Ore Bastards

Start with nothing. Mine your way up.

Ore Bastards is a top-down space mining sandbox about starting with a fragile ship, an almost empty bank account, and one simple plan:

Get rich without getting blown apart.

Mine asteroids, haul ore to stations, trade resources, complete contracts, explore distant regions, fight pirates, and more.

Every expedition can lead to valuable deposits, abandoned wrecks, ambushes, distress signals, strange discoveries, or the piece of equipment that completely changes your ship.

Mine, Trade, and Grow

Extract different ores and crystals from asteroid fields across the galaxy.

Manage your limited cargo space, compare prices between stations, protect valuable resources in your station stash, and invest your profits in better ships, equipment, and more.

Some regions are relatively safe.

Others contain rare resources, stronger enemies, and opportunities worth risking everything for.

The farther you travel, the greater the danger and the potential reward.

Build Your Own Ship Configuration

Equip your ship with mining, battle, and missile turrets.

Install internal systems that improve your:

Mining power

Weapon damage

Shields

Engines

Scanners

Repair systems

Cargo capacity

And more

Ships, turrets, and internal systems use procedurally generated statistics, modifiers, and rarities.

A newly discovered item may increase your mining yield, improve your firepower, expand your cargo capacity, strengthen your shields, or push your ship toward an entirely different build.

There is no single perfect ship.

Speed, armor, shields, cargo space, mining efficiency, weapon range, damage, and many other attributes all compete for your limited equipment slots.

Activate Powerful Ship Abilities

Some equipment grants active abilities that can change the outcome of an expedition.

Use abilities to:

Overcharge your shields

Push your engines beyond their normal limits

Disable nearby enemies with an electromagnetic pulse

Repair critical damage

Boost your mining systems

Overclock your turrets

And more

The right ability used at the right moment can save your ship, your cargo, and possibly your questionable career choices.

Explore a Vast Galaxy

Travel between sectors and regions using a three-layer navigation system:

Galaxy Map

Region Navigation

Local Scanner

Discover:

Stations

Gates

Mining zones

Wreck sites

Pirate activity

Mission locations

Unknown signals

And more

Plot courses across the galaxy and use cruise travel to cover enormous distances within regions.

The map records the places you discover, allowing you to return to valuable mining areas, dangerous locations, mission targets, the wreck of your former ship, and other important discoveries.

Follow Unknown Signals

Not every signal reveals itself immediately.

A distant contact may lead to:

A rich ore field

A crystal pocket

A pirate stash

An abandoned freighter