Astroneer is a sandbox adventure game developed from independent developer System Era Softworks. The game was released through early access in December 2016 before a full release on December 16, 2019. The player is tasked with colonizing planets, creating structures, and collecting resources. The character is called an Astroneer and the player can travel to planets to activate cores and complete the game. There are often rewards given to the player upon completion of core activation, most notably a suit and/or visor. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Bódi, Bettina. “Can Playfulness Be Designed? Understanding Playful Design through Agency in Astroneer (2019).” Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture 12, no. 1 (2021): 39-61.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Bódi, Bettina, and Jan-Noël Thon. “Playing stories? Narrative-dramatic agency in Disco Elysium (2019) and Astroneer (2019).” Frontiers of Narrative Studies 6.2 (2020): 157-190.