Belt Colony

Belt Colony is a game about working as an ex-sergeant under contract to a large mining corporation in the Asteroid Belt in 2040. You mine ore, build and operate an outpost, travel to nearby asteroids and meet other people living in the Belt. The game focuses on mining, managing your outpost and flying through low and zero gravity.

Mine and build

You mine ore from large and small rocks on asteroid surfaces, then sell it through your outpost’s management interface at the current market price to earn credits, the Belt’s currency. Spend credits on upgrades, equipment, buildings, repairs, food and water. You can build an outpost with a landing pad, drone pad, storage, solar panels, refineries and other facilities.

You can also deploy extractors, specialized drilling and extraction rigs that reach different types of ore beneath an asteroid’s surface. Drones help haul ore and small equipment. The game includes low- and zero-gravity physics, along with spacesuit and spaceship fuel, oxygen and integrity mechanics.

Travel the Belt

After earning enough credits from ore sales, you can buy a spaceship to mine more efficiently and travel to other asteroids. The game’s large asteroids are 1 to 3 km (0.6 to 2 miles) in diameter, and you can land on and mine their surfaces. Several large asteroids lie near one another in the game’s setting within the Belt, which orbits the sun just beyond Mars.

There are several space stations scattered throughout the Belt; most are owned by United Space Corporation or Utopia Arura Corporation. As you venture out, you meet other belters and can earn credits by completing tasks for them.

Outpost features

• Mine ore from asteroids
• Build and upgrade your base
• Deploy mining rigs and control drones
• Visit space stations and earn credits there