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Ore Bastards is a top-down space mining sandbox about starting with a fragile ship, an almost empty bank account, and one simple plan:
Get rich without getting blown apart.
Mine asteroids, haul ore to stations, trade resources, complete contracts, explore distant regions, fight pirates, and more.
Every expedition can lead to valuable deposits, abandoned wrecks, ambushes, distress signals, strange discoveries, or the piece of equipment that completely changes your ship.
Extract different ores and crystals from asteroid fields across the galaxy.
Manage your limited cargo space, compare prices between stations, protect valuable resources in your station stash, and invest your profits in better ships, equipment, and more.
Some regions are relatively safe.
Others contain rare resources, stronger enemies, and opportunities worth risking everything for.
The farther you travel, the greater the danger and the potential reward.
Equip your ship with mining, battle, and missile turrets.
Install internal systems that improve your:
Mining power
Weapon damage
Shields
Engines
Scanners
Repair systems
Cargo capacity
And more
Ships, turrets, and internal systems use procedurally generated statistics, modifiers, and rarities.
A newly discovered item may increase your mining yield, improve your firepower, expand your cargo capacity, strengthen your shields, or push your ship toward an entirely different build.
There is no single perfect ship.
Speed, armor, shields, cargo space, mining efficiency, weapon range, damage, and many other attributes all compete for your limited equipment slots.
Some equipment grants active abilities that can change the outcome of an expedition.
Use abilities to:
Overcharge your shields
Push your engines beyond their normal limits
Disable nearby enemies with an electromagnetic pulse
Repair critical damage
Boost your mining systems
Overclock your turrets
And more
The right ability used at the right moment can save your ship, your cargo, and possibly your questionable career choices.
Travel between sectors and regions using a three-layer navigation system:
Galaxy Map
Region Navigation
Local Scanner
Discover:
Stations
Gates
Mining zones
Wreck sites
Pirate activity
Mission locations
Unknown signals
And more
Plot courses across the galaxy and use cruise travel to cover enormous distances within regions.
The map records the places you discover, allowing you to return to valuable mining areas, dangerous locations, mission targets, the wreck of your former ship, and other important discoveries.
Not every signal reveals itself immediately.
A distant contact may lead to:
A rich ore field
A crystal pocket
A pirate stash
An abandoned freighter
A derelict ship
A hidden pirate base
A navigation beacon
An escape pod
A capital ship graveyard
An anomalous structure
An ambush
Something that does not belong to any known human faction
And more
Some discoveries provide valuable equipment, resources, or information.
Others reveal new locations, begin chains of events, or lure careless captains into a trap.
Every unknown signal is a reason to travel a little farther.
Stations offer missions based on their purpose, location, and surrounding threats.
Take contracts involving:
Ore deliveries
Cargo transport
Pirate hunting
Station defense
Miner escorts
Salvage operations
Prototype weapon testing
Dangerous expeditions
And more
Mission destinations can be tracked through Ship Info and displayed directly on the map.
Not every station offers every type of contract, so travelling between stations creates new opportunities.
Pirates may:
Attack miners
Defend valuable locations
Occupy hidden bases
Ambush travellers
Hunt you across open space
And more
Use specialized turret types, focus priority targets, manage your shields, repair damaged systems, and activate ship abilities during combat.
Mining turrets are designed to break asteroids efficiently.
Battle turrets are built to destroy ships.
Missile turrets provide heavy firepower against dangerous targets.
Choosing the right configuration is often more important than simply installing the most expensive equipment.
You may discover escape pods and stranded survivors while exploring.
Rescued crew members can provide permanent bonuses to:
Mining
Combat
Navigation
Cargo management
Repair systems
And more
Each survivor has a name, profession, and personal history.
Bringing someone home may be more valuable than anything carried inside their escape pod.
Ore Bastards uses station-based saving and meaningful ship loss.
Every journey away from safety carries a real risk.
When your ship is destroyed, you may escape in a pod, transmit a distress signal, and wait for a rescue ship.
Returning safely does not restore everything you lost.
Your destroyed ship remains in space for a limited time, allowing you to return to the wreck and attempt to recover some of its equipment.
Failure costs you.
But failure can also become the beginning of another story.
NPC miners continue working asteroid fields.
Pirates search for vulnerable targets.
Stations provide different services, equipment, missions, trading opportunities, and more.
Battles and encounters may begin without your involvement.
You are not the chosen savior of the universe.
You are another captain trying to survive, make money, and avoid becoming a permanent point of interest on somebody else's scanner.
Become:
An industrial miner
A wandering trader
A pirate hunter
A deep-space explorer
Or something entirely different
Build:
A fast mining ship
A heavily armored combat vessel
A missile platform
A cargo hauler
A balanced multipurpose ship
Or an unstable combination held together by spare parts and financial desperation
There is always another region to explore, another ship to discover, another fortune to claim, and another threat waiting in the dark.
And while you race from one adventure to another across the endless reaches of space, your OREAMP music player will always be ready to play the game's soundtrack.
Choose a track, skip forward, replay your favorites, and give every mining expedition, pirate battle, and long-distance journey the music it deserves.
Because exploring an endless galaxy in silence would be absolutely unacceptable.
Top-down space flight, mining, trading, exploration, and combat
Multiple sectors and regions connected by a large navigation network
Procedurally generated ships, turrets, internal systems, and item modifiers
Mining, battle, and missile turret specializations
Active ship abilities and extensive build customization
Galaxy Map, Region Navigation, and Local Scanner
Cruise travel across enormous distances
Station missions and varied contract types
Discoverable points of interest and unknown signal chains
NPC miners, pirates, and dynamic encounters
Crew rescue and permanent crew bonuses
Meaningful ship loss, rescue, and wreck recovery
Global station stash and cargo management
Playable prologue and guided tutorial
In-game Codex explaining major gameplay systems
Integrated music player for long expeditions
Multiple supported interface languages
And more
