Beltlife: Prospector

Beltlife: Prospector is a love letter to both sim' video games of the 80's and to gritty, hard sci-fi in space. The interface is stripped down and rudimentary and driven by interacting with push button controls and various ship menu screens. But, far from being a drawback, it is immersive to the feel of being an asteroid belt prospector flying a bucket of bolts in the face of sudden and lonesome death all in the hopes of finding rocky riches in the black void of space. It has a definite thematic identity that works perfectly for the setting. ----- Welcome, Captain! Driven by the need to pay off your mining ship loan, purchase and restock necessary supplies from fuel pellets to food rations to LOX, and pay the docking fee tab to the implacable Belt Authority, missions of up to 31 days in length will take you out amongst the asteroid belt hunting for claimable asteroids to sell at auction in the hopes of making your fortune - or, at least making enough to survive another day. You start with a humble ship that you will struggle to keep from breaking down under the wear and tear of space travel and asteroid claiming. It is both home and livelihood, but it also is a ba…

This game has you do exactly one singular thing: Go out and find asteroids to sell. But in this one singular thing, they have managed to sharpen their focus razor thin, and everything just feels really good in the end. Pretty great game, definitely recommend.