Miner Wars 2081

RPG· Adventure· Indie· Action

Released Nov 2012

Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!

35% positive · 391 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

Miner Wars 2081 launched on November 28, 2012 as a complete product with a 31-mission story campaign, multiplayer modes, and full feature set. The developer shipped one feature patch in July 2013 that added offline mode and two free add-ons (Cheats and 2.5D Experiment), and a Windows 10 freeze fix on March 11, 2016 — the last recorded communication from Keen Software House about this game. By September 2013, the studio had shifted its focus to announcing and launching Space Engineers, and subsequent news posts on the Miner Wars Steam page were exclusively about that new title. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content, and no roadmap or developer statement indicating additional updates are planned. The March 2016 bug fix represents the final known developer action on this game. Miner Wars 2081 is a finished product with no further content or updates expected.

Evidence

Keen Software House announced Space Engineers, a new game, to Miner Wars fans — indicating the studio's development focus had moved on from Miner Wars 2081.

news post · Sep 9, 2013 source development ending

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Developer issued a bug fix for a Windows 10 freeze issue, stating they want to keep the game 'in good, playable shape.' This is the last known developer communication about Miner Wars 2081.

news post · Mar 11, 2016 source development ending

medium

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Details

Developer

Keen Software House

Publisher

Keen Software House

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

Action RPG Adventure Indie Simulation 6DOF Space Shooter Sci-fi Sandbox FPS

About this game

Miner Wars 2081 is a 6DOF action-survival space-shooter simulation-game set in the year 2081, 10 years after the destruction of all planetary objects in the Solar System.

You operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment, which remains persistent as you complete missions or play online with others. Realism and survival are key aspects of gameplay. Inventory and the way you use resources such as fuel, ammunition, oxygen, ore, and weapons are important when surrounded by dozens of warring factions.

The gameplay is driven by an epic story and offers a choice of single player, co-op, and death-match multi-player.

The story will introduce you to many types of missions: rescue, exploration, revenge, base defense, theft, transportation, stealth, search and destroy, pure harvesting, racing, or just flying around and destroying everything you see.

Open-world Environment

Fully destructible and persistent (dig through asteroids, destroy space stations ...)
Seamless transition between outdoor and indoor environments
Full Solar System traveling (billions of sectors)