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title: Install AstroImpact on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of AstroImpact for Linux - Save the planet from
  inevitable annihilation! Online, with your friends!
url: https://snapcraft.io/astroimpact
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# AstroImpact

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latest/stable 1.0

Install latest/stable of AstroImpact

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install astroimpact
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* astroimpact

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 31 December 2023 - latest/stable
* 17 May 2024 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [astroimpact.github.io](https://astroimpact.github.io "https://astroimpact.github.io")

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### Contact

* [github.com/mrbid](https://github.com/mrbid "https://github.com/mrbid")
* [notabug.org](https://notabug.org/Test_User "https://notabug.org/Test_User")

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### Source code

* [github.com/mrbid/AstroImpact](https://github.com/mrbid/AstroImpact "https://github.com/mrbid/AstroImpact")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/astroimpact#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/astroimpact#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/astroimpact#tab-security)

#### Save the planet from inevitable annihilation! Online, with your friends!

Play with friends online to defend the planet! Longest time to first impact or longest time to 100% damage. You destroy asteroids by flying into them before they hit the planet!

* First Tier: The longer you can prevent the first hit on the planet.
* Second Tier: The longer you can prevent the planet from being annihilated!
* Third Tier: How many asteroids did you and your friends collectively destroy?

Just make sure you all start on the same epoch! The first person to create the epoch sets the number of approaching asteroids in each wave.

**Mouse locks when you click on the window, press ESCAPE to unlock the mouse.**

* Use W,A,S,D,Q,E,SPACE & LEFT SHIFT to move around.
* L-CTRL / Right Click to Brake.
* L-ALT / Mouse 3/4 Click to Instant Brake.
* R = Toggle auto-tilt/roll around planet.
* Q+E to stop rolling.
* F = FPS to console.

**Hosting your own server (the default server may not be online)**

Download the deb from <https://astroimpact.github.io> or compile from source <https://github.com/mrbid/AstroImpact>

Make sure you have Network Time Protocol (NTP) enabled, the game relies on syncing epoches between machines for many aspects of networking.

Make sure you have UDP port 8086 forwarded from your router.

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## Install AstroImpact on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/astroimpact/ubuntu)