Combining over 20 years of experience at THQ, Rockstar, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Pixar Animation Studios, indie developer Data Realms brings AAA production values to the digitally hand-painted, sci-fi universe of Planetoid Pioneers, alongside the best work from members of their player community.

At the end of lives lengthened by medical advancements, centuries-old men and women leave Earth for one last epic adventure. Empowered by cutting-edge weapons and technologies such as an advanced 3D printing tool that can rebuild everything they come across - including their own bodies - these Pioneers enjoy creatively overcoming challenges while exploring the Asteroid Belt beyond the orbit of Mars.

A prequel to Cortex Command, the cult classic physics-based strategy game enjoyed by more than 200,000 players, Planetoid Pioneers utilizes a proprietary custom physics engine and toolset, called Crush2D, developed by Data Realms for this and future titles.

Explore more than half a dozen worlds at launch, each featuring wildly distinct game modes, and unleash havoc on the hostile creatures and robots populating each planetoid. Blast or outsmart enemies to see chaos ensue in the detailed physics simulation of destructible bodies and vehicles. Recycle the wreckage and build better things to progress deeper into the caves and dungeons of the circular worlds.

Planetoid Pioneers encourages creativity by giving players the same commercial-grade editing tools used by Data Realms to build the game. Players can create their own weapons, vehicles, characters, even their own world and drop them into the game while it's running. User-generated content can be shared, rated, and downloaded via the Steam Workshop, while the best of it is automatically incorporated into the game.

Planetoid Pioneers will exit Early Access and lift off on PC via Steam and the Humble Store on Feb. 8, 2018.

"Between user-generated content and the custom physics engine we built for Planetoid Pioneers, there's a lot of room for fun wackiness to emerge," said Dan Tabar, Founder, Data Realms. "Players can create whatever they desire to overcome the challenges of each planetoid and experience a personalized inter-astreroidal journey."

Planetoid Pioneers will be available for $19.99 USD / €19.99 in English. Early Access owners of the Game-Only Edition will be automatically upgraded to the launch version of Planetoid Pioneers, with all the Crush2D live-editing tools unlocked. The Contributor Edition will continue to offer everything in the regular edition, and also grants access to the official Discord server, where contributors can collaborate on and seamlessly share new content with the developers and each other.

To celebrate the upcoming release of Planetoid Pioneers, Data Realms' first game, Cortex Command, will be available to download for free on Feb. 3-4 on Steam.