Moonbase Alpha Steam news

• Latest observed players3 · 23 September 2026 - 14:10:55 UTC
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• Units sold (VGI)No data available
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• Review score91% positive
• Total reviews12,859
• Release dateJul 6, 2010
• DeveloperVirtual Heroes, Army Game Studio
• PublisherNASA

Genres: Adventure, Simulation, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Virtual Heroes, Army Game StudioPublisher: NASA

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Moonbase Alpha Steam news

Moonbase Alpha news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Moonbase Alpha 2! - 8 October 2015

  Are you ready to go back to the moon? Virtual Heroes has announced the Kickstarter to fund the making of Moonbase Alpha 2. New look, same great text-to-speech voice. Help make this a reality! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/virtualheroes/moonbase-alpha-2-use-gaming-to-teach-science-and-t

• Moonbase Alpha 2! - 8 October 2015

  Are you ready to go back to the moon? Virtual Heroes has announced the Kickstarter to fund the making of Moonbase Alpha 2. New look, same great text-to-speech voice. Help make this a reality! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/virtualheroes/moonbase-alpha-2-use-gaming-to-teach-science-and-t

• Moonbase Alpha Update Released - 10 August 2010

  Updates to Moonbase Alpha have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * Fix for Player names with spaces not being able join password protected servers; * Fix for Crash when audio bitrates higher than 48khz; * Fix for Robot out of range static continues after level restart; * Fix for Players kicked while in the command center leaving pawn behind; * Fix for Blurred line at the bottom of the Main Menu Moon Cinematic; * Fix for Steam servers showing more players than slots available; * Fix for Servers getting stuck on "Cinematic in Progress"; * Updated credits;

• Moonbase Alpha Update Released - 14 July 2010

  Updates to Moonbase Alpha have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * FIXED - Astronauts can "attach" next to the rover or command center when high latency is present. ;* FIXED - Rover is sometimes invisible when remotely controlled when high latency is present. ;* FIXED - Erratic behavior of rover when attached to hose. * Multiple optimizations to program code for singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. * Modified information in log reports.

• NASA Moonbase Alpha Released - 6 July 2010

  NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha. Utilizing solar energy and regolith processing, the moonbase has become self-sufficient and plans for further expansion are underway. Download NASA Moonbase Alpha for FREE and continue on with the mission!

• NASA Invites Gamers To Explore Moonbase Alpha - 6 July 2010

  While NASA might not be returning to the real moon any time soon, the virtual moon is anyone's game in Moonbase Alpha, a multiplayer lunar exploration adventure game, now available for free download via Steam. Every day gamers perform feats they never could in real life via the games they play. Now NASA is doing the same thing with the games they create! In Moonbase Alpha, NASA returns to the surface of the moon with a mind to conduct research, explore, and eventually colonize the surface of the moon. To that end, the organization establishes a self-sufficient base on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha. And then something goes terribly wrong, and everyone might die. This is why we can't have nice moon colonies. The player in Moonbase Alpha takes on the role of an astronaut returning from a jaunt on the surface, just in time to witness a meteorite disable the base's life su…

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