Since Astroneer is still work in progress, naturally the game is affected by many technical issues. System Era Softworks regularly releases hotfixes to address the most frequent Astroneer bugs. However, it appears that some Astroneer issues cling to the game like leeches.

Frequent Astroneer bugs

Astroneer FPS rate issues

Gamers report that FPS rate significantly drops sometimes causing the game to stutter. Often, Astroneer stutters on planet entry, plays fine for a few minutes, but then FPS rate suddenly drops.

Astroneer freezes

Players also report that they can’t play Astroneer for more than 10 or 20 minutes because the game suddenly freezes. None of the game updates released so far could fix this issue.

Steam VR opens when players launch Astroneer

Astroneer does not support VR, yet Steam VR opens everytime players launch the game. Turning off SteamVR from Properties doesn’t fix this issue, and sound is still pushed regardless of Windows settings.

Sound issues

Players also report that Astroneer is affected by an annoying sound bug that causes FPS drops and huge lag. The only solution to fix this problem is to mute the game, but this limits the gaming experience. Hopefully, the upcoming Astroneer updates will fix this issue.

Steering issues

Steering in Astroneer is weird. A simple task like driving can become a nerve-wracking experience when controls get mixed up. Some players even report that Astroneer’s steering style gives them motion sickness.

Astroneer features

Players also ask Astroneer’s developers to add a series of useful features, such as:

Autosave – Gamers complain they often lose the game progress when Astroneer crashes.

“It’s ridiculous how I keep losing hours of progress due to these crashes. I just got to base after bringing 3 research things there and it crashed.”

Fullscreen support – The fullscreen feature currently available is only borderless windowed. True fullscreen support will offer a better Astroneer gaming experience. Linux support – System Era Softworks confirms that Linux support is on the radar, but the priorities now are the Windows and Mac versions.

If you’ve encountered other Astroneer bugs that we didn’t mention in this article, head to System Era’s support forum and report them there. RELATED STORIES YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT:

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