Prospector: The First Contract
Released Jul 2024 · delisted
As the Prospector in this Prologue chapter, you will be taking on your first contract. Explore new planets, gather resources, build your fully automated base, and ship materials to distant colonies.
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Prospector: The First Contract is a free prologue chapter for the upcoming full game "Prospector" (a separate Steam listing). It launched on July 12, 2024, and is no longer available for purchase or download — the store page shows no purchase options. This aligns with what the developer announced on August 30, 2024: the prologue would be shut down to new players on September 13, 2024, in favor of a new demo being released on the main game's Steam page as part of Steam Next Fest in October 2024. Players who already had the prologue were told they could still access it, but new downloads were to be discontinued. The prologue was always intended as a promotional piece for the full game rather than a standalone product with its own ongoing content roadmap.
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Developer announced the prologue would be shut down to new players on September 13, 2024, with a replacement demo to be released on the main game's page during Steam Next Fest in October 2024.
No purchase options are available for this title — it cannot be downloaded or acquired by new players.
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Developer
Publisher
HypeTrain Digital
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Welcome to the Prospector: The First Contract - a prequel chapter where you take on your first contract as an Interstellar Prospector. Your main goal is to gather resources on a new planet. Build a living base, use supply routes for exploration, and automate your new home with robots. Once your preparations are complete, you will begin trading with distant colonies for exclusive rewards.
Scout out your surroundings by placing supply lines to provide life support in an oxygen-less environment.
Use collected resources to construct an outpost of your own design.
Craft bots as helpers to automate the logistics of crafting and shipping goods.
Scale your operation and ship more goods to make more credits which will unlock new blueprints for buildings and recipes for crafting.
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Last evaluated Jul 23, 2026
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