Astro Bot is a 2024 platform video game developed by Team Asobi and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5. It is a sequel to Astro’s Playroom (2020) and the first game to have been developed by Team Asobi since its separation from Japan Studio. The game was released in celebration of PlayStation’s 30th anniversary and received universal acclaim from critics, having sold 1.5 million units by November 2024. It won several awards at the Game Awards 2024, including Game of the Year.

Astro Bot is a 3D platformer where the player controls the title character, a small robot named Astro Bot, through the use of the DualSense controller. Astro’s core moveset is identical to previous entries, maintaining his ability to jump, hover, punch and spin-attack. The ability to swim underwater also returns from Astro Bot Rescue Mission, having been absent in Astro’s Playroom.

The game boasts 90 levels, which are split across six galaxies and 60 planets. Each of the levels fall under three different difficulty settings: Easy, Normal and Hard. The main story levels (dubbed “playful stages”) primarily fall under the easy & normal difficulties, whereas the optional challenge stages (dubbed “complex stages”) fall mainly under the hard difficulty. Each level also contains a difficulty indicator, which is highlighted before entering the level. Both playful and complex stages are said to arrive following the game’s release in the form of post-launch downloadable content by the end of 2024. Traversal between the galaxies and levels is achieved through the “Dual Speeder”; a spaceship shaped like a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. The Dual Speeder is controlled by holding down the analog triggers and physically tilting the DualSense. It can also move around freely on the level selection screen.

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