Astro Bot is a 2024 platform game developed by Team Asobi and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5 to coincide with PlayStation‘s 30th anniversary. Following Astro’s Playroom (2020), it is the fifth overall installment in the Astro Bot series and marks Team Asobi‘s first game developed since its separation from Japan Studio. As the titular protagonist Astro, the player embarks on a quest to save lost Bots, retrieve parts for the PlayStation 5 mothership, and defeat the alien Space Bully Nebulax, who had originally destroyed the mothership. Like its predecessor, the game takes full advantage of the DualSense controller.
Astro Bot was a critical and commercial success. The game received universal acclaim from critics and is considered to be one of the best games of 2024. Critics positively compared the game to Nintendo franchises, particularly the Super Mario series, which game director Nicolas Doucet cited as an influence on the game. Astro Bot has won numerous awards, including the Game Award for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024. The game has sold 1.5 million units as of November 2024, making it one of the best-selling PlayStation 5 games.
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