feature patch delivering major performance optimizations and a fully rebuilt controller UI system.
Feature patch adding weapon overclock skills and UI improvements, indicating active post-launch polish shortly after release.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Soda Game Studio
Achievements
36
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Astro Looter is an combination of roguelike, survival and tower defense with mining element. Follow armored heroes like the domineering Storm Striker, Air Colonel, or Trauma Specialist across various planets to plunder regional minerals. Utilize weapons, orbital bombardments, airdropped defense towers, and lucky airdrops to eliminate the ever-emerging alien bugs and retreat successfully. Upgrade your equipment with the plundered minerals and explore a variety of habitable planets. This is a very challenging game, with few people making it past the first level.
Features include:
5 alien maps with unique terrains such as jungles and blue deserts.
7 hero armors equipped with a variety of super skills like electromagnetic storms to clear alien creatures on a large scale.
Upgrade options include lucky cards that unlock powerful abilities like orbital lasers as you gain experience.
5 upgradeable weapons including distinctive firearms like rifles, shotguns, and lightning guns.
5 types of orbital airdropped defense towers, including machine gun or laser towers with different attack modes.
In difficult levels that challenge you, pick up lucky airdrops to help you successfully overcome the obstacles!
You rarely see any roguelite 3D game that combines tower defense aspects and mining elements. It’s definitely a new experience for fans of action roguelike or tower defense games.
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Features include:
5 alien maps with unique terrains such as jungles and blue deserts.
7 hero armors equipped with a variety of super skills like electromagnetic storms to clear alien creatures on a large scale.
Upgrade options include lucky cards that unlock powerful abilities like orbital lasers as you gain experience.
5 upgradeable weapons including distinctive firearms like rifles, shotguns, and lightning guns.
5 types of orbital airdropped defense towers, including machine gun or laser towers with different attack modes.
In difficult levels that challenge you, pick up lucky airdrops to help you successfully overcome the obstacles!
You rarely see any roguelite 3D game that combines tower defense aspects and mining elements. It’s definitely a new experience for fans of action roguelike or tower defense games.
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Join our Discord channel for any feedback or suggestions!
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Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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