Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions hits early access on June 11

System Era revealed Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions at the PC Gaming Show and locked in an early access launch date of June 11 on Steam. It's the studio's follow-up to Astroneer, the spacey exploration and crafting game that first hit early access in 2016 and launched properly in 2019.

Starseeker centres on an upgradable hub space station where you and up to three friends hang out between missions on various planets. Down on those planets you'll be fighting aliens, looting resources, and doing what Astroneer does best — deforming terrain like it owes you money. Dig tunnels, flatten paths, or just hollow out the crust entirely. System Era says the early access period should run about a year: "Although it is hard to give a solid date, based on the goals we have, we estimate that the campaign will last around 1 year. We want to work sustainably while leaving enough time to respond to player feedback."

The game looks noticeably more chaotic than the original Astroneer — more combat, more loot, more mayhem — while keeping the signature terrain deformation that made the first game so satisfying to mess around in. Whether a full four-player squad can actually erase an entire planet from existence remains an open and deeply important scientific question.

Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions launches into early access on June 11 via Steam. You can wishlist it now through the PC Gaming Show's official Steam page.