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Astronaut: The Best

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App ID 1239950
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Universal Happymaker
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28985316
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 16:33:11 UTC ()
Release Date 15 August 2023 – 16:57:57 UTC ()
❓ 76.76%
33 reviews
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In-Game
📚 Interactive Fiction 📚 Story Rich 🗿 Dark Humor 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 📊 Resource Management

Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.

Additional Information

Developer Universal Happymaker
metacritic_name Astronaut: The Best
controller_support full
metacritic_score 73
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/astronaut-the-best?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Universal Happymaker
Store Release Date 15 August 2023 – 16:58:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/zbDusCRmHw
https://x.com/astronautbest
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 15 August 2023 – 16:57:57 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 17 October 2023 – 17:03:05 UTC () (1697562185)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 16 September 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 12164002
  • configuration:
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Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 31 January 2020 – 08:54:42 UTC (), in changelist #7657830
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

📚 Interactive Fiction 📚 Story Rich 🗿 Dark Humor 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 📊 Resource Management 👻 Roguelite 📚 Visual Novel 🧞 Choices Matter 🔚 Multiple Endings 🖥️ Simulation 🎨 Hand-drawn 👻 Roguelike 🔄 Replay Value 🔀 Procedural Generation 🗺️ Adventure 👤 Singleplayer 📖 Lore-Rich 🌱 Indie 🏽 2D 🎨 Colorful

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Profile Features Limited

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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