Casual · October 17, 2019
Autonauts (2019)
Autonauts Fully Automated has landed! Free content update for Autonauts available now and includes: Settlement Mode - A whole new mode that challenges players to build a Metropolis with only 300 Bots! Countless new Bot scripting abilities and refinement updates as requested by players! A quick way to share code between Bots with the new-improved Bot Database! Upgraded storage transporters to help power up production! A dedicated Signs Tab to help get the most from each and every Bot! All this and much more! Travel the universe colonising uninhabited planets with the sole goal of setting worlds in motion through the power of automation. Fresh from your spaceship you must harvest stick and stone and begin your colonisation efforts. Create rudimentary crafting items from blueprints and slowly build a number of workerbots to aid in your efforts. Teach and shape their artificial intelligence with a visual programming language, then instruct them to begin the formation of your colony. Marvel as a planet you’ve shaped becomes home to a civilisation of workerbots, happy to do your bidding! Expand further with the creation of colonists; beings that require your assistance to survive. Push your workerbots further by introducing fishing, cooking, housing, and tailoring and help the colonists into a state of transcendence. Key Features: Playful Programming Teach your workerbots requisite steps to complete tasks by asking them to repeat actions utilising a visual programming language. Designed to be easy to learn but with added complexity there are numerous possibilities. Automated Automation Build an army of bots to automate just about everything in your colony, teach them what to do and expand both their brains and task possibilities with numerous upgrades and options. Various Ventures From gathering to building, cooking, fishing, tailoring, farming, animal husbandry and more - the world of Autonauts is vast with limitless opportunities to automate and colonise. Charming Creativity The world of Autonauts pops to life with a low-poly art-style married with a consistent and bright colour palette adding depth and scale, creating a relaxing and attractive play space. Autonauts combines the very best of agriculture, simulation, crafting, building, production-line and resource management titles to create a brand new experience unlike any other. Create the automated world of your dreams! The future is now!
Casual releases from 2019
30 Casual titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Simulation · 136
- Programming · 133
- Automation · 132
- Indie · 122
- Casual · 116
- Base-Building · 93
- Colony Sim · 85
- Crafting · 77
- Sandbox · 68
- Cute · 68
- Building · 66
- Resource Management · 64
- Farming Sim · 64
- Management · 54
- Agriculture · 46
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Position in Casual
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 4.8k Steam reviews | Top 48% in Casual |
| Positive rating | 90% positive | Genre average: 88% — this title sits in top 59% |
| Metacritic | 80/100 | Genre average 76 — top 39% of Casual titles |
| Engagement hours | 18 h average | Top 29% for session depth among Casual |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
90%Very Positive · 4.8k reviews
4.3k positive · 478 negative
Metacritic
80/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.0/10
Curator recommendations
3.5k
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (11)
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Turkish
Press Quotes
“Playful, welcoming and charming.” 4/5 – The Guardian “The simplicity of Autonauts lends itself beautifully to engaging gameplay and fun to all who play it.” 8/10 – The Digital Fix “Astonishingly complex, and wonderfully inventive” 4/5 – Video Game Chronicle
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
18h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
4h
Typical completion time
Achievements
26
Steam unlocks available
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
Other
- Single-player
- Includes level editor
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | Oct 17, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Denki |
| Publisher | Curve Games |
| Base price | $3.99 -80% |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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