Project Asteroids

Project Asteroids is a free-to-play online survival game developed by a solo developer (Aleksandr Serdiuk) that launched on May 8, 2024, though it was in active development and publicly available well before that — news posts show major updates going back to late 2023. The game went free-to-play on January 16, 2025, reversing an earlier plan (announced in November 2023) to charge for it. The developer shipped at least 8 major content updates between November 2023 and early 2025, covering major systems like player-built ships (Update 0.5.0, December 2023), faction systems (Update 0.5.5, March 2024), deep crafting and research overhauls (Update 0.5.4, March 2024), and new world objects and loot structures (Update 0.5.6, April 2024). Feature patches and bug fixes filled the gaps between these major drops, showing sustained, active solo development throughout that period. The most recent developer communication was on January 25, 2025 — a server wipe and rebalance patch. Since then, as of June 21, 2026, the developer has gone entirely silent for approximately 17 months, with no updates, announcements, or posts of any kind. This is a significant departure from the active posting and update cadence that had been maintained throughout the game's history. No statement explaining the silence, announcing a hiatus, or confirming the end of development has been made. Given the extended and unexplained silence from a solo developer, it is unclear whether the game is still being actively worked on.